Open University

Columbia University plans to build a new campus in Harlem, using eminent domain if necessary. Local residents and businesses are proposing an alternative: campus and community coexistence.

Police Line–Do Cross

One Police Plaza brass don’t track the neighborhood drug trade. Anti-terror efforts are taking detectives off local cases. In the Bronx’s 52nd Precinct, it all adds up to one conclusion: Cops and the community have to find some way to work together.

Beyond the Bowery

An aging flophouse is getting a full makeover, with Japanese-style cubicles and attentive caseworkers. With the new digs come new neighbors–and for old-timers, a reckoning with a dying way of life.

We Are Family

Nothing is easy when you don’t have a home–least of all love. Meet seven homeless couples facing the difficulties of shelter and street life.