Polluted and repressed, the buried streams of Flushing Creek will once again see the light of day.

A very short story debates two long-term visions for vital infrastructure in Queens.

As midsummer nights get hotter and wetter, outdoor performance venues and workers are adapting.

What if New York City’s public pools were open all year long?

In Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, the cricket pitch is a commonwealth.

Preserving and propagating the city's autochthonous flora, Staten Island's Greenbelt Native Plant Center is at the center of an unseen infrastructure of ecological restoration and climate adaptation.

In the Bronx, a parks steward and activist takes on the campaign of a lifetime.

Herbs and berries are free for the picking along the Bronx River Foodway. But the public place for foraging is also a pathway to stronger connections with local ecologies and community self-determination.

From Freshkills Park's photographer-in-residence, portraits of another world in formation

Public space may be essential to urban life, but its benefits are far from universally enjoyed. Could a municipal Department of Care bring context-sensitive design and services to every corner of the city?