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At the Edge of the World “At the edge of Brooklyn or the world sits a quiet tea room waiting for you.” – Justin L. on Ashbox Cafe	Tenants’ Rights Flash Cards Renters' rights made fun Boxed set of 30 fun and friendly flash cards on New York state’s tenant rights	Street Vendor Guide Accessible city regulations An accessible guide to NYC street vendor rules, rights, history, and policy reform	The Idiotic Building Book A little skyscraper story A little storybook about skyscrapers and following all of your idiotic dreams

Post-it Notes for Neighbors Real estate revealed Public installation transforming a storefront window into a neighborhood resource	Sidewalk Psychiatry Self-evaluation in transit Stenciled questions on the sidewalks to aid pedestrians deep in thought	Hello Neighbors Local information-sharing A study about neighborhood communication in public space through flyers and online forums	Mobile Air Quality Data for mobile devices Invisible health data made visible through interactive maps and augmented reality views on mobile devices

Local History by SMS Local history on the go 200+ stickers in public space with codes to SMS for instant local history on your mobile phone	Pedestrian Timeline Local history on the streets Stenciled timeline on the sidewalk to bring the history of Governors Island to the streets	Bike Map Covers Two wheels good Proposed cycling map covers for NYC’s Department of Transportation	Restroom Map Notepad To find relief for us all A notepad of public restroom maps posted in NYC subway stations

A Nice Place for a Tree Promoting green sidewalks A street campaign for more tree-lined streets in Chinatown	Ginormous Rubber Duck Big fun at the waterfront A proposed installation enticing all to test the frisky waters of the East River	Brooklyn Bridge Signage A study and proposal for wayfinding on the Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian walkway	Flash cards have arrived Last year I got a generous grant from Sappi Ideas That Matter to create flash cards on tenants’ rights with the NY grassroots organization Tenants & Neighbors. After working together for months and sending them out to the printers, the cards have arrived! The boxed set of thirty cards translates NY state’s official Tenants Rights Guide [...]

Project Moustache Stick it to outdoor ads Sticker campaign subverting outdoor advertising with the distilled mark of the people	Making the Process Public NYC’s Urban Omnibus generously gave me the floor to write about the process of working with the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) and The Street Vendor Project to create a fold-out poster demystifying the regulations of street vending in New York City. None of it could have happened without CUP’s Making Policy Public program, which pairs [...]	Mapping Our Crashes Crashstat.org combines Google maps with DMV stats on pedestrian and biking accidents so you can see which NYC intersections are danger zones. Since 1995, there have been 35 injuries and 2 fatalities just two blocks from my old apartment. And that doesn’t count tramplings-by-fellow-pedestrians on Canal Street… Made by Transportation Alternatives.	Lego NYC The funnest nod to NYC… by Christoph Niemann.

My Country Village in the City Multiple points plotted via multiplottr.com My NYC apartments 2001-2008: West Village – 22 Jones Street Apt 3F, New York NY Chinatown – 219 Grand Street Apt 1, New York NY Carroll Gardens – 44 4th Place Apt 2, Brooklyn NY Cobble Hill – 130 Dean Street Apt 1, Brooklyn NY Chinatown – 154 Mott Street Apt 5B, New York NY I rocked [...]