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Tenants Outraged Over Broken Elevators

Disabled tenants who live in New York City's public housing are filing a federal class action lawsuit to force the New York City Housing Authority to fix and maintain its elevators. The tenants say...

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Look | An Illustrator Takes on All the City's Buildings

For a certain segment of the population, the promise to draw every building in town may sound familiar, not unlike Sufjan Stevens' initially audacious, then outlandish and ultimately forgotten bid to...

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Niche Market | Welding Supplies

New York is a city of specialists from foodies to academics, laborers to shopkeepers. Every Wednesday, Niche Market takes a peek inside a different specialty store and showcases the city's purists who...

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WNYC: Hear the Latest on PCBs in Schools

WNYCWNYC's "Leonard Lopate Show" dives into the issue of environmental contamination in the city's older schools. Efforts are under way to clean up PCBs from old and leaking light fixtures, but they...

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The Battle Over the Domino Sugar Development

WNYC reporter Janet Babin breaks down the latest housing issues in the city, including today's news that the de Blasio administration is asking for more affordable housing units for the proposed...

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On the Building Inspection Corruption Scandal

Mark Peters, New York Department of Investigation commissioner, and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance talk about the year-long investigation of widespread corruption in the building inspection...

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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” —  the top (instrumental) hits of the past 50 years, illustrations of the dreamy dwellers between buildings, a Sizzler promotional video straight outta '91, a puppet...

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New York Values: Merging Past and Future Aesthetics

Justin Davidson, architecture critic for New York Magazine, continues our discussion of "New York" values with an exploration of the New York aesthetic, expressed both in preserving the past and in...

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Plans for Parkland, Luxury Apartments and the Projects Transforming NYC's...

New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman discusses new city buildings, resilient design and the peak in super-luxe apartment sales. Comedian and YouTube series host Zach Anner talks about...

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An Architectural History of NYC, from the Cyclone, to the Empire State Building

Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, a preservation activist who serves as chair of the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center, discusses The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City's...

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The Mayor Wants to Force Big Buildings to Be More Energy Efficient

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he asked the owners of large buildings in New York City to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They didn't. Now he wants to force them to by law.“Time was up,” the...

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'The Great Indoors'

Author and science journalist Emily Anthes discusses her book, The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness, and we take calls from listeners...

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’A Scarlet Letter’ D for Most New York City Buildings on Energy Efficiency

Many New Yorkers are familiar with the letter grades displayed at restaurants. But now, many buildings have to post letter grades, too. And building owners who got low grades are worried it'll be a hit...

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How Zillow Explains Education Inequity

Hundred year old school buildings. Sputtering HVAC systems. Covid revealed a legacy of racism that’s built into the physical infrastructure of education.  A lack of investment in school buildings...

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