“Windows are often described as the eyes of a building.”

“He rode the length of every train line with his eyes closed, feeling the curve of each track and then drawing the path he perceived in his sketchbook.”

The day Chantal Akerman, John Cale, Joan Didion, Bob Dylan, Jonas Mekas, Patti Smith and Andy Warhol arrived in NYC

“I am making a set of bowls, one for each of the five kids.”

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“The parade offers a glimpse at what the neighborhood could be: a place where people are free to be themselves and celebrate who we are. A place where we can be familiar. A place where we can move and breathe.”

“A toxic mix of sewage, trash, urban runoff, and chemical waste released indiscriminately by the factories located along the banks of the Bronx River has wreaked havoc on its ecology for over a century.”

“Forty years after its inauguration, there is still much to learn from a mold-breaking NYC playground that provided space for disabled kids to play alongside their non-disabled peers.

“Over two decades of twists and turns and promises unmet, one journalist has been keeping a close eye on the saga of Atlantic Yards.”

“As tides and storms bring big changes to the cityscape, what landmass is most likely to become New York's next island?”

“In the Bronx, a parks steward and activist takes on the campaign of a lifetime.”

“It’s illustrated in a topographic style, with the region seen from above and stretching out to the horizon. The artist even included the sky. . . that’s nice.”

“Just type the word ‘Chinatown’ into a Google image search and it will return pages of brightly colored Chinatown gates.”

“Behind the unassuming and conventional exteriors of public housing project buildings, behind the deferred maintenance and enduring stigma, there are apartment units with unique, enthralling, and expressive interiors.”

“As an architecture student in the 1990s, I puzzled over my instructors’ and classmates’ reflexive dismissal of suburbs, suburban form, and, by extension, suburbanites.”