The Vermont Sail Freight project: out with the new, and in with the old
The Vermont Sail Freight Project is working hard to influence how we view the future of freight shipment.
West Harlem’s CSA offers affordable, fresh produce from local farmers
A sliding membership fee plus four hours of community service in exchange for a bag of fresh produce a week.
It’s National Grilled Cheese Day!
It’s National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day! A guide to making and eating in NYC.
Growing the Battery Urban Farm
Battery Urban Farm is unique in two ways. First of all, we’re very accessible, located at street-level in the middle of a public park… Second, we are the largest educational farm on public land in all of Manhattan.
Can free public transit improve mental health?
Do reduced fare programs help both teens and the elderly? An example from London.
Sharing tiny cars in NYC. Go-go? Or a no-go?
Is the Austin, TX based low-emissions car-sharing program a greener solution to public transportation? Or is it, in fact, quite the opposite? And do we want it in New York?
New bike share station spotted in Bed-Stuy
A Citi Bike Share station has appeared on the corner of Grand and Fulton Streets
A (brief) history of sheep and goats in NYC
Goats and sheep are useful for clearing out unwanted plants, especially in areas that would be difficult for lawn mowers to reach. “They help us teach that we are all part of the food cycle,” and have been living and working in NYC for quite a while.
Community comes together to restore the Jamaica Bay Salt Marsh
The first ever community-led marsh restoration in a National Park is set to take course this coming May in Jamaica Bay.
Transportation Alternatives unveils street safety platform
In light of the mayoral candidate debates starting to heat up, Transportation Alternatives released its new platform for what it believes is essential for the…
Luxury apartments proposed on NYCHA properties
20 percent of the new units will be affordable housing for families of four making $50,000 or less, while the other 80 percent will be market-rate.
Why luxury developments are lonely and why we should care
When a New York City broker recently sold a condo in the opulent One57 building for $6.5 million to a Chinese woman, he expected her to move…
A survey on extreme weather for every New York City resident
We offer a new survey, created by a team at Columbia University, to City Atlas readers to help guide policy-making in New York City. Please take it — it may be important in shaping how the city prepares for future events like Sandy.
The lowdown on the Queens High Line
Queens is getting closer and closer to getting their own high line park. Similar to the High Line in Chelsea, the QueensWay, converted from an…
Urban design bracket challenge down to elite eight
It’s March Madness for city planners, too. In basketball it’s down to the Final Four, and the Atlantic Cities Urbanist Toolkit urban design tournament is…
Citi Bike Share gets updated map
A long-awaited sign of life from the Citi Bike Share arrived Thursday in the form of an updated station map. The system, a joint project…
New Yorkers outpace Sandy in tree count
Trees are going up faster than storms are taking them down in New York City.