Join us for a post-Election Day celebration of the mandate of everyday city dwellers to improve one another’s lives. We’ll apply performance, satire, and rapid presentations to mix policy and play and proclaim the power of participation.
As deputy mayor for housing and economic development, native New Yorker Alicia Glen’s mandate includes more than 40 agencies and authorities. From empowering women entrepreneurs and…
In preparation towards the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), to be held in Quito, Ecuador in October 2016, UN Women Office in Ecuador in close coordination with the DED’s office proposes a CSW-60 side event on “Habitat III Agenda and Gender Equality, Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and for All.” The side event provides the opportunity to influence the process towards Habitat III. It will advocate for the full recognition of and the important contributions of women to the urban development agenda.
Join NYU Wagner for an engrossing conversation with one of the nation’s leading experts on property law, land use, and affordable housing—Vicki Been.
On April 10 at the Pratt Institute architects, historians, urban advocates, and city officials will present case studies of completed work, addressing design excellence and community priorities.
In 2030, the world’s population will be a staggering eight billion people. Of these, two-thirds will live in cities. Most will be poor. With limited resources, this uneven growth will be one of the greatest challenges faced by societies across the globe.
To engage this international debate, Uneven Growth brings together six interdisciplinary teams of researchers and practitioners to examine new architectural possibilities for six global metropolises.
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. convenes a panel of experts that will discuss best practice site planning and stormwater management strategies to increase the resilience of a campus style public housing in the event of a storm event.
Exclusive Fundraising Event Tour and conversation with museum directors Saturday, April 6, 2013 5:00pm Tour the Lower East Side Community Gardens and legendary homestead buildings.…
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.
Making Room showcases designs to meet the shifting demographics of cities, such as creating housing for singles and adjusting to changing family sizes.
The 2010 Census showed rapid growth in one- to two-person households in Manhattan, and the current housing supply of studios and one-bedrooms is approximately 800,000 units short of the demand.
3rd Ward presents a night of sustainable living discussion that will widen your horizons and help you realize its fundamental tenets, and how you can benefit from it. Our discussion will be lead by Mary Mattingly of The Flock House Project, and Mark Jupiter of New World Home. 3rd Ward member Michael Doherty of Bitponics will moderate the evening’s discussion and Q&A.
New York City is infamous for expensive apartments and the competitive, frantic search for affordable housing. Real estate is of course a very large industry here, but it is also an issue that every person living in the city confronts at some time or another.
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
Co-ops and rentals for low- and moderate-income residents spiral around what will be a leafy, semi-enclosed court.