In 2017-18, we invited our Fellows and other experts to consider the question of maintaining New York City’s essential infrastructure: its open spaces, roadways, subway stations, public housing, commercial corridors, and green infrastructure.
This book presents the proposals made throughout the series, as well as a number of case studies from cities around the world. This is not meant to be a blueprint for a fully functioning metropolis, or a takedown of imperfect government agencies. Instead you will find a menu of creative options to manage our city’s maintenance challenges. Here is a directory of imaginative designers, promising politicos, and pioneering technologists.
Our aim in presenting these ideas is to ignite a debate about how to build a more just and equitable city.
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Essays ↓
Maintenance: A Culture and a Choice
Deborah Marton
A Plea to End the Crisis Narrative
Jamie Maslyn Larson
Philosophies of the Material World
Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Hilary Sample and Caroline Bauer
Disinvestment by Design
Braden Crooks and April De Simone
Caring for our City
Daniel McPhee
Parks ↓
Introduction
Margaret Tobin
Bake Maintenance into Parks Planning
Andrew Lavallee & Jamie Maslyn Larson
Invest in Equitable Parks
Elissa Hoagland Izmailyan
Not a Park!
Frances Halsband
Transfer Development Rights for the Public Good
Madelyn Wils
Develop a Game Plan for Parks
Pegeen Hanrahan & Carter Strickland
Fund Parks like Critical Infrastructure
Signe Nielsen
Subway Stations ↓
Introduction
John Raskin
Subway Stations as Social Spaces
Jonathan Cohn & Shao Lun Lin
Deliver Transit and Retail Together
Eve Michel
Brighten Our Subway Stations
Tim Braine
Recapture the Value of Rail Transit
Giancarlo Falcocchio & Constantine Kontokosta
Incentivize Maintenance Through Zoning
Robert Paley
Housing ↓
Introduction
Theodore Liebman
Develop Without Displacement
Barika X. Williams
Build a Supportive Ecosystem for Community Land Trusts
Gregory Schiefelbein
Use Rezonings to Preserve Public Housing
Michelle de la Uz
Foster Mission-Oriented Ownership
Sam Marks
Apply Technology to Affordability
Scott Anderson
Roadways ↓
Introduction
Sam Schwartz
Rethink Our Arterials
Margaret Newman
Cap the Expressway
Susannah Drake
Explore Maintenance Approaches
Nicholas Pettinati
Recycle and Reclaim
SOM, City Design Practice
Green Infrastructure ↓
Introduction
Carter Strickland
Activate a Network of People and Public Space
Andrea Parker
Launch a Citywide Conservancy
Jeremy Alain Siegel
Harness the Power of Citizenship Stewardship
Gita Nandan & Elliott Maltby
Reclaim Common Ground
Foster + Partners
Neighborhoods ↓
Introduction
Gretchen Dykstra
Turn Development Rights into Landmark Revenue
Lawrence Daitch & Kenneth K. Fisher
Rework the BID as a Kit-of-Parts
Laura Hansen
Beyond Beautification
Lesli Ramos
Strengthen Our Districts Through Partnership
Meredith Almeida
Editors ↓
Daniel McPhee & Emma Ng
Editorial Support ↓
Caroline Bauer & Stephen Martin
Design ↓
Partner & Partners
Publication Information ↓
July 2019
Size: 7″ x 8.5″
Pages: 217
ISBN: 978-0-9791869-1-2