Can free public transit improve mental health?
Do reduced fare programs help both teens and the elderly? An example from London.
New bike share station spotted in Bed-Stuy
A Citi Bike Share station has appeared on the corner of Grand and Fulton Streets
counter/point: The 2013 D-Crit Conference
Come listen to lectures and presentations from a number of highly regarded design curators, practitioners, theorists, critics, educators, and planners at the counter/point: 2013 D-Crit Conference!
MoRUS Fundraising 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.…
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…
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…
Apply to be an Organizing Fellow at 596 Acres
596 Acres is a growing, innovative nonprofit that makes use of vacant land, helping organizers turn it into productive community gardens and urban farms. They…
New housing designs for New York’s future
Making Room showcases designs to meet the shifting demographics of cities, such as creating housing for singles and adjusting to changing family sizes.
Public Design Workshop for the BK Waterfront Greenway
Your Voice Is Needed! NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold a Public Design Workshop for the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway on Wednesday, March 20, 2013.…
Slowing Globalization: Amsterdam, Street Photography, and Urban Renewal
Global cities have been studied predominantly in terms of speed and movement, acceleration and circulation. This talk will examine the relationship between globalization and cities…
Book Launch- Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Fractured Cities
Join author Mindy Fullilove and discussants Helena Hansen and Jack Saul in celebrating the publication of Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Fractured Cities. What if divided neighborhoods…
SimCity: urban planner approved
The franchise’s recent release, the first in over a decade, claims to be most realistic simulation of urbanism and planning yet, while still remaining gamer-approved.
Drake and the resilient city
With transparency and sustained idealism, Drake presented her firm’s urban sponges, parks, and “infra-sutures” that aim to heal past wounds and current conflicts caused by massive city projects–like Moses’s BQE, and by “acts of god” like Sandy.
Claire Weisz
“…Our cities all over the country–from Detroit to New Orleans–present the best opportunity for lowering our carbon footprint…”
Closing the cycling gender gap
In U.S. cities, the bike lane is a male-dominated zone. According to a DOT study, males outnumber females on New York City streets six to…
MoRUS Benefit Show for “UnReal Estate”
A benefit show for MoRUS featuring slide shows about the history of squatting and musical performances.