by Bennat Berger | Oct 2, 2017 | Culture, Urban Planning
There is no one way to think about a city. But one thing, until recently, has been certain: cities aren’t thinking about you. The idea of conscious cities challenges the assumption that cities are thoughtless spaces, or stationary backgrounds for busy urbanites to...
by Bennat Berger | Sep 19, 2017 | Technology
Seniors and disabled people have specific living space challenges. Luckily, technology makes things easier. When it comes to safety and accessibility, not all homes are created equal. In fact, a recent New York Times article highlights the difficulties of “aging in...
by Bennat Berger | Sep 9, 2017 | Culture, Current Events, Urban Planning
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines a food desert as a part of the country where it’s difficult to buy fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthy whole foods. An area is considered a food desert if 500 people or more, or 33% of the population in the area...
by Bennat Berger | Sep 6, 2017 | Culture, Current Events
All cities have a life of their own. Buildings are the bones, streets and rivers and sidewalks the veins and arteries, weather changes, wind blows, papers fly–the breath. But the soul is the people who live in the city, and perhaps nowhere more so than in New...
by Bennat Berger | Sep 1, 2017 | Culture, Urban Planning
When communities and local governments work together to create an urban landscape that caters to the needs of children, the result can be a safer environment for the younger generation and a more successful and thriving city overall. Many cities across the country...
by Bennat Berger | Aug 17, 2017 | Culture, Technology, Urban Planning
When the City Museum of New York held an exhibition on Manhattan’s layout, they named it the “Greatest Grid” because of the importance of planning in Manhattan’s success. Urban planning as a profession only developed in the 1800s, around the time the Manhattan grid...
by Bennat Berger | Jul 25, 2017 | Culture, Technology, Urban Planning
Obtaining an apartment in New York City has been covered in many movies and TV shows as a triumph to be celebrated, and rightly so. A prime living space can change the entire experience of the city. So once people have a home, they’re reluctant to let it go, even when...
by Bennat Berger | Jul 18, 2017 | Culture, Current Events, Urban Planning
Whether you consider it “a powerful beacon” or “incredibly stupid,” “corporate feminism” or “revolutionary art,” Kirsten Visbal’s “Fearless Girl” statue has been impossible to ignore since it popped up overnight this past March. Placed in a defiant stance before the...
by Bennat Berger | Jul 18, 2017 | Culture, Technology, Urban Planning
The nonprofit art center the Shed will open in Spring 2019 at the High Line next to 15 Hudson Yards, at the edge of the Public Square and Gardens. While it has come under some fire for its price tag, lack of clear programming, and even its original name (the Culture...
by Bennat Berger | Jul 18, 2017 | Culture, Urban Planning
From Brooklyn to the Bronx, and all the brownstone and mansion studded boroughs in between, owners of historic homes know they need a little help when it comes to renovations and upkeep of their historic properties. Especially if their home is officially designated...
