Telling the Story of Cities
by Siddharth Ashish Shah Public parks promote public health, combat urban vice, and function as a democratically available meeting place for all individuals. Fredrick Olmsted, the landscape architect who designed New York City’s Central Park, outlined these benefits in 1870. Evidently, parks’ performance impacts society as a whole. The rejuvenating experience of visiting a park… Read more Keeping Parks Public: Regardless of Management
by Mayelly Moreno This year marked the tenth anniversary of New York City’s Summer Street program, where approximately seven miles of primary streets are closed off to cars for three consecutive Saturday mornings in August, so people are able to cycle, run, skate, walk or otherwise enjoy the city with car-free streets. This urban experiment was… Read more Landscapes of Change: The Growth of NYC Bike Mobility
To the Incoming Planners: Hey and welcome! My name is Mariano and I’m the 2017 – 2018 Chairperson of the Urban Planning Student Association. The Urban Planning Student Association (UPSA) is one of the foremost student groups within the Wagner Planning Program that acts as a liaison between the MUP students, faculty, and program directors… Read more Letter to Incoming 2017 MUP Students
by Niki Kokkinos On May 10th, 2016 it seemed as though Vision Zero’s forward momentum had come to a halt. Queens Community Board 4 had voted to approve traffic safety improvements to Queens Boulevard, but the motion to approve the changes had a significant omission – bike lanes. Striking out bike lanes stirred the pot. Just… Read more Bringing Life to the Blvd of Death
By Jemar Ryan Bather I’ve heard quite frequently from children’s welfare and education non-profit organizations that many children from low-income households face hunger regularly and rely heavily on free and reduced school lunch programs in order to be fed a nutritious and wholesome meal. It is widely stated that, for these children, school lunch is… Read more Impoverished Children’s Access to Meals Outside of School: A Spatial Analysis of Summer Feeding Locations in NYC