Owners at one Brooklyn building say they can maintain its historic look without the hassle of a landmark designation. It’s just another instance, this writer says, of property owners wanting…
A friend and colleague of author Jane Jacobs reviews the icon’s thinking, spurred by a major museum survey of her impact on this city – and all cities.
A noted urban thinker reminds us what was lost when Robert Moses deemed areas ‘slums’ and tore them down. The third in a series of essays on an ambitious three-part…
A noted urban thinker assesses the continuing debate by city leaders and the great builder’s biographer over the meanings of Moses. The second in a series of essays on an…
A noted urban thinker takes in the centerpiece of a three-part exhibition re-examining Moses. Among other failings, the apostle of the auto starved mass transit, she says. The first in…