An Urbanist’s Guide to Hartford
The Northeast is full of small, under-the-radar cities with rich histories, many of which have gone through tough times since…
NYC Neighborhood Guide: Red Hook
For a lot of New Yorkers, Red Hook may as well be on Mars. The neighborhood is in northwest Brooklyn,…
Urban Planner’s Guide to Buffalo
Buffalo, New York State’s second-largest city, has a reputation as a declining Rust Belt city. While that has some truth…
NYC Neighborhood Guide: Park Slope, Gowanus, & Greenwood
Few neighborhoods exemplify Brownstone Brooklyn like Park Slope. The area’s cafe-lined commercial corridors and rowhouse-lined side streets slope up to…
NYC Neighborhood Guide: Dumbo & Brooklyn Heights
Friends of mine visiting New York often ask me to show them around Brooklyn for an afternoon. That brings up…