Discovering a floating park at the High Line
Make way for the High Line’s newest addition: a floating park at the Spur.
Tacloban and New York
Typhoon Haiyan is a glimpse of what a densely populated world colliding with a radically changing climate system could look like.
Vermont Sail Freight Project sails into New York City
A sailboat, filled with local produce and other goods, sails from Vermont to New York City, delivering its Northeast Kingdom bounty along the way.
The future of Southern Brooklyn, including Coney Island
As a bustling community attached to the massive built environment of the city, it was easy to overlook how vulnerable Coney Island and the neighborhoods around it have always been to the full force of the Atlantic.
How to move forward, one year after Sandy
Anniversary events and actions, hosted by Occupy Sandy and many others, are free and all are welcome.
Fast food workers striking for living wages
It is important to consider not just the ecological components of sustainability, but also the social ones.
Groups march to City Hall for fairness in rebuilding
Sandy-affected New Yorkers march to City Hall to put pressure on mayoral candidates to commit to an equitable rebuilding of the city
Diogenes searches for answers from Google
Public critiques and counter-campaigns have drawn attention to Google’s corporate slogan “Don’t be evil,” pointing out their hypocrisy and subverting the slogan with the protest rally: “Don’t fund evil.”
Essential visit: 5Pointz, the “graffiti mecca” of the world
Make sure to support and visit 5Pointz while you still can!
“How’m I doin?” Koch on Koch
The film Koch provides a balanced perspective on one of the most famous and controversial New Yorkers, former mayor Ed Koch.
Composting, the Bloomberg way
Composting bins for all residences and businesses in New York City may not be far off.
SImagines plans for Staten Island
A grassroots effort guided by the AIA and Hunter College seeks new visions for Staten Island in the wake of Sandy.
Social justice is on the menu: Drive Change NYC
Serving delicious food with a side of social justice.
MoMA hosts The Exchange Café
The Exchange Café makes a simple trip for tea, milk, and honey, an opportunity to touch upon a universal sense of fellowship that is often lost.
Beaches are opening? Beaches are opening!
We repeat, so that we ourselves believe it: all beaches (well, except Fort Tilden) will be open for swimming… tomorrow.
Zero emissions: nothing but hot air?
Is Tesla’s market victory cause to celebrate for those who mourned the death of the electric car?
Breaking the use-and-discard cycle, one repair at a time
“As a nation we’ve begun to rethink our relationship with food — now is the time to rethink our relationship with consumer objects as well.”