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  All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. ~Christopher Morley, Where the Blue Begins

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.

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

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