What Happened to New York City Public Housing, and How Can We Fix It?
04.04.2024
The former chief architect for NYCHA on what ails the the system.
The former chief architect for NYCHA on what ails the the system.
Post Archive
Equity Posts
Social Housing in America: Architects Must Answer the Call
03.12.2024
They have a responsibility to the public to visualize the potential of social housing in America.
They have a responsibility to the public to visualize the potential of social housing in America.
The Making of Pontchartrain Park in New Orleans
03.07.2024
How a pair of wealthy outsiders, Edith and Edgar Stern, helped inspire the first neighborhood development exclusively available to Black middle-class families.
How a pair of wealthy outsiders, Edith and Edgar Stern, helped inspire the first neighborhood development exclusively available to Black middle-class families.
Awesome and Affordable: Making the Case for Great Housing
02.06.2024
A new project in Los Angeles highlights the challenges—and the opportunities.
A new project in Los Angeles highlights the challenges—and the opportunities.
Hope and Squalor: Venezuelan Refugees at Chicago Police Stations
11.21.2023
Nearly 3000 people are living in tents and inside police facilities.
Nearly 3000 people are living in tents and inside police facilities.
Art & Architecture Writers Demand Fair Pay
08.31.2023
Wages for free-lance journalists, covering the built environment, have been stagnant or in decline for years.
Wages for free-lance journalists, covering the built environment, have been stagnant or in decline for years.
Revisiting Brooklyn’s Barclays Center—a Telling Landscape
08.29.2023
The arena and plaza have become notably more commercialized since 2012, while the towers lag in affordability and represent a modular failure.
The arena and plaza have become notably more commercialized since 2012, while the towers lag in affordability and represent a modular failure.
Encounters With Damian: Columbia University’s Homeless Neighbor
07.17.2023
Near and around campus, the juxtaposition between privilege and poverty is glaring.
Near and around campus, the juxtaposition between privilege and poverty is glaring.
What Los Angeles Transit Could Learn From Charlotte
06.12.2023
On accidentally discovering the Queen City’s wonderful light rail system.
On accidentally discovering the Queen City’s wonderful light rail system.
Why Mass Transit in America Disappeared
05.22.2023
A talk with the author of The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight.
A talk with the author of The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight.
Never Again Is Now: The Transportation Professions’ Responsibility to Work Toward Justice
03.15.2023
The racist truth about our urban highways.
The racist truth about our urban highways.
How Atlantic Yards Failed to Deliver Affordable Homeownership (With a Hakeem Jeffries Cameo)
01.10.2023
A project that has “promised much and delivered little.”
A project that has “promised much and delivered little.”
Blair Kamin on Reframing the Crucial Issue of Design Equity
11.16.2022
The former critic of the Chicago Tribune prefers a more holistic approach.
The former critic of the Chicago Tribune prefers a more holistic approach.
New Orleans’ Claiborne Expressway: “There’s Really Only One Option”
10.26.2022
A talk with former Councilmember Kristin Palmer about the troubled highway.
A talk with former Councilmember Kristin Palmer about the troubled highway.
How to Create Real Housing Affordability, With Dignity
10.05.2022
The lessons of New Town at St. Charles.
The lessons of New Town at St. Charles.
“I Felt It Was the Right Thing To Do”
09.21.2022
Andrew Bernheimer talks about the historic unionization at his architecture firm.
Andrew Bernheimer talks about the historic unionization at his architecture firm.
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