A fond farewell to the Downtown Alliance composting bin pilot, where the bins collected 105,157 pounds of organic waste over 18 months.
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Why studying street furniture is important
Street furniture is where public policy meets our bodies. Topics like zoning and land use are fascinating, and I can speak or read books about these topics all day. But, it’s really really hard to understand zoning – and really difficult to hold zoning in our minds eye without scrambling a bit. We can kind…
Roosevelt Island Master Plan
I spent the weekend playing around Roosevelt Island, the tiny island in the East River between Manhattan and Queens. It’s an amazing place, which feels like another world. Accessible by the F train, Tram, ferry, and car you can get to it, but it isn’t easy. At the southern end is the Franklin D. Roosevelt…
Observed: dumpster planter
To match the adaptive reuse aesthetic at Industry City in Brooklyn, they have deployed street-level planter dumpsters which have been painted various shades of pink, yellow, and red.
Vibrant communities, at a small scale – an interview with Jessica Mathews
Vibrant communities need small moments of beauty, and our finite public space should be equitably distributed for all residents – come and listen to Jessica Mathews of EpicSmall.
Walking the city with Jennifer Micó
Walking the city with linguist Jennifer Micó, where we explore what makes a city walkable, how cities can respond to COVID-19 safely, and what it means to be an outsider looking in.
Observed: Outdoor Street Dining (sedeo strata)
Observed: the many versions of sedeo strata (streetwise dining) which have emerged into the last few weeks in NYC.
Inspiration: Jan Kattein Architects
Description Jan Kattein Architects is a London-based architecture, urban planning, placemaking, developer, etc firm which uses architectural practice and design as a tool for dialogue and exchange, empowering the community. Their projects are small, scrappy, and amazing. Discussion I’ve been most obsessed with Blue House Yard (Instagram), a temporary redevelopment of a former carpark including…
History: Georgetown Call Box
1969: Call Box and Street Lamps, 28th & O Streets N.W., Washington D. C. Photo by Jack E. Boucher from the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey. The Historic American Buildings Survey is part of Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service…