December 2019 Newsletter: Great Scott! Have you considered using immersive digital technology to capture public input?
The next frontier of participatory urban planning. Urban planners have long struggled to communicate a project’s real-world spatial character through two-dimensional visuals. Yet, visualizing an unbuilt space in multiple dimensions is far from science fiction....
#PublicWorksGivesBack: Thanks for a Great Season of Giving
As our #PublicWorksGivesBack campaign comes to a close, we want to thank our staff for donating to organizations they are passionate about. We have been thrilled to learn more about these organization’s missions and the incredible work they are doing to improve the...
14th Street Busway: Let us know your thoughts!
The New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) is currently piloting a Transit & Truck Priority design on 14th Street. From 6AM-10PM, seven days a week, only buses and trucks are permitted on 14th Street between 3rd and 9th Avenues. The 14th Street...
Digital worlds: the next frontier of participatory urban planning? By Andrey Prigov
Since opening in September, the Hunters Point Library in Long Island City has faced community backlash for not being fully accessible to people with disabilities. In addition to the three levels of bookshelves only reachable by stairs, the ritzy $41 million library...
Meet Summer: Public Works Analyst, Urban Studies Enthusiast and Podcast Lover
I attended Barnard College in New York City. While I was in college, I majored in Urban Studies with a focus on Sociology, which really meant that I became fascinated by studying how humans interact with the built environment. My course work included classes on urban...
November 2019 Newsletter: The epidemic of empty storefronts – an in-depth look at New York City’s retail vacancy rate
Is there a retail-vacancy crisis in NYC? The data is still out. After years of inaction, momentum is building across all NYC zip codes against what appears to be an epidemic of empty storefronts. Yet despite this momentum and fears about the never-ending stream of...
Meet Jennifer: Public Works Analyst, and a Cat Lover with a Background in Languages and Urban Geography
I attended Macalester College in St. Paul – where I studied Economics, Geography, and Portuguese. I was interested in the social sciences and wanted to understand how the government could most adequately provide services to its people. This focus led me to the NYC...
October Round-Up: Exploring Every Nook of NYC, Supporting our Client’s Causes, and Expanding our Knowledge
New Yorkers for Children – 19th Annual Fall Fete, New York, NY On October 3rd, our CEO Celeste Frye attended the 19th Annual Fall Fete to benefit New Yorkers for Children (NYFC). NYFC has worked alongside the city’s twenty-six privately funded foster care agencies and...
Public Works Gives Back by Celeste Frye
My career has always been centered around public service. From a young age, volunteering with non-profits has been a large part of my professional and personal growth. I was probably among the last generation of “candystripers” volunteering at my local hospital and...
October 2019 Newsletter: Act One is great but wait until you hear about Act Two
That’s a Wrap on our Two-Year Formative Evaluation of the Theatrical Workforce Development Program We drew the curtain on the second act of our two-year program evaluation for Roundabout Theatre’s Theatrical Workforce Development Program, which prepares young New...