Audrey Wachs is a New York–based writer and urban planner who loves terra cotta and hot takes

Water Street public space is one city vote away from a private retail takeover

Water Street public space is one city vote away from a private retail takeover

Audrey Wachs

Developer Rockrose took advantage of new zoning rules that allows it to fill in the public arcade on Fulton Street with retail and restaurants, reducing the public space by half. Read more here.

Why are we wrecking our best modernist landscapes?

Why are we wrecking our best modernist landscapes?
Future uncertain for rare public landscape by A.E. Bye in Brooklyn

Future uncertain for rare public landscape by A.E. Bye in Brooklyn