Cities force growth, and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Urban Resources More Reading & Research
Other publications to check out City Limits: publication of the Center for an Urban Future The Next American City Metropolis Magazine: urban architecture and design publication Planetizen Opolis
Organizations
Policy and Advocacy The Urban Institute Five Borough Institute Make the Road by Walking Urban Agenda Community Voices Heard Urban Land Institute History Lower East Side Tenement Museum Brooklyn Historical Society Ellis Island Immigration Museum Museum of the City of New York NY Historical Society The Bronx Historical Society Skyscraper Museum Gotham Center For New York City History Harlem History New Deal Network City Lore Forgotten New York Planning and Architecture New York City Streets Renaissance Planners Network New York Industrial Retention Network Storefront for Art and Architecture Congress for New Urbanism Project for Public Spaces Green The Trust for Public Land New York City Environmental Justice Alliance Municipal Art Society Project for Public Spaces Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx) We Act, Inc.
Policy and Advocacy The Urban Institute Five Borough Institute Make the Road by Walking Urban Agenda Community Voices Heard Urban Land Institute
History Lower East Side Tenement Museum Brooklyn Historical Society Ellis Island Immigration Museum Museum of the City of New York NY Historical Society The Bronx Historical Society Skyscraper Museum Gotham Center For New York City History Harlem History New Deal Network City Lore Forgotten New York
Planning and Architecture New York City Streets Renaissance Planners Network New York Industrial Retention Network Storefront for Art and Architecture Congress for New Urbanism Project for Public Spaces
Green The Trust for Public Land New York City Environmental Justice Alliance Municipal Art Society Project for Public Spaces Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx) We Act, Inc.
Research Resources How to Research a New York City Building NY Historical Society Suggested Resources
Archives NYC Department of Records NYC Department of Records - Municipal Archives NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture NYPL, Humanities and Social Sciences Library NYPL U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy LaGuardia and Wagner Archives (CUNY) Pierpont Morgan Library Tamiment Institute Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives (NYU) American Craft Council Library YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Archives and Library New York Preservation Archives The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Visuals Mid-Manhattan Library Picture Collection Online: photo archive Historic Districts Council Image Archive NYC Subway Historical Maps
Job resources and listings
Internships Guide to Selected Internships for Urban Studies students Everett Public Service Internships New York Historical Society Fellowships A list from the Earth Institute APA list of planning scholarships
Internships Guide to Selected Internships for Urban Studies students Everett Public Service Internships New York Historical Society
Fellowships A list from the Earth Institute APA list of planning scholarships
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