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Join Time’s Up! on bicycles or skates at 10 p.m. for a totally safe, magical, evening ride in Manhattan. As with their Moonlight Rides, Time’s Up! shares the tranquillity of Central Park, plus they add the lovely tree canopy and grand vistas of the Hudson River from Riverside Park. The scenic tour continues down the […]

Join Time’s Up! as they discover Prospect Park at night. Prospect Park is a 526-acre urban oasis located in the heart of Brooklyn. The Prospect Park Moonlight Ride is opened to bikers and skilled skaters. This is a safe, peaceful ride that visits many of the little-known treasures the park has to offer. (There is also a Central […]

In the "post-modern era," New York City planning principles encouraged innovative public spaces to be maintained by private entities. These spaces typically offer shelter and shortcuts. We’ll beat winter by touring public atriums, passageways, lobbies and underground walkways, a more intimate side of Midtown. Leader: Jack Eichenbaum, urban geographer.

Understanding NYC’s Medieval and Baroque Precedents in European and American Urban Capital Cities Fourteenth Street in Manhattan is the divide between a rationally-planned streetscape to the north and an organic maze of medieval streets to the south. This course will examine the evolution of both types of urban planning in European and American urban capitals […]

Understanding NYC’s Medieval and Baroque Precedents in European and American Urban Capital Cities Fourteenth Street in Manhattan is the divide between a rationally-planned streetscape to the north and an organic maze of medieval streets to the south. This course will examine the evolution of both types of urban planning in European and American urban capitals […]

Understanding NYC’s Medieval and Baroque Precedents in European and American Urban Capital Cities Fourteenth Street in Manhattan is the divide between a rationally-planned streetscape to the north and an organic maze of medieval streets to the south. This course will examine the evolution of both types of urban planning in European and American urban capitals […]