Community Spirit Blossoms in Mott Haven Community Gardens
The 138th Street Community Garden in the Bronx is a green oasis where local residents grow vegetables, fruit, and flowers, amidst community art and The Watcher.
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Victorian Bronx Building Makes Way for New Affordable Housing Site
At the corner of Boston Road and E. 179th Street in The Bronx, an early 1900s building that once provided free housing to older women of modest means will soon make way for a new low income housing development.
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Newly Renovated Bronx River Art Center Hosts Open House on May 17th
The Bronx River Art Center is moving back into its building following a renovation and will be hosting a free event for the public on Thursday May 17th.
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Rare Color Photos of Freedomland, NYC’s Grandiose Lost Amusement Park
Rare color photos of Freedomland U.S.A. captured views of the short-lived but well remembered Bronx amusement park, which was replaced by Co-op City in the ’60s
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Danish Double Parking: Copenhagen Puts an Elevated Park Above a Garage
A new elevated park atop a parkinig garage in Copenhagen is demonstrating that urban space can function three-dimensionally with a mix of functions.
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The Top 10 Secrets About NYC’s Co-op City
Co-op City, located in the northeast Bronx on NYC’s urban periphery, is highly visible but remains an enigma to most New Yorkers. It is worth a closer look.
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A Sneak Peek of the Bronx River House, the Future Home of the Bronx River Alliance
The Bronx River Alliance, which has been restoring New York City’s only freshwater river, will soon move into its new home, Bronx River House in Starlight Park.
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20 Must Visit Places in Inwood, NYC: An Untapped Cities Guide
Inwood, located at the northern end of Manhattan, is both bustling and bucolic. Here are 20 must-visit spots in this one of a kind NYC neighborhood.
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Berlin’s Lost Prophet of Colorful Modernism: Onkel Toms Hütte by Bruno Taut
Onkel Toms Hütte, a colorful 1920s housing development in Berlin, embodies a strand of Modernism long overshadowed by more minimalist, monochrome development.
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The Top 10 Secrets of 280 Broadway, an NYC Architectural Gem
An untapped gem of NYC, the “marble palace” at 280 Broadway built by A.T. Stewart as America’s first department store, is full of other forgotten history.
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10 Buildings That Tell The Story of NYC’s Green Affordable Housing (So Far)
As demonstrated by the stories of 10 representative projects, over the past decade a new type of housing has emerged in NYC that is both green and affordable.
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Proposal Aims to Clean Gowanus Canal by Bringing Creeks to the Streets
Street Creeks, a strategy to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and manage stormwater runoff in urban runways like the Gowanus Canal by Atema Arhitecture
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