Issue 3
The Power of Place
The indelible mark of neighborhoods
What makes a city tick?
A continuing push and pull over how to manage spaces that all New Yorkers use
How can we tell when cities are thriving?
On Black people, white spaces and cities
Connecting people and neighborhoods by design
On disadvantage, race and neighborhood vitality
In our first special report, public safety veterans Elizabeth Glazer and Michael Jacobson provide a detailed, data-grounded roadmap to close Rikers Island that would simultaneously:
We asked radio producer Ike Sriskandarajah and artist photographer Azikiwe Mohammed to capture some of the sights and sounds of Brooklyn’s most iconic greenspace, Prospect Park. What they produced is a sonic-photographic essay, a sensory experience of the people, places and natural beauty at the heart of Kings County.