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Mark Willis argues that the 421-a tax exemption for developers is necessary to provide affordable housing.

Henry Grabar scrutinizes President Trump's executive order - reinstating Secure Communities and 287(g) agreements - as threats against Sanctuary Cities.

Juliette Michaelson and Tom Wright from RPA, with Guy Nordenson and Paul Lewis of Princeton University, are hosting a design competition to transform four corridor geographies within the NY-metro region.

Tucker Reed announced the founding of Totem, a real estate development company that will also venture with media and public space tech companies.

Justin Davidson reviews the redesign of Astor Place by Fellow Claire Weisz as a "distinguished" and "self-effacing" design providing a profusion of possibilities for pedestrians.

Francine Houben's transformation of the Palace Soestdijk Estate into an experimental garden will offer an educative journey about the earth's fragility for all its visitors.

The Urban Design Forum is the proud curatorial partner for the 2017 Times Square Valentine Heart Design competition, led by Times Square Arts.

Claire Weisz is designing a former Bronx juvenile prison site into a "permeable and open" affordable housing community.

Elliott Maltby and Gita Nandan from Thread Collective offer a field guide to fences throughout New York City to show how the barriers we use define our spaces and ourselves, from the mundane to the maddening.

Forum Board Members Paul Goldberger and Michael Sorkin recount their history with and the merits of Trump Tower in an interview with Jim O'Grady from WNYC.

Louise Carroll, Class of 2016 Fellow, is a proponent of affordable housing in NYC with her work on the Inclusionary Housing Program at HPD.

Eric Fang, Class of 2016 Fellow, helped design Arverne by the Sea, the largest urban waterfront renewal site in the United States.

Diana Chapin, Class of 2016 Fellow, is safeguarding buildings that represent NYC's architectural, cultural, and political history.

Richard Anderson reflects on his accomplishments since taking over the NYBC in 1994.

Anabelle Selldorf details her work on a collaborative master plan in Taiwan initiated by Fellow Calvin Tsao.

Fellow Adam Lubinsky envisages residential-based EV car sharing as the catalyst for widespread EV usage in NYC.

Fellow Polly Trottenberg unveiled the Chrystie Street protected bike lane, allowing riders to bike from Downtown Brooklyn across the Manhattan Bridge.

Fellow Michael Kwartler elucidates why blocks and intersections receive different amounts of sunlight throughout New York City for the New York Times.

John Clifford, Class of 2016 Fellow, is the lead architect for Industry City, a 35-acre 'innovation ecosystem' and creative space.

Purnima Kapur, Class of 2016 Fellow and Executive Director of the DCP, is instrumental in implementing the Mayor's MIH plan to increase affordable housing in NYC.

Fellow Frederick Steiner envisions an amplified sanctuary city concept to include learning, health, safety, inclusion, and environmental quality.

Lucrecia Montemayor contributed to an RPA report examining the threats to the Tri-State area by coastal flooding.

Stefan Al investigates Hong Kong's vertical urbanism with "expresscalators" crisscrossing mesmerizing atriums, raising questions about architecture, city planning, culture and urban life.

Matthew Lasner's latest book, Affordable Housing in New York, receives laudatory comments for its humanistic history of NYC's below-market housing.