Our Global Kitchen: Food, Culture, Nature
The American Museum of Natural History presents Global Kitchen, an exhibition on food, nature, and culture.
Building a Resilient and Livable New York
Building a Resilient and Liveable New York, featuring a discussion about the future of East Midtown, a celebration of Sam Roberts’ latest book “Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America” and the 120th annual meeting of the Muncipal Art Society of New York.
Winter Jam
Winter Jam NYC is a free annual winter sports festival with featured venues, live entertainment and fresh snow.
Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park
Group fitness led by trained professionals takes place every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday at Fort Tryon Park, unless it’s below 20 degrees out.
Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park
Group fitness led by trained professionals takes place every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday at Fort Tryon Park, unless it’s below 20 degrees out.
Art and Architecture of the Subway
Municipal Art Society presents a tour featuring the art, architecture and history of New York’s subway system.
New Amsterdam Market: reviving New York’s public market
For over 300 years, the South Street neighborhood served as a thriving food market where farmers and locals crossed paths to exchange a rich variety of…
A tribute to Andrew H. Green: New York’s forgotten visionary
The park planned to commemorate one of New York City’s forgotten heroes is at risk.
Seeing like a tourist: Grand Central Terminal walking tour
Looking to entertain out of town friends or relatives this holiday season? Take advantage of the opportunity to act like a tourist in your own town and sign up for a walking tour with the Municipal Arts Society. This free weekly Grand Central Terminal walking tour offers unique and entertaining insights into one of the city’s historical sights.
MAS Summit 2012: imagine a donut above Grand Central, and Park Ave with a park in the middle
Last month, the Municipal Art Society held its third annual summit on the theme of Density, Development, and Diversity. For two intense, jam-packed days, designers,…
After Sandy, Occupying for good
A volunteer describes her days working with the grassroots relief organization Occupy Sandy. “Occupy is re-purposed, with impressive, ongoing results.”
Eds, meds, and environmental friendliness
New construction and renovation plans aplenty in NYC’s health and education sectors, but will the planners keep their promises for sustainable development?
Manhattan, coffee island
Although no coffee beans are grown in Manhattan, for many reasons it is truly the coffee island. Rachel Northrop brings us on a big apple tour behind the bean.
New Developments on Roosevelt Island
The island is now home to a memorial to FDR and soon, a Cornell Tech Campus
Revisiting the Rising Currents solutions: creating buffer zones for the city
As a series of posts on City Atlas have shown, the storm that swamped New York on October 29th pushed climate change onto the national…
A dispatch from silhouette city
A New Yorker’s message of darkness and light two days after the storm
Planning the future of NYC: sea gates and visions of LoLo
Could sea gates and “LoLo” be NYC’s solution to and protection against climate change?
A new cost-benefit analysis for storm protection
With powerful storm surges costing the New York Metropolitan Area more and more each year, it is clear that a new flood protection system is necessary. Has it now become economically responsible from a cost-benefit standpoint?