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signs for businesses in the bed-stuy section of the bronx, a neighborhood qualifying for Neighborhood Now
A Path Forward

Neighborhoods Now rallies design firms to lend COVID-19-hit communities reopening help

Image of the historic townhome facades of Friends Seminary
House of Quakers

Kliment Halsband Architects blends past and present at Friends Seminary

Aerial rendering of an affordable housing complex
Off the Rails

Coronavirus capital cuts could derail de Blasio’s affordable housing plan

chrysler building eagles
View From the Top

Chrysler Building public observation deck gets the go-ahead

a power drill, which would normally be overseen by building inspectors
In Brief

NYC building inspectors launch stakeouts to nab non-essential contractors

hunters point library in queens, nyc, one of the sites on tour in thedesignfestival.nyc
Design Walks for the Pandemic Era

Freshly launched NYC design festival seeks to give ‘voice to those who create’

New York City Parks, like the long stretch here, are facing budget shortfalls
Go Outside Once A Week

Relief fund launched for NYC parks after dire status report

A man cycling through New York City Parks
Socially Distancing Donations

A hidden victim of the coronavirus pandemic? NYC’s parks

Looking south in Manhattan to low-slung buildings and the sky, now empty due to coronavirus
A Note From the Editor

Missing the mix

the national guard assembles a field hospital in a convention center, one of many temporary coronavirus hospitals
Crushing the Curve

Pop-up coronavirus hospitals begin to wind down operations

Construction workers standing before lain rebar
Easy As She Goes

Construction sites across America are reopening, but concerns linger

pedestrians wait to cross an empty city street, part of a street closures program
Word on the Street

Open Streets Initiative will aid cities in optimizing coronavirus street closures

Contextual image of 420 Kent with Williamsburg Bridge in the background
Jenga!

ODA’s 420 Kent leans towards the New York skyline with cantilevered massing and reflective glass

Woman in front of dark background; Anne Bass
In Memoriam

American arts and architecture commissioner Anne Bass dies at 78

Interior image of Capitale ballroom
Best of the Best

The Architect’s Newspaper recognizes excellence at the first Annual Design Gala

a glass-walled convention center, the Jacob Javits center
Awaiting the Surge

NYC eyes emptied dorms, Javits Center as makeshift coronavirus treatment hubs

people sitting outdoors at an event in NYC
Design Will Still Exist by Then

Coronavirus cancellations hit New York Design Week

A skyline behind a river, with the World Trade Center
Back To Center

Original blueprints for World Trade Center towers found in trash, sold for $250,000