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Rikers IslandLatest Stories

rendering of rikers island in nyc with solar arrays and more
Rikers Rebirth

Regional Plan Association and RISD reimagine NYC’s notorious Rikers Island as a green energy hub

Aerial survey of Rikers Island, showing different jail buildings
Count 'Em

Here are the six design-build teams competing to build the Rikers Island replacement jails

The tombs, a towering jail with no windows, against a blue sky
The Tomb Where It Happened

Manhattan’s notorious “Tombs” will close next month as part of Rikers realignment

A rikers replacement jail site, the tombs, in chinatown
It's The Story That Never Ends...

State judge blocks Rikers replacement tower in Manhattan

Aerial survey of Rikers Island, showing different jail buildings
Slow Your Roll

Rikers closure delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, budget cuts

Photo of a Rikers demonstration on a sidewalk outside of a courthouse
You’ve Got Jail

Fifteen architects and designers will advise design of Rikers Replacement jails

An aerial view of Rikers Island in New York City
ULURP it, ULOVE it

NYC pushes forward with plans to convert Rikers Island into public space

A speculative schematic design diagram of a Rikers Island replacement jail tower
Moving on Up

Rikers replacement process begins as New York issues RFQs

Rikers Island as seen from the air
Jail Time

Rikers replacement plan moves forward with reduced jail tower heights

A drawing of Rikers Island in New York shows a new proposal for the jail system
Rikers Revolution

As the Rikers Island replacement plan moves forward, activists and architects look for alternatives

Image of Rikers Island replacements
Op-Ed

Letter to the editor: Now is the time to close the Rikers jails

An aerial photo of Rikers Island, connected with a single bridge
Yikers Rikers

We need to rethink the Rikers Island replacement jails

Aerial photo of Rikers Island, connected to the mainland by only one bridge
Jail Simulator 2019

AECOM chosen to oversee design-build of Rikers replacement towers

A side-by-side image of a tower, and then a rendering of a square, 45-story building
Going Down, Coming Up

Forty-five story jail tower could be coming to Lower Manhattan

Image of Rikers Island replacements
Escape From New York

New York City releases final plans to close and replace Rikers Island

Photo of the building currently standing at the site of the proposed jail tower
Escape from New York

Jail tower proposed by New York City officials

(Courtesy Rafael Viñoly Architects)
NIMBY Now

City hits roadblock in siting a Rikers alternative in the Bronx

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Jailbreak

Rikers replacement jails are announced in NYC mayor and City Council agreement

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