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street dining in nyc in Jackson heights, which was covered under the neighborhoods now initiative
Valuable Tools

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

Rendering of Flatiron Public Plaza with red circles in it
The Social Distance Shuffle

Studio Cooke John chosen for the 2020 Flatiron Public Plaza Design Installation

elevated train tracks in queens, nyc, part of the neighborhoods now program
Neighbors Helping Neighbors

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

Brooklyn bridge lit up at night with the statue of liberty projected across
Dusting Off an Old Classic

Winners of Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge competition adorn the span with greenery, glass

walkway at Brooklyn Bridge
19th Century meets 21st Century

BIG, ARUP among finalists in the Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge design competition

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

A single story black brick building on a street in Brooklyn, soon to be home to Van Alen Institute
Moving Downton

Van Alen Institute will move to Gowanus in Spring 2020

Installation view of the Flatiron Holiday Design pavilion, a swirling string structure
Putting up the Holiday Lights

Hou de Sousa’s Flatiron Holiday Design installation is open

rendering of a multi-colored art installation located in a public plaza in new york city
High Hole-Y Days

Hou de Sousa is the winner of this year’s Flatiron Plaza Holiday Design Competition

A stacked, oval sculpture at a cross-roads in NYC's Chinatown
Gateway to Criticism

Proposed Chinatown sculpture stirs controversy in New York

A headshot of a woman
At The Top

Deborah Marton named Van Alen Institute’s new executive director

Photo of the Van Alen Institute storefront
Goodbye to You

Yet another design nonprofit leaves the street

Photo of the Van Alen Institute's office
Wanna Buy?

New York’s Van Alen Institute has sold its building

Happy Cameron Blaylock
Because I'm Happy

Studio Cadena’s shimmery holiday installation takes over Flatiron Plaza

A headshot of David van der Leer
Van der Leaving

David van der Leer to leave Van Alen Institute, triggering search for successor

Meeting attendees overlooking Alameda Creek near Fremont, California. Council members’ time away from everyday responsibilities allows for collaboration and reflection on larger challenges.
Farm to City

Van Alen’s Climate Council takes a road trip to study climate change

Happy by Studio Cadena
Yellow Fever

Studio Cadena’s Happy wins Van Alen’s Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday competition

Water, Labor, Land

Van Alen Institute’s Climate Council looks at designing for the future of food

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