• Astor Place

    Nowhere else in New York offers more opportunity to create something out of nothing than Astor Place.
  • Where is Paris Headed?

    We hope that Paris corrects its large-scale transgressions and turns to its diverse neighborhoods for direction.
  • Critical Issues: Streets

    For Paris to survive as a livable city, sanity must be restored to traffic management along main thoroughfares and around major focal points.
  • Critical Issues: Buildings

    A great city shapes itself around its public buildings, as the spaces around those buildings become the city's central gathering places.
  • Critical Issues: Parks

    Paris probably has the best parks of any city in the world. But their success is not simply a matter of variety or quantity, and not all parks are well-used. The real question is: "Why are some parks in Paris so popular, while others are not?"
  • New York’s Public Space Opportunities

    Many of New York’s best known places fall short as public destinations. People may crowd Times Square’s sidewalks before seeing a show, for instance, but…