At least in my Queens neighborhood, Starbucks is one of the only places I could have formed a relationship with friends who sometimes have nowhere else to go.
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New York tenants fight as landlords embrace facial recognition cameras – Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/may/29/new-york-facial-recognition-cameras-apartment-complex
More than 130 residents at a Brooklyn apartment complex oppose plan to use the cameras, whose use, experts say, is quietly expanding in cities
The Surprising History of Politics and Design in New York City’s Playgrounds – CityLab
How the concrete jungle got its jungle gyms.
After Hudson Yards, Sunnyside could be New York’s next megadevelopment – archpaper.com
https://archpaper.com/2019/05/sunnyside/
After New York City’s Hudson Yards megadevelopment elicited critical disappointment when it opened, our editor in chief posits Sunnyside could be next.
The Worst Thing About Hudson Yards Isn’t the Architecture – CityLab
Manhattan’s luxury mega-project was financed in part by an investor visa program that was intended to help rural and distressed urban neighborhoods.
This proposed Brooklyn Heights park has all sorts of stuff going on underneath – Curbed NY
Also shows that park decks can be sloped like natural topography. Click on image for article
Vessel and Hudson Yards are open. What do the critics think? – archpaper.com
While architecture critics have been, well, critical of Thomas Heatherwick’s 0 million Vessel, that hasn’t stopped the public from coming out to see it. Click on image for article.
Welcome to Little Dubai, New York City’s newest neighborhood – archpaper.com
In a recent review titled “The Case Against Hudson Yards Dining” on Eater, the inimitable food critic Ryan Sutton examined the food and beverage options
Hudson Yards and its Vessel open to the public – archpaper.com
Click on image for source article
As the first phase of Hudson Yards opens, AN took the opportunity to climb the staircase at the heart of it all with Related chairman Stepen Ross.
Another Transit Funding Fix Proposed in New York: a Non-Resident Luxury Apartment Tax – Planetizen
One way, or another, wealthy New Yorkers are probably going to end up contributing to the financial end of the equation for solutions to New York’s public transit woes.