It’s hard to believe that it’s almost October, but we couldn’t be more excited because this year October means Archtober — the first-ever month long festival of architecture and design in New York City! Initiated by AIA New York and the Center of Architecture,

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As one of the oldest and busiest landmarks in New York City, lets face it, Times Square needs a bit of sprucing up once in a while. Norwegian Architecture firm Snøhetta, hot off the success of their 9/11 Museum design, will continue to make their mark on

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The most eye catching element of the Think Exhibit is the enormous Data Wall. Stretching 123 feet outside the converted parking garage on Columbus Avenue. The digital wall reflects real time live streaming data from the surrounding area including traffic on

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Using an array of sizes from an entire building wall to small city street signs, Insert ____ Here arrows can be found all over the city from Wall Street to The Bronx to Williamsburg and Jamaica, pointing out changes that could be made or sites that are already

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Callender’s interest in deer lies in their unique relationship to our environmental development. Deer population is directly affected by the fluctuation of our urban development and expansion. Oftentimes herds are displaced and pushed to our environmental

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With New York Fashion Week in full swing, you may be wondering what to do with last year’s looks. Thanks to GrowNYC, you can clean out your closet and recycle those extra clothes at one of their special textile collection spots in each of the five boroughs.

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Months after the 9/11 attacks, Governor Pataki established the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation as an official commission to oversee the rebuilding process of ground zero. After years of vetoing design after design, they opened the floor for an international

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If you have yet to do your summer walk over the Williamsburg Bridge, tonight is the night. But instead of going over the bridge, head under it, where the North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition (nbART) is unveiling "Plan Ahead," an environmental street art installation by the famous graffiti knitter herself, Magda Sayeg.

 

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Though New York is a booming metropolis, we need trees. Trees help clean our air and reduce pollutants that trigger asthma and other respiratory diseases. They cool our streets and homes on hot summer days and increase property value by making neighborhoods

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Levine and her collaborative architect, Ana Catalina Rojas first looked to the sky and decided to model the tiny backyard garden off of what they saw framed by the nearby towering buildings. They wanted to imitate nature. Designed to put visitors in touch

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As Hurricane Irene heads towards us, New York City will shut down the entire mass transit system beginning at noon on Saturday. This includes bus, subway, and railroad service. The shutdown will most likely continue through Monday. The complete shut down was

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This week, Phaidon Press and the avant-garde non-profit gallery White Box hosted a panel discussion concerning issues of sustainability in the worlds of art, architecture, and urban design. The panel featured two of Inhabitat’s favorite innovators who are

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Edible Schoolyard is the brainchild of Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant in California. She began the project all the way back in 1995 at Martin Luther King Jr. middle school in Berkeley, just a few blocks from her restaurant. In an area where

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Located just east of the High Line and across from the Standard Hotel, the floor to ceiling windows of 837 Washington will soon rival the hotel’s famous, coveted views. Because the warehouse is part of a historic district, it took almost a year for the building

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Before nestling in the New York harbor as a cozy residence, the Yankee Ferry had a very exciting career spanning over 100 years. Built in 1907, the Yankee was first designed to carry passengers between Portland, Maine and the Calendar Islands in Casco Bay.

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Apple pie is a classic summer favorite, but is it something you’d ever seek out to feed your pooch? Well, organic apples and local New York clover honey baked with a dash of cinnamon is just one of the delicious treats now available on Biscuit Bike’s gourmet

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This month, instead of pushing through the summer crowds in Times Square, why not take a break and hang out in a Meeting Bowl? The Times Square Alliance has teamed up with Spanish collaborative mmmm to create a social space for friends and even strangers

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After September 11th, most of the World Trade Center steel was trucked off to New Jersey salvage yards where it was broken down and sent all over the world for reuse. However, over 1,000 pieces of debris were placed in a JFK airport hangar for the Port Authority

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Next month on September 27, Sotheby’s will be auctioning off some heirlooms that are quite different from the ones they usually showcase: tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and other edibles from local New York City area farms! Called The Art of Farming, the event

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From the Navy Yard to Brooklyn Bowl, this borough of Brooklyn is ahead of the game with LEED certified buildings. Brooklyn celebrates another first with Greenbelt on Manhattan Avenue, the area's first certified LEED gold residence building. The neighborhood is extra lucky because Greenbelt's ground floor is home to the  Center for Performance Research, an eco-friendly public space for dance and art performances, classes, and rehearsal studios.

 

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We here at Inhabitat have long been huge fans of TerraCycle’s fun and fresh upcycled products and events throughout New York. Now their recent, homemade office renovations solidify their reputation as the hippest and possibly most committed waste repurposing

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We all know summer in New York is HOT! And there is nothing hotter than a black tar roof sans luscious garden or shaded bar baking under the sweltering sun. With surface temperatures climbing to nearly 200 degrees Fahrenheit, these roofs greatly contribute

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