Bring Your Own Film: A Film and Video Open Mic
Bring Your Own Film is a screening series, an informal space for filmmakers to show smaller projects, works-in-progress, or projects that might not have a…
Doc New York City screening of A Small Section of the World
Have you ever wondered how many hands it takes to create a cup of coffee?
And how many of those hands belong to women?
A SMALL SECTION OF THE WORLD is an inspirational story about a group of women from a remote farming region of Costa Rica whose ideas sparked a revolution in the coffee growing world.
A better city starts with pedestrian space
In this video, urban strategist & former Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa tells us how we can reprioritize road space for people.
We could really use some faster trees…
In his recent lecture, Dr. Wallace Broecker outlines carbon capture as our most promising option…
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.”
Why are you going to #ForwardOnClimate?
We were curious to hear why New Yorkers were planning to head to the #ForwardOnClimate Rally in D.C. this weekend. Here’s what we found out:…
Streetfilms re-introduces Zozo, the purple livable streets hero!
Streetfilms is reintroducing their Jim-Henson-designed, child-friendly urban planning mascot: Zozo, the purple livable streets hero. As described on meetzozo.com, “Zozo makes friends wherever he goes. Zozo loves…
A Few New Ways to Look at the World
We have all seen those pictures of planet Earth as little blue and white marble against the backdrop of space and a hundred different maps…
NYC’s pop-up cafés will be back this summer
(video from NYC DOT) This time-lapse shows a day in the life of a pop-up café on Sullivan Street. A project of the NYC Department…
Seeing Green
Addressing the issue of New York’s overtaxed sewer system and the dangers of storm water runoff, Seeing Green is a project started by Erik Facteau…
How the Dutch got their bike paths
Sometimes it looks easy when you visit a European city with great urban planning. But that doesn’t mean it was easy — even in Amsterdam,…
Has Madrid set the bar for a changing New York?
The city of Madrid has transformed its core with a new riverfront park, on land reclaimed from a busy freeway. As noted in the NYT…
Weekend Videos : Essex St Trolley Terminal & Return to the City
VIDEO: Check out the Essex St Trolley Terminal which has been closed off for 60 years, and Return to the City is an awesome use of re-imagined time-lapse photography.
Video: Jan Gehl on cities
Jan Gehl speaks on the importance of understanding the function of cities, and how to improve them.
Video: Cities of the Future
How will cities improve in the future? CEOs for Cities partners give their thoughts on the issue. Source: www.ceosforcities.org
A Block Party Without a Block: A Community Survives Long After Its Homes Are Razed
Touching story of the resilience of a community that faced displacement from one of the first urban renewal projects in NYC over 60 years ago.Source: www.thirteen.org, via City Atlas
CityBench – The New New York City Bench
Designer of NYC’s new city bench explains why it’s so great.Source: www.youtube.com, via City Atlas
Zombies in the Garden: Ray Villafane’s Giant Pumpkin Sculpture – Video
Two of the world’s heaviest pumpkins ever were carved up into a ghoulish sculpture this weekend at the New York Botanical Garden.Source: www.nybg.org, via City Atlas