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Reimagining the city, beginning with sidewalk sheds

The everyday sidewalk shed — what can be done with it? A team in the MFA Transdisciplinary Design program at Parsons/The New School saw potential: the result, Softwalks, is a design intervention, a kit that can give sheds features of public furniture or other uses to serve the community.

New York’s hidden green secret

A talk on Earth Day pulled back the curtain on something we thought we all knew: the MTA. Almost as inherent to MTA city travel as the sound of screeching brakes is the griping and groaning we do while on board.

City Zoning Turns Green

The City Council just approved a far reaching set of zoning changes to smooth the path for building owners to adopt new, green technologies. How could this transform the city in the next ten years?