May 2011
4 posts
Navigation: Getting better at getting people from...
Wouldn’t it be great if…
Cityscape
maps of Manhattan included all of Manhattan? [Manhattan]
There were a citywide hierarcy of singage and street furniture. [Citywide]
there were small information kiosks throughout the city that could inform generally, but be there for emergency information, specifically. [Citywide]
you could walk on the street and have a touch screen map of...
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Vacant Spaces: Finding new uses for un-loved...
Wouldn’t it be great if…
Vacant Lots
NYC turned available spaces, from empty tree wells to vacant lots, into sustainable gardens of native trees and plants? Or provided approval and resources for community members to do so themselves?! [Clinton Hill, Brooklyn]
lighting can enliven and secure a vacant site throughout the different stages within its development cycle? [Crown...
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The Borough Breakdown
While yesterday’s post looked at categorical trends across the city, today we’ll dig a bit deeper to examine unique conditions in each of the five boroughs. Is green space on the top of the list for concrete jungle-residing Manhattanites? Are the good people of Brooklyn as achingly unorthodox as the blogosphere seems to portray them as? Read on to learn about how each borough stacks...
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By the City / For the City: By the Issues
Over the course of four weeks, New Yorkers shared 483 ideas (and counting) for improving their city through the Institute for Urban Design’s first-ever By the City / For the City crowdsourcing project. We were thrilled to see the ingenuity and thoughtfulness people brought to the question, and now it’s time for designers from around the world to respond to the challenge: We’re...
