The low-lying Jewel Streets neighborhood, once coastal marshlands now cut off from the waterfront, is prone to extreme flooding. What happens if planners and advocates learn to go with the flow?

The river of packages running through the city inscribes a hidden geography of resource-intensive e-commerce.

Bird watching at an unlikely urban oasis: the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

Brooklyn-based studio Tri-Lox intervenes on the city’s waste stream, repurposing wood to furnish everything from Shake Shack interiors to Shakespeare in the Park.

Local birds evicted from their usual habitats find themselves nesting and hunting atop skyscrapers, power lines, and traffic lights.

While hibernation and migration are the norm, some animals stay in the city for winter, seeking out opportunities in the heat we generate.

A high-volume transfer station, a model municipal soil bank, and a cutting-edge soil washer: Three area sites illustrate the values, costs, and benefits that shape the flow of recycled soil in and around the city.

The city’s construction projects don’t just rise skyward. They dig downward, displacing massive amounts of material whose journey in and out of the city few ever see.

As goes Ravenswood, so goes New York’s energy future. So what will it take to bring a just transition to the city’s largest power plant?