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Artist Launches Campaign to Call Out Hostile Urban Design

by Claire Voon February 1, 2018February 2, 2018

The project calls for anyone to photograph examples of hostile architecture — from spikes on windows to bars on benches — and share the images on Instagram.

Posted inArt

An Interactive Map of New York’s Earliest Skyscrapers

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 26, 2017January 26, 2017

The Skyscraper Museum’s “Ten & Taller: 1874-1900” exhibition maps the first Manhattan buildings to soar beyond 10 stories.

Posted inBooks

Architectural Histories of New Yorks that Never Were

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 29, 2016November 30, 2016

From a Dodger Stadium by Buckminster Fuller to an Ellis Island by Frank Lloyd Wright, a new book gathers hundreds of alternate realities proposed for New York City.

Posted inArt

Be a Better Robert Moses in Games that Deconstruct His Legacy

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 7, 2016October 7, 2016

A competition challenged developers to reinterpret a biography of the “master builder” as interactive experiences.

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Retracing a Lifetime of Urban Activism Through Jane Jacob’s Last Interview

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 10, 2016August 10, 2016

“The kind of planning for a city that would really work would be a sort of informed, intelligent improvisation, which is what most of our planning in life is in any case,” said Jane Jacobs in a 1962 interview with Mademoiselle, conducted just after the 1961 publication of her influential The Death and Life of Great American Cities.

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How the Bulldozer Smoothed Postwar America into a Blank Slate

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 3, 2016

Demolition and construction following World War II radically altered the landscape of the United States, and one machine in particular allowed for such a dramatic overhaul.

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Designing Less Dangerous Architecture for New York’s Birds

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 28, 2016July 29, 2016

The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on the west side of Manhattan was once among New York City’s top three bird-killing buildings.

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The Homes, Parks, and Towns that Shaped the United States’ Built Environment

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 1, 2016February 6, 2017

The built environment of the United State was constructed on grand ideas, including parks that inspired morality, towns designed to curb strikes, and homes that offered everyone their own slice of the land.

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Bringing New York City’s Underpasses Out of the Shadows and into Public Space

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 22, 2015June 23, 2015

Over 700 miles of underdeveloped space are in the shadows of New York City’s elevated highways and rails.

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Recording the Fading Local Typography of Our Cities

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 9, 2015June 9, 2015

One of the most overlooked design casualties of global homogenization is regional lettering.

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Archaeologist Discovers Ancient Mayan City Built on a Grid

by Laura C. Mallonee April 30, 2015April 30, 2015

If you’ve ever found yourself lost in Manhattan, you know that city grids are a beautiful thing.

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Boston Unveils Finalists in Competition to Retrofit City for Rising Waters

by Julia Friedman March 26, 2015March 26, 2015

Following on the heels of New York, London, and many other urban centers, Boston is the latest city to envision how best to manage the certainty of rising water levels due to global warming.

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