Carol Johnson, Leading Landscape Architect, Dies at 91
Carol Johnson, who transformed derelict sites into striking civic parks as the founder of what would become one of the ...
Tag: Parks and Other Recreation Areas
In Brooklyn Bridge Park, Artwork Confronts Climate Change
Those who wander the circuitous paths of Pier 3 in Brooklyn Bridge Park may be drawn to the western edge ...
A Local’s Tour of Asturias, Spain’s ‘Natural Paradise’
At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with travel restrictions in place worldwide, we launched a new series — The ...
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Turns Over a New Leaf
Only a skeleton staff at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden witnessed the blizzard of cherry blossoms scattered by spring breezes during ...
Times Square, Grand Central and the Laws That Build the City
Designers design buildings. Engineers engineer them. But the law is New York’s foundational architect and building block.Before plans can be ...
Carnegie Hall and the Jewels of Midtown: Stroll the History
A reward for the city’s having flattened the curve, lines of culture-starved New Yorkers now snake out the doors of ...
Building Public Places for a Covid World
After disasters like Hurricane Katrina, the Sept. 11 attacks and Hurricane Sandy, architects quickly responded with evocative ideas, transformative visions ...
This Way to Chloë Bass’s Outdoor Art Show
Dear New Yorker, are you elated that museums have reopened but find yourself a bit queasy about being indoors with ...
Live Comedy Is Back in New York! But Outdoors. Is This a Good Thing?
On a beautiful Thursday evening in Prospect Park, Ariel Elias, a sly young comic from Kentucky, walked down a hill, ...
For Three Suffragists, a Monument Well Past Due
Across the country, monuments honoring racist figures are being defaced and toppled. In New York’s Central Park, one statue is ...
