The Local Center team reflects on how to achieve equitable public spaces across the city.
Posted — December 11, 2024
In this Practice Note, you’ll hear from our Global Exchange staff about what lessons we can learn from Berlin's Tempelhofer Feld.
Posted — October 9, 2024
Martha Snow reflects on what kinds of lasting change to public space we can accomplish with temporary installations.
Posted — August 14, 2024
Martha Snow reflects on the newest cohort of Local Center teams who are envisioning a new future for our Main Streets.
Posted — May 3, 2024
As Policy and Communications Director for Riders Alliance, Danny Pearlstein spends his days fighting for better transit for New Yorkers.
Posted — April 25, 2024
Martha Snow reflects on the latest midpoint shareout for Local Center projects and their work reclaiming public spaces.
Posted — March 20, 2024
Local Center teams share lessons learned from community engagement and where they are headed next.
Posted — December 21, 2023
K.C. Alvey discusses the public will, capacity, and understanding for urban agriculture, highlighting the importance of urban agriculture on health and community, and its overall impact on the city.
Posted — December 19, 2023
Urban designer and planner Julia Day discusses street design and counteracting public aversion to change as designers seek to improve spaces.
Posted — November 27, 2023
Gina Lee reflects on a recent tour of the Flatbush African Burial Ground and the power of history in public space.
Posted — November 16, 2023
Martha Snow reflects on a recent Learning Community session among Local Center partners.
Posted — November 16, 2023
Guillermo Gómez reflects on our Gowanus Precinct Study and the value of on-the-ground collective learning.
Posted — November 16, 2023
Julie Chou, partner and co-founder of Purpose by Design Architects, on design as a democratic, justice-oriented process.
Posted — August 30, 2023
Daniel McPhee shares how we approached recruiting design teams and preparing our partners to choose from among them.
Posted — July 27, 2023
Martha Snow, in our first Practice Notes, reflects on how we found our five neighborhood partners earlier this year.
Posted — July 26, 2023
Journalist Henry Grabar talks traffic jams and the road to publishing his new book on parking.
Posted — May 31, 2023
Dr. Earle Chambers talks to us about the impact of neighborhood-level design on health.
Posted — April 25, 2023
For this month's Fellow Spotlight, we spoke with Naama Blonder, Co-Founder of Smart Density in Toronto.
Posted — October 31, 2022
For this month's Fellow Spotlight, we spoke with Alison Von Glinow, Co-Founder of Kwong Von Glinow.
Posted — September 29, 2022
For this month's Fellow Spotlight, we spoke with Sreoshy Banerjea, the Executive Director of the Public Design Commission.
Posted — August 31, 2022
For this month’s Fellow Spotlight, we spoke with Siqi Zhu, an urban planner and technologist.
Posted — June 29, 2022
For this month's Fellow Spotlight, we spoke with Julia Gamolina, founder of Madame Architect.
Posted — May 31, 2022
For this month's Fellow Spotlight, we spoke with Jhordan Channer and Dorraine Duncan, co-founders of Island City Lab.
Posted — March 25, 2022
Ryan Gilliam, Executive Director discusses the organization's history and its partnerships with Marvel, SHoP, and Buro Happold through Neighborhoods Now.
Posted — April 30, 2021
