Humanizing Data: Data, Humanities, and the City
This day-long symposium examines how we can use data and digital strategies to enhance and disrupt the kinds of research questions, methods, and narratives that…
CUSP map: taking a look under the hood of the city
A new crowdsourced map shows some important features of the city and describes how we can respond to changing climate.
Mapping Brooklyn Exhibit
Mapping Brooklyn juxtaposes the work of contemporary artists working with historic maps, with examples of maps themselves, suggesting the myriad ways that maps can represent, on the one hand, such practical matters as way finding, property ownership, population shifts, and war strategy, and on other, the terrain of the metaphorical, psychological, and personal.
Where do future flood maps of NYC come from?
The City’s projections for flood zones in coming decades are created by the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities (CISC); an interactive version now shows projections out to 2080.
Brownfields or Vacant Lots In Your Life?
Is the New York City summer weather inspiring you to start a garden or farm? Unsure if your local vacant, empty space or yard is…