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💡 Lights on! Last week, the Tompkinsville Local Center team unveiled the “Tompkinsville Lightway,” transforming a high-t...
06/09/2026

💡 Lights on! Last week, the Tompkinsville Local Center team unveiled the “Tompkinsville Lightway,” transforming a high-traffic pedestrian corridor into a glowing, welcoming gateway to the Staten Island neighborhood.

The project, designed by Staten Island Urban Center, A+A+A, Flint Collective, and artist Urechi Oguguo, anchors the neighborhood with a landmark that celebrates local small businesses, promotes nighttime safety and honors the diversity of the community. The project is made possible with funding from the Public Realm Grant.





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Join us on our fall study trip to learn from Mexico City’s innovative approaches to mobility, housing, and the public re...
06/04/2026

Join us on our fall study trip to learn from Mexico City’s innovative approaches to mobility, housing, and the public realm.

You’ll explore how one of the world’s largest mega cities and the oldest capital city in the Americas has found bold and creative ways to transform mobility networks, address housing shortages and inequality, and take back their public realm for people.

Learn more and apply at the link in bio.

Apply by June 11 to join the new cycle of New City CriticsThe fellowship empowers new, fearless and diverse voices to ch...
06/01/2026

Apply by June 11 to join the new cycle of New City Critics

The fellowship empowers new, fearless and diverse voices to challenge the ways we understand, design and build our cities.

🔹Guest lectures
🔹Workshops
🔹Research guidance
🔹Networking
🔹Production of new critical writing projects on Urban Omnibus

Watch the info session recording at the link in bio and apply by June 11.

Applications are open for the 2026–2027 cohort of New City Critics!Meet the Selection Committee for this application cyc...
05/20/2026

Applications are open for the 2026–2027 cohort of New City Critics!

Meet the Selection Committee for this application cycle, and please join us for an online info session May 29th at noon. Link in bio. Apply by June 11th.

Please join us in celebrating the conclusion of the fellowship and launch of their publication, City en Regalia, guest e...
05/07/2026

Please join us in celebrating the conclusion of the fellowship and launch of their publication, City en Regalia, guest edited by Elizabeth Greenspan and designed and printed by a83. In conversation, the six fellows will share insights into their process and problematics.

RSVP in bio

Wednesday, June 17
6:00 – 8:00 pm
DCTV
87 Lafayette Street






04/30/2026

Urban Design Forum and The Architectural League of New York welcome applicants for a new cycle of New City Critics.

New City Critics empowers new, fearless, and diverse voices to challenge the ways we understand, design, and build our cities. The fellowship supports the development of critics from underrepresented backgrounds through guest lectures and workshops, research guidance, networking, and production of new critical writing projects on a dedicated platform on . We aim to build a cohort of six individuals who will lean on each other’s curiosities and grow together.

Learn more at our info session on May 29 and apply by June 11. Link in bio

What can New York City learn from global cities to create safe, dignified, and stable homes for every New Yorker?Our lat...
04/23/2026

What can New York City learn from global cities to create safe, dignified, and stable homes for every New Yorker?

Our latest report, Global Ideas for Housing Every New Yorker, is a collection of case studies of cities around the globe who have taken big swings to address their housing crises. In exchanges with global housing leaders, Fellows studied efforts to
▫️Unleash supply
▫️Plan for neighborhood mix
▫️Adapt homes for climate resilience
▫️Build for demographic shifts
▫️Energize social housing
▫️and embrace housing for all.

These case studies do not provide a simple fix or one silver bullet for New York City. They do offer examples of creative ideas, unlikely allies, and courageous solutions that can inspire us to be bolder in the decisions we make here.

Explore the report at the link in bio đź”—

How are communities across New York reclaiming their public spaces and adapting to a changing climate? Living Routes Fel...
04/13/2026

How are communities across New York reclaiming their public spaces and adapting to a changing climate?

Living Routes Fellows conducted fieldwork to meet with environmental justice leaders across the city, learning about the challenges they’re tackling head-on. Follow along!

Take a look at what our Local Center Lighting Projects have been up to this Spring! ✨✨Three local partners — Staten Isla...
04/07/2026

Take a look at what our Local Center Lighting Projects have been up to this Spring! ✨✨

Three local partners — Staten Island Urban Center, GrowHouse Design + Development Group, and Church-Flatbush Community Alliance — are illuminating streets and plazas near small businesses in their neighborhoods, with help from A+A+A, Flint Collective, Queens Lighting Collective, Andrea Steele Architects, SITU, Arup, and Phillips Lytle. Stay tuned for project unveilings this summer!

These lighting installations are made possible with funding from the Public Realm Grant

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