Planning and Design
CategoryChaos in the Streets: Ten Reasons Our Streets are So Crowded
“It is so crowded no one goes there anymore.” Whether Yogi Berra really said this or not, it’s wrong! Or at least half wrong. It is so cro..
What’s Going on With the BQE, and What’s RPA’s Role?
NYC DOT is working on a giant project to repair the BQE from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street. Part of the 1.5-mile highway in the project ..
Does NYC Still Need To Use Hart Island As A Potter’s Field?
Hart Island is New York City’s potter’s field, a resting place of last resort for those who can’t afford a private burial. Many New Yorker..
Planning for a Green New Deal
New York’s newly elected representative from the 14th Congressional District, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has made waves in recent weeks wit..
This Election Day, New Yorkers Have The Chance to Vote On Charter Reform
With so many headlines and so much anxiety heading into election week, it may be easy to forget that as a New Yorker, you have the chance ..
Designs for RPA Newark Airport and Triboro Projects Win AIANY Design Excellence Awards
On October 8, AIA New York celebrated recipients of the 2018 AIANY + ASLA-NY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards.
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‘#Public4Penn’ Demands NY Leaders Take Action On Penn Station
Last Wednesday morning outside of New York’s Penn Station, RPA joined other civic, design and transit organizations, state and local elect..
Once A Landfill, A State Park Will Soon Bloom
On September 5th, Governor Andrew Cuomo led a group of journalists, city and state officials, and New York residents to the site of a larg..
Introducing the Anchor Opportunity Network for the NY-NJ-CT Region
Our region is home to many esteemed colleges and universities, hospitals, libraries, museums and other public and non-profit institutions…
Is the Urban Growth Machine Slowing Down?
Over the last decade, sky high levels of job growth and housing costs in New York and other major cities have reinforced beliefs that the ..