Aug 9, 2019CLARA HEMPHILLI met with Clara Hemphill in the Upper East Side, her local neighbourhood. Taking our conversation to a cafe nearby, we discussed why we...
Aug 8, 2019LEARNING ABOUT SCHOOLS | AIANYThe talk at AIANY took a different format than the others that I had been to over the last few weeks. This time, groups of people from...
Aug 6, 2019AT THE BORDER | A/D/O The discussion at A/D/O in Brooklyn today was about internal American borders, specifically about the demarcation of Native American land...
Aug 1, 2019CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE | AIANYI attend two events at the Center for Architecture (AIANY) in the last week. The first was 'Experiments in Design: 20 Years of MoMA PS1...
Aug 1, 2019LEONIE HAIMSON Today I met with Leonie Haimson the founder of the non-profit Class Size Matters, based in Greenwich Village. I met her at the Washington...
Jul 31, 2019new design high school This afternoon I made a visit to the New Design High School in the Lower East Side. The school was a co-located public school sharing the...
Jul 30, 2019duke ellington schoolI volunteered in Washington Heights today - so in a neighbourhood just north of Harlem. The school was P.S. 4 Duke Ellington and it was...
Jul 29, 2019MAPPING COMMUNITY | AIANYThe AIANY talk at the Center for Architecture this evening was called 'Mapping Communities'. The guest speakers were three policymakers:...
Jul 28, 2019MARCUS GARVEY PARK | HARLEM The evening show at the open-air auditorium in Marcus Garvey Park was free for everyone. The play was a modern rendition of the Greek...