The ‘City of Yes’ Will Make a Big Manhattan Mess
11.01.2024
City council is expected to vote on the controversial proposal soon.
City council is expected to vote on the controversial proposal soon.
John Massengale
I’m A New Yorker, Not a NIMBY
09.24.2024
Most New Yorkers care deeply about their great city and believe development shouldn’t be top-down and hidden from public scrutiny.
Most New Yorkers care deeply about their great city and believe development shouldn’t be top-down and hidden from public scrutiny.
NYC’s ‘City of Yes’ Proposal Is a Free Pass for Big Real Estate
09.10.2024
It won’t create affordable housing, but instead lead to continued gentrification and displacement.
It won’t create affordable housing, but instead lead to continued gentrification and displacement.
Should New York City Streets Be Illegal?
03.07.2023
The city is falling woefully short of its Vision Zero goals.
The city is falling woefully short of its Vision Zero goals.
15 Years Later and What Do You Get? A Lot More Cars and a Planet in Flames
08.23.2022
The (renewed) case for congestion pricing in New York City.
The (renewed) case for congestion pricing in New York City.
A Car-Free Brooklyn Bridge Is Possible
05.31.2022
And it would easily be more popular than the High Line.
And it would easily be more popular than the High Line.
New York City Is Failing Its Citizens on the Environment
05.10.2022
Some proposals to turn the city around for a more sustainable future.
Some proposals to turn the city around for a more sustainable future.
How Robert A.M. Stern Resurrected Architectural History
04.11.2022
On the occasion of his new memoir, Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture.
On the occasion of his new memoir, Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture.
Big Real Estate’s Continuing Stranglehold Over New York City
02.14.2022
The problem isn’t an inability to build housing, but an inability to build the kind of housing the city actually needs.
The problem isn’t an inability to build housing, but an inability to build the kind of housing the city actually needs.
Confessions of a Recovering Traffic Engineer
10.18.2021
A new book on misguided assumptions of the people who design our roads.
A new book on misguided assumptions of the people who design our roads.
The Proposed Expansion of the Frick in New York Would Erase Forever a Unique Museum Experience
10.02.2018
Are adding gift shops and cafes to venerable museums the only solution to staying “relevant” in the 21st century?
Are adding gift shops and cafes to venerable museums the only solution to staying “relevant” in the 21st century?
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