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I love the idea of you taking care of me. You have places to sit and rest when I get tired of walking. But I hate the fact that you’re…

I love the break I got from the craziness of the city. Being able to walk, close my eyes, hear the nature, birds and get lost in my…

I hate that you create divisions through exclusionary tactics like posted signs and “private” co-op housing + unaffordable housing. Today I…

Times Square used to be gridlocked with yellow cabs and black S.U.V.s., it had no square — even though, for decades, pedestrians vastly…

‘Reclaimed water’ via proprietary technology to allow for social reclaiming as a space for human activity at large scale. Plus Pool, was…

Umbrella House has come a long way from the late 1980s when a handful of squatters broke into what was then an abandoned city-owned…

Bluestockings is a collectively-owned bookstore, cafe, and activist space in the Lower East Side. The space is collectively owned, with a…

The 9th Street Community Garden Park rests atop the basements of five buildings that fell down, formerly occupying the space. Along with…

Hack Manhattan is a non-profit ($100 a month membership granting access to equipment and voting rights), all volunteer space on 14th St.…

The building of the former Public School 64 was made into a community center, known as El Bohio/CHARAS, beginning in 1977, led by the…