In my community garden, there are a small number of thundering trees: London Plane trees (Platanus x acerifolia). And if you live in New York, you no doubt recognize these trees. It has the peeling bark and a mottled camouflage…
If you’re looking for a hidden gem for a walk, run, or casual bike ride in the Bronx, I highly recommend checking out the combination of Concrete Plant Park and Starlight Park. Whether you love nature and are excited about…
When the MTA first announced the Interborough Express (IBX), I cheered a little. Finally, a transit project that isn’t centered around Manhattan. The IBX will connect Brooklyn and Queens along an existing freight rail corridor, creating a much-needed link for…
For years now, I have been talking about and debating congestion pricing in New York. I have a master article on all its pros and cons here. A year into the program, most environmental and urbanism groups are calling it…
This article originally appeared in my newsletter. Subscribe here. The origin story of Maria Sola Green Space, the community garden a few blocks from me, varies each time someone tells it. Oral history lives in flux. Some of us say…
LaGuardia gets a lot of hate for a lot of reasons. But one of them is that it’s the only New York airport without a rail connection. But even though you can’t take a train directly to or from LaGuardia,…
I live in one of the new buildings in the Port Morris/Mott Haven section of the South Bronx. Yes, near the ones that you can see from your Metro-North train or from across the Harlem River. In this blog post,…