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Public Space

The Future of Infrastructure and Place

What is the path forward to contend with historic and contemporary harms of urban highways across the country, and to honor the needs and desires of contemporary residents? Insights from a conversation on the Cross Bronx, the BQE, and the road to more just transportation infrastructures.

New City Critics

No Rest for the Whimsy

Multiple spins on an elaborate underwater-themed carousel reveal the importance of wonder in the public realm.

New City Critics

Can’t We Have Both?

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

Swimming Ahead

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

New City Critics

Meet the 2025-2026 New City Critics Fellows

New City Critics fellows will turn their critical gaze over the city.

New City Critics

The Sport That Asks Nothing of Us

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

New City Critics

The Invisible Arch

Public art proposals are a highly contested terrain. But the processes for the commissions themselves escape scrutiny.

Sign Off

Blank billboards speak to power struggles, policy gaps, and shifting priorities for New York City’s public realm.

New City Critics

Call for Applications: New City Critics 2025

New City Critics

No Mannequins

The new Telfar store is an event space. The event is we're alive and we did this shit.