Tour: New York City: Capital of the World
Every city is unique, but what further distinguishes New York from the rest is the profound presence of world trade – more than any other…
The Five Thousand Pound Life: Land
The Five Thousand Pound Life: Land addresses the need to consider settlement patterns and competing land uses in new ways given the reality of climate change.
Kleindeutschland: An East Village History
Join art historian Sylvia Laudien-Meo to explore the beginnings of German culture in New York City!
LES gets a Big U: architecture + culture = resilience
City Atlas spoke with one of the designers of the Big U about the design philosophy behind the Big U, the process of working with the community, and what New York City can learn from Copenhagen.
Western Queens: More Space and New Arrangements
Join this tour with urban geographer and Queens Borough historian Jack Eichenbaum to learn about the traditional and new urban architecture in West Queens.
The power of local governments to plan for climate change
In a country where the president has been forced to work around Congress on climate strategy, the onus may be on local governments to take the challenge of long-term climate planning into their own hands. And local governments around the U.S. and the globe seem to be attempting just that, according to the results of the Urban Climate Change Governance Survey.
Reading the Streetscape: Battery Park City
Discover how to “read” buildings for information about the City’s growth and development and look at the city’s architecture from a design perspective in this 2-hour walking tour. You’ll never walk down the street the same way again!
Reimagining the city’s edge
New waterfront projects lead the way in mitigating the risks of climate change and building coastal resiliency.
Looking deep into the future of Manhattan
Eric Sanderson’s new interactive urban design website, Mannahatta2409.org, challenges users to see the natural landscape that is still possible within the city.
Transportation Alternatives Bronx Activist Meeting
Come to meet fellow Bronx advocates and get involved in campaigns for safer street at the neighborhood level.
Workshops for the Green Infrastructure Grant
Are you a private property owner interested in building your own roof top garden, or helping the city in its efforts to keep our city…
Discussion: Transportation and the Second Avenue Subway
Transportation and the Second Avenue Subway Wednesday, January 8, 2014 / 6:30 PM TICKETS ARE FREE; CLICK HERE TO RSVP In…
Philosophy of the City
Philosophy began in the city (Plato, Aristotle), and the city is a recurrent topic for major writers in the history of philosophy (Aquinas, Machiavelli); today, as the majority of the world’s people live in cities, practitioners are taking the field in new directions — examining the question, “how shall we live?”
The New Resilient City: Big Infrastructure Meets Community Fabric
Share your ideas for creating a livable and resilient New York City! Come engage in conversation with a thought-provoking panel of landscape architects and urban…
MAS Summit 2013 looks at full scope of the city’s future
What comes to mind when you think about the coming years in New York City? Resilience? Livability? Community? More new tools for a sharing economy?
New York leads global cities in adopting LED bulbs
By 2017, the dull glow of New York City streetlights will be replaced by the bright white light of LED bulbs.
The future of Southern Manhattan
Other boroughs suffered equal, or more brutal, direct consequences from Hurricane Sandy, but the visual impact of a darkened Manhattan captured the imagination.
The future of Southern Brooklyn, including Coney Island
As a bustling community attached to the massive built environment of the city, it was easy to overlook how vulnerable Coney Island and the neighborhoods around it have always been to the full force of the Atlantic.