What do tourists have to show for their trips to New York City? Selfies and souvenirs, usually. The moment visitors step off the plane, they’re…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unbuilt East Village Towers Rise High in New MoMA Exhibit
In October of 1929, a New York Times headline announced: “Odd-Type Buildings to Overlook Church.” Those odd-type buildings would’ve been New York’s first glass skyscrapers,…
What’s Up With the Giant Spikes Outside of Cooper Union?
Cube, meet spikes. The Alamo returned in November and now another piece of monumental art is being installed outside of Cooper Union’s Foundation Building. The…
Talks + Readings: Internet, City and Ocean – Approaches to the Commons
The Idealist: Aaron Swartz and the Rise of Free Culture on the Internet Tuesday, January 12 at 7:00 p.m. at The Strand, 828 Broadway When 26-year-old…
Eco-Friendly Affordable Housing? It’s Actually Happening in Bushwick
The last thing you’d expect from affordable housing is energy efficiency and forward-thinking design, but two new buildings in Brooklyn are aiming to reduce the…