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Roundup — State of the Union/City, Not-So-Affordable Housing, Urban...

Bloomberg announced a pilot composting program (L) and a proposed ban on styrofoam in his State of the City address. | Images via Frank Farm and dotpolka STATE OF THE [_____] Public officials were busy...

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Roundup — City Water, WTC Security Plans, SEE/CHANGE, PATH Hub, Water_Works,...

The Ashokan Reservoir in the Catskills, a source of NYC drinking water | Image via Angelaelle THE PAST AND FUTURE OF NYC’S WATER The infrastructure that provides one billion gallons of fresh drinking...

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Emerging Voices Spotlight: Susannah Drake, dlandstudio

Gowanus Canal Sponge Park Master Plan, New York City | © dlandstudio dlandstudio, founded and led by Susannah Drake, is an architecture and landscape architecture firm that strives to integrate...

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Happy Thanksgiving Roundup

As we get ready to tuck into our turkeys, and brace ourselves for what promises to be a particularly messy and grueling travel day, we wanted to sign off for the week with a Thanksgiving-inspired...

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Studio Report: Cities with Wet Feet

Next week, ten teams of architects, planners, engineers, and scientists (among others) will unveil the results of more than seven months of research and design development into strategies for...

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Combined Overflow — On View until May 24th

Combined Overflow, exhibition still Five years ago, we published a feature on George Trakas’ design for the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, an inspiring waterfront park lining the polluted waterway that...

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Citymakers | Michael Saunders Turns Old Tech New

In October we launched a monthly interview series ­­— Citymakers ­— to introduce New Yorkers working outside the public eye to address the city’s needs and craft its future. In the first installment,...

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Mapping Gowanus Today, Imagining Gowanus Tomorrow

The Kentile Floors sign in 2013 | Photo by Steven Pisano, via Flickr Soon after New York State authorized its construction in 1848, the Gowanus Canal became one of America’s busiest industrial...

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