After-school tutoring at Jacob A. Riis Settlement. Photo: Eric L. Cooper Amazon Won’t Save Us As New York City tries to return to partial normalcy amid the worst pandemic in over a century, the most significant social... The Way Forward 26 Aug 2020 | 11:56
After the death of Erica Tishman at 49th St. and Seventh Ave., the Buildings Department ordered the emergency building of a sidewalk shed. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Deadly Terracotta and Sidewalk Sheds A recent front-page New York Post story decried the “scandal of [New York City’s] everlasting scaffolds,” or sidewalk sheds.... News 20 Dec 2019 | 12:02