BROOKLYN BUREAU
Photo Essay: Bushwick, 2019
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Housing pressures mount. A rezoning looms. Men play dominoes on a leafy street. And a fruit stand sells a rainbow.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Photo Essay: Meet Gowanus, Ahead of a Possible Rezoning
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If passed, the rezoning will reshape a neighborhood that is home to active heavy industry, a vibrant arts scene, major public-housing complexes and a massive Superfund clean-up.
Photo Essay: Meet Inwood, a Neighborhood on the Verge of a Major Rezoning
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Technically, the proposed rezoning of this northern Manhattan neighborhood is about redrawing lines on a map. Here’s what that map looks like, today, on the ground.
Multimedia
Sounds of the City: Immigration, Identity and When NYC Becomes ‘Home’
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For some new New Yorkers, the city is the place where they’ve always belonged. For Leigh Beckett, that was a truth even his dying mother in the UK could see.
BRONX BUREAU
Photo Essay: Voting in Coop City
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One of the largest polling sites in the Bronx is situated at Coop City, serving 19 election districts.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Gallery: City Limits’ 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration
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Friends old and new joined us to celebrate.
clean water
Photo Essay: Newtown Creek and Jamaica Bay Link City to its Waters
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This week, City Limits has examined how New York City’s water renaissance is working out in two places that represent our waterfront past and present: Newtown Creek and Jamaica Bay. Here are images from both:
environment
A Video Visit to Jamaica Bay
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The bay is considered the crown jewel of the city’s green spaces, home to hundreds of species of birds, fishes and marine life. It’s a ecosystem unique within the entire Northeast coast just a hour subway ride from downtown Manhattan. The proximity to the city makes Jamaica Bay a unique wild environment in urban setting but is also its major threat.
art
Photo Essay: Street Art, Beyond 5 Pointz
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The street-art movement was never dependent on one space, and since 5 Pointz’s demise, new work has shifted to new spots or to ones that were already operating. The long-running Welling Court Mural Project near the Astoria waterfront is one of the latter.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Photo Essay: Inwood Hard at Work, Set to Change
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Slated for a rezoning, framed by rivers, tethering Manhattan to the Bronx, Inwood is a neighborhood where blue-collar work abounds.