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Unfinished New York
Places Journal
Preservation has evolved from a rarified special interest to an institution — an ethos — entrenched in our culture. But has it become too conservative, elitist and even racist?
Post Trump
Places Journal
Those who knew Donald Trump during his years as a developer in New York are not surprised by his disturbing behavior as a presidential candidate.
Experimental Preservation
Places Journal
Experimental preservationists are challenging old assumptions about cultural heritage, spotlighting objects once considered ugly or unsavory, long excluded from official narratives.
Instrumental City: The View from Hudson Yards
Places Journal
The world’s most ambitious “smart city” project is here. Should we worry that New York City is becoming an experimental lab?
Full Fathom Five
Places Journal
In Brexit-era Britain, the disused airfields of the Second World War can be seen not simply as relics of a patriotic war but as warnings of the dangers of hubris and isolationism.