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Spotlight’s On You

Point of Action brings people together at a distance for the 2020 Flatiron Public Plaza Design Installation

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Designed and Boarded

NYCxDESIGN announces new noprofit status ahead of 2021 Fair

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Get Used To Walking

Catastrophic cuts planned for the MTA without federal aid

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Hand-Laid masonry

The Fitzroy harkens back to Old New York with art deco-inspired terra-cotta blocks

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Sad!

How Donald Trump transformed New York without any regard for design quality

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The Crème De La Crème

New York City Public Design Commission announces 38th annual Awards for Excellence in Design winners

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Winter Is Coming

New report explores how shops and restaurants can survive and thrive during a COVID winter

Looking up at a terra cotta-clad tower in Manhattan, where architect Erica Tishman was killed
Come Again?

New York City argues that architect killed by falling building debris could be responsible for her own death

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Extreme Construction

Restoration of the Empire State Building’s Art Deco crown nears completion

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Valuable Tools

Van Alen Institute and Urban Design Forum launch online design toolkit for COVID-19 recovery efforts

modules on a beach, an example of prefabrication in an urban context
Encouraging the Unconventional

NYC Public Design Commission explores small-scale prefabrication potential in a big-city context

photo of overflowing trash in Prospect Park, one of many affected NYC parks
Sanctuaries of Sanity

Op-ed: NYC, don’t give up on parks when we need them most

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Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Neighborhoods Now shares design-based recovery strategies for NYC communities hit by COVID-19

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In Brief

First statue of nonfictional women unveiled for Central Park

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Sitting on a Bomb

MTA warns of dire 40 percent service cuts if it can’t get a federal bailout

Fotografiska New York, an imposing faux-gothic building and one of the museums reopening, at night
Tick Tock

When are New York City museums reopening?

Rendering of a textured glass volume above a limestone-clad building in New York atop the Tiffany headquarters
In Brief

OMA reveals a fluted glass topper for Tiffany & Co.’s New York City flagship

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In Brief

National Academy of Design names Gregory Wessner new executive director

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