Up a marble staircase, in the attic of City Hall, a trio of civil servants steward an eclectic archive of city objects.

In the shadow of the Flatiron, a writer spends an hour conducting her own public space audit.

What happens when artists embed within city government? For ten years, New York’s Public Artists in Residence have been building bridges and breaking down walls between the civic and the public.

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

With the new mayor promising to deliver “community safety,” one well-established city program charts a path through new public spaces and long-needed repairs at the city’s most under-resourced NYCHA developments.

At the start of a new mayoral administration promising an urban transformation, eight practitioners discuss architecture’s role in shaping the social democratic city.

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.

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

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

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