City Planning

Black and white photo of a subway token machine

Solutions for Today and Tomorrow

It’s About Time: The Congestion Pricing Meltdown and Its Aftermath

Betsy Plum Oct. 02 2024

The subway entry to the 1 with colourful wallpaper around it

Solutions for Today and Tomorrow

Room for Improvement

Yonah Freemark Oct. 02 2024

A black and white old photo of commuters entering a train

Why the Trains Matter

The Four Forces That Have Shaped the System

Nicole Gelinas Oct. 02 2024

Two pedestrians pass a subway entrance and an eyeglasses ad on a storefront

Why the Trains Matter

The 45-Minute City

Rachel Meltzer, Larisa Ortiz Oct. 02 2024

Three monks in maroon robes wait on a subway platform

Why the Trains Matter

Underground: Safer Than the Surface?

Aaron Chalfin, Alex Chohlas-Wood, Morgan C. Williams Jr. Oct. 02 2024

4 people look at the New York skyline at night over the water

City Planning

Make Design Matter Again

Vishaan Chakrabarti Sep. 11 2024

20 backpacks hanging in a store

Education

Fewer Students, Better Schools

Pedro A. Noguera Sep. 05 2024

A curved yellow sculpture rises from plants on the High Line

Place

City Beautiful, City Ugly

Vishaan Chakrabarti Aug. 22 2024

A man walks in front of a row of buildings with some windows boarded up with colorful boards and their doors painted a variety of bright colors

History

Jane Jacobs Would Support ‘City of Yes’

Benjamin Schneider Aug. 08 2024

A man reclines by a Central Park lake with a radio beside him

City Planning

How Architecture Can Create Community — or Isolation

Anjulie Rao Jul. 10 2024

A swimmer’s face is visible underwater in a crowded pool

Place

Everyone Into the Pool

Julie Sandorf Jun. 28 2024

A man sitting by a statue of a man reading laughs as someone presses their hand into his face

What Makes a Great City Work?

Gotham’s Boundless Ingenuity

Edward Glaeser Jun. 26 2024

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