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Why is the Broadway Triangle Still Empty? 16 Aug 2012 | 03:03 am
Meg Kelly explores the controversy behind the stalled redevelopment of the Broadway Triangle, raising questions about the political geography of housing and ethnic integration in a North Brooklyn bord...
The Omnibus Roundup – Bridges, Subway Report Cards, Bike Lanes, Meadowlands, Post-Olympic Photos, Fires and Ziplines 11 Aug 2012 | 02:41 am
‘BERG THE BUILDER The Bloomberg administration and the DOT are taking heat this week for scheduling a new bridge linking City Island to the Bronx before the plan has completed the required public rev...
Unfinished Business: 25 Years of Discourse in Los Angeles 10 Aug 2012 | 05:24 am
Currently on view at the WUHO Gallery in Hollywood is a retrospective exhibit entitled Unfinished Business: 25 Years of Discourse in Los Angeles, held in honor of the first quarter century of The Los ...
Lifespan of a (Brooklyn) Fact: Can One in Seven Americans Trace Roots to Brooklyn? 9 Aug 2012 | 03:54 am
Can one in seven Americans really trace their roots to Brooklyn? It’s a decades-old factoid too tantalizing to ignore, too fuzzy to confirm. Since 1980, writers and Brooklyn boosters have eagerly rep...
Making Connections: Planning for Green Infrastructure in Two Bridges 9 Aug 2012 | 01:58 am
Kerri Culhane explains how geographical, historical and architectural factors make the Two Bridges neighborhood uniquely suited to realize the environmental, economic and social benefits of green infr...
Field Trip: Gerritsen Beach and Marine Park, Brooklyn 8 Aug 2012 | 04:50 am
On a pleasant weekday afternoon at the end of July, I hopped on my bike and headed to the far south east of Brooklyn. I found a proud, isolated (and proudly isolated) neighborhood and uniquely divided...
The Omnibus Roundup – On Aging, Penn Station Protesting, MetroCard Advertising, Bike Sharing Speedbumps and Velodrama 4 Aug 2012 | 04:06 am
OLD YORK According to a report released this week from the California-based Milken Institute, the New York metro area comes in as the fifth best city for successful aging, due in part to its superior ...
Flatbush Start to Finish 1 Aug 2012 | 11:21 pm
Architectural historian Gabrielle Esperdy takes us on a journey from the Manhattan Bridge to Jamaica Bay, revealing the layers of urban history in one of Brooklyn's oldest and most important streets.
Portfolio: Five Borough Farm 1 Aug 2012 | 02:17 am
Rob Stephenson is a photographer who meditates on the places where nature and the built environment overlap with, merge with or intrude upon one another. Past series have explored the beachfront build...
The Omnibus Roundup – NYU Approved, Freight Rail Revived, Bronx Rail Proposed, Tunnels Bored, Manhattan Waste Managed, Hive Installed, and the Olympic... 28 Jul 2012 | 03:31 am
NYU ANEW This Wednesday, the New York City Council approved the NYU 2031 proposals by a vote of 44-1, one week after the City Planning Commission also gave the University a go-ahead. The vote in favo...
