How have dancers and their movements shaped the built environment of New York — and how has the city shaped them in return?

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.

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

Ordering pad thai on an iPad in the muzak of a takeout food chain created in the pressure cooker of the post-pandemic economy.

Posting the experiences of shelter residents and staff in the public realm, artist Alex Strada creates a walking meditation on the right to housing.

A small task force listens in on an obscure city soundtrack to maintain a century-old water system.

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.