The Spatial Information Lab at Columbia University assembled a savvy project which measures Foursquare and Facebook “check-ins.”
Janette Sadik-Kahn, the New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner, , the Vice President of Platforms and Partnerships at Waze and Rachel Sterne, the Chief Digital Officer at New York City Media were among the many representatives in attendance who presented progressive ideas and projects involving transportation and technology in cities.
The 2011 Municipal Arts Society (MAS) Summit gathered developers, academics, architects, financiers and urbanophiles of all types in the Time Warner Center this past Thursday and Friday to wax poetic on the economic, social and environmental future of NYC.
If you look closely, there are numerous monuments to "The Boy Mayor" of New York City, who rose to fame as a reformer and had a tragic early death.
Subway Series: An all-in-one performance of accordion, trumpet, baking dish and stick.
Where the bohemian and literary-minded gather and where Woody Allen filmed Husbands and Wives.
A new breed of architects use social media to show that it's not all that serious.
When Korilla BBQ comes to Columbia University, it parks on Amsterdam away from the slew of other food trucks on Amsterdam. There's a great visual menu, an assembly line of workers, a mirror above to show you what they've got and an iPad rings you up.
The farmers market on Broadway between 114th and 116th streets carries organic milk, eggs, baked goods, poultry, turkey, duck and many other organic vegetables.
PARK(ing) Day, is coming back September 17th! The concept is simple: turn parking space into public space. It's part political, part environmental, part cultural. And for urban planners and architects, creative too.