Telling the Story of Cities
by: Ben Listman Oonee Mini at Grand Central This October, Metro-North Railroad announced a pilot for secure bike parking at Grand Central with Oonee. Oonee is a Brooklyn-based company that implements and operates secure bike parking structures. Oonee has grown relevant in New York City because of the increasingly evident need for a secure bike… Read more The Path to Secure Bike Parking in NYC
by Mackenna Caughron Metrotech Center does not immediately elicit awe-inspiring thoughts. It is an average looking business park, built in the 1990’s, home to the NYU Brooklyn Campus and JP Morgan Chase offices. Its red-brick exterior stretches across a drab Brooklyn super-block. Metrotech Center’s exterior does not reveal its integral tenant housed inside. The Public… Read more Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Project: New York City’s Efforts to Improve Emergency Communications
by Stephen Zubrycky There is a seven lane highway on Manhattan’s East Side – no, not the F.D.R. – and a group of New Yorkers is taking action to reimagine it. The New Third Avenue Boulevard group is aiming to create a first-of-its-kind thoroughfare along Third Avenue from East 23rd Street to East 42nd Street.… Read more The Plan to Replace The Seven Lane Highway Through Midtown Manhattan
by Aisha Balogun While social media is known to manufacture outsize outrage, there is one case where I believe it has not gone far enough: Munger Hall. Much of the widespread criticism of Charles Munger’s design for student housing at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) addresses the direct impact on the 4,500 students… Read more The Hidden Cost of Munger Hall
by Ben Listman Eric Adams’ campaign released a number of in-depth plans for New York City, covering topics like the growing NYC’s wind industry, reducing crime, immigrant safety and empowerment, and bolstering the arts. The campaign also released a plan regarding the city’s transportation networks. This plan, titled Moving Forward Together, covers expanding and electrifying… Read more “Moving Forward Together” For Dummies