Tenants Outraged Over Broken Elevators
Disabled tenants who live in New York City's public housing are filing a federal class action lawsuit to force the New York City Housing Authority to fix and maintain its elevators. The tenants say...
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Look | An Illustrator Takes on All the City's Buildings
For a certain segment of the population, the promise to draw every building in town may sound familiar, not unlike Sufjan Stevens' initially audacious, then outlandish and ultimately forgotten bid to...
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Niche Market | Welding Supplies
New York is a city of specialists from foodies to academics, laborers to shopkeepers. Every Wednesday, Niche Market takes a peek inside a different specialty store and showcases the city's purists who...
View ArticleWNYC: Hear the Latest on PCBs in Schools
WNYCWNYC's "Leonard Lopate Show" dives into the issue of environmental contamination in the city's older schools. Efforts are under way to clean up PCBs from old and leaking light fixtures, but they...
View ArticleThe Battle Over the Domino Sugar Development
WNYC reporter Janet Babin breaks down the latest housing issues in the city, including today's news that the de Blasio administration is asking for more affordable housing units for the proposed...
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On the Building Inspection Corruption Scandal
Mark Peters, New York Department of Investigation commissioner, and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance talk about the year-long investigation of widespread corruption in the building inspection...
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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
This week in “Thanks, Internet” — the top (instrumental) hits of the past 50 years, illustrations of the dreamy dwellers between buildings, a Sizzler promotional video straight outta '91, a puppet...
View ArticleNew York Values: Merging Past and Future Aesthetics
Justin Davidson, architecture critic for New York Magazine, continues our discussion of "New York" values with an exploration of the New York aesthetic, expressed both in preserving the past and in...
View ArticlePlans for Parkland, Luxury Apartments and the Projects Transforming NYC's...
New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman discusses new city buildings, resilient design and the peak in super-luxe apartment sales. Comedian and YouTube series host Zach Anner talks about...
View ArticleAn Architectural History of NYC, from the Cyclone, to the Empire State Building
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, a preservation activist who serves as chair of the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center, discusses The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City's...
View ArticleThe Mayor Wants to Force Big Buildings to Be More Energy Efficient
Mayor Bill de Blasio said he asked the owners of large buildings in New York City to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They didn't. Now he wants to force them to by law.“Time was up,” the...
View Article'The Great Indoors'
Author and science journalist Emily Anthes discusses her book, The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness, and we take calls from listeners...
View Article’A Scarlet Letter’ D for Most New York City Buildings on Energy Efficiency
Many New Yorkers are familiar with the letter grades displayed at restaurants. But now, many buildings have to post letter grades, too. And building owners who got low grades are worried it'll be a hit...
View ArticleHow Zillow Explains Education Inequity
Hundred year old school buildings. Sputtering HVAC systems. Covid revealed a legacy of racism that’s built into the physical infrastructure of education. A lack of investment in school buildings...
View ArticleHow Green are NYC's Buildings?
Mariana Simões, Brazilian investigative journalist covering climate and the environment for City Limits, and John Scofield, professor of physics at Oberlin College and an expert on LEED building energy...
View ArticleLocal Law 97 Update
Local Law 97 - which will require buildings in the city to limit carbon emissions - goes into effect next year. Rohit Aggarwala, chief climate officer and commissioner of the NYC Department of...
View ArticleNew York building inspector gives his tips on checking buildings for...
Some New Yorkers may be looking for signs of wear in their own homes following the collapse of that 7-story building in the Bronx this week. It's still unclear what caused the corner of the structure...
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