Repriming the Pump
The state of New Jersey, addicted to casino revenues, reinvests in a struggling Atlantic City.
The state of New Jersey, addicted to casino revenues, reinvests in a struggling Atlantic City.
A visit to a cardboard-box factory has our columnist thinking about the future of manufacturing.
Although today it seems as natural as air, Manhattan’s system of numbered streets is actually a visionary piece of urban planning.
An obscure zoning variance has allowed Occupy Wall Street protesters to camp out in a park owned by real estate developers.
The new World Trade Center memorial erases virtually all traces of the old buildings.
Detroit’s Mayor Bing might learn something from the urban homesteaders descending on his city.
A new exhibition explores the great flow of information traveling between physical places and electronic ones.
The beleaguered Connecticut city is showing signs of real life.
Our columnist gets a tour of Manhattan’s newest addition to the high-end, high-rise rental market.
A recent series of negative articles about New York’s transportation commissioner has our columnist crying foul.
While we may have rejected the box as the standard architectural form, we’re more dedicated to it than ever.
A new exhibition on the American factory asks some provocative questions about the future.
New plans to modernize our aging rail intrastrcture are modest, in the extreme.
On a recent trip, our columnist found a real gap between the city’s cultural values and its built environment.
Two recent controversies demonstrate that in New York proximity is a very relative matter.
A proposed Senate bill contains some of the most progressive ideas in urban planning today. The catch? The legislation doesn’t quite mandate anything.
For today’s students, the idea of urban beauty proves both elusive and downright confusing.
The latest Triennial is long on good intentions but short on sex appeal.