City Planning

A graphite illustration of the top of the archway at the door of 50 W 4th St, an NYU building near the entrance of Washington Square Park

Architecture

New York Needs New Ornamental Architecture

Megan Gafford Aug. 12 2026

Three water barriers holding up chain link construction panels with the shape of a heart cut out of the privacy screening

Housing

The Road to Producing More Housing Passes Through Meaningful Local Zoning Reforms

Sara C. Bronin Jul. 30 2026

A woman wearing a shirt depicting a panda stands at the corner of a busy sidewalk, looking into the distance and holding her hand above her brow to block the sun

City Planning

An Agenda for New York City’s Sidewalks

Michael Pollack Jul. 15 2026

People celebrate Earth Day in Central Park

City Planning

Sustaining the Joyful City: A New York City Social Infrastructure Agenda

Julia D. Day, Eric Klinenberg Jun. 17 2026

A paletas vendor and several tourists move through a street in Nantes as the Great Elephant mechanical art installation walks past them

Borrow and Steal

Borrow and Steal: The Art of Reinvention in Nantes

Cara Eckholm Jun. 11 2026

A man sunbathes on the ground outside a building in front of a tree

Podcast

Making the Shade

Jamie Rubin Jun. 11 2026

Two men in business clothes look through the windows of a construction site

Housing

A Bolder Development Strategy for a Crowded New York

Yonah Freemark Jun. 10 2026

An overhead shot of sunbathers gathered next to the fountain in Manhattan's Stuy Town development

Housing

Time to Build Big Again

Lynne Sagalyn Jun. 10 2026

A woman wearing a leather jacket looks at the bus schedule at a bus stop along East Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn

Transit

Speeding Up the Bus: Reality Behind the Rhetoric

Eric Goldwyn, Marco Chitti Jun. 03 2026

People ice skate on a frozen pond in Central Park, buildings behind

History

What New York Can Learn from the NIMBYs of the 19th Century

Stefan Al, Lisa Chamberlain May. 28 2026

Night scene of Restaurant Almond at Roppongi Corner in Tokyo, lit in pink.

Podcast

Lessons from Tokyo

Jamie Rubin May. 14 2026

Children look at the murals in the Las Cabanas museum in Guadalajar

Borrow and Steal

How Guadalajara Killed the Paper Permit

Cara Eckholm Apr. 29 2026

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