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In Care Of

Urban planner Justin Garrett Moore thinks cities need a Department of Care

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Green Day

Daily digest: Cannabis farms on NYCHA rooftops, Popeyes Times Square flagship, and more

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Gowanus Green LIght

Contentious rezoning along Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal passes the NYC City Council

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Your Source For Outdoor News

Daily digest: The U.K.’s first ever extreme heat warning, the NY Luxury Design Fair is postponed, and more

A panorama of public housing
Family Size

Op-ed: Reconsidering design equity in affordable housing

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Improving “Houses” for the 21st Century

Peterson Rich Office and Regional Plan Association return with design recommendations for improving NYCHA properties

Rendering of a concrete living room with ample light, proposed to top a NYCHA development
Maybe?

New York’s public housing is in crisis. Can architects design the way out?

Photo of March to Reclaim the City by Sydney Franklin
No Towers, No Compromise

Architecture collective joins activists to protest luxury towers on New York’s Lower East Side

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#FairestBigCity

Mayor Bill de Blasio announces plan to protect New York City tenants

Photo of children in the Target Bronx Community Garden, Bronx
Fertile Turf

The hidden power of community gardens

Photo of sign for NYCHA Throggs Neck Houses
No Good Horrible Very Bad Day

NYCHA orgy rounds out disastrous summer for the public housing agency

Sumner Vacation

An exclusive look at Studio Libeskind’s first New York City building

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State of the State

NY state budget declares Penn Station area an “unreasonable” public risk, and other shakeups

Roof-Down Resilience

Massive post-Sandy roof restoration begins at Red Hook Houses

Seriously?

President Trump taps his son’s wedding planner to run N.Y. and N.J. federal housing programs

New York Values

NYCHA’s new guidelines for rehabilitation of public housing push for sustainability and preservation

KPF

Large raised earth “Lily Pads” by KPF will help stop future floods at NYC’s Red Hook Houses

#TeachTrump

Denied access to Trump Tower public space, protestors still hold affordable housing teach-in

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