Urban Omnibus

Located in New York City, Urban Omnibus is the digital platform of The Architectural League focused on exploring, interpreting, and influencing urban life. We seek to pose fresh questions, highlight a variety of viewpoints, and showcase innovative projects that contribute to the ongoing development of our cities.

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2 weeks ago | urbanomnibus.net | Mariana Mogilevich

We wanted to publish this story two years ago, after learning about Make the Road New York’s new headquarters in Corona, Queens from architect Andrea Steele at an Architectural League program on new community centers. But the project, a custom-built new home for one of the city’s most prominent and powerful immigrant organizations, wasn’t quite finished. We hoped we could publish this story before the 2024 elections, fearing the worst.
A Tentative Rollout

2 months ago | urbanomnibus.net | Abigail Montes |Mariana Mogilevich |Thandi Nyambose

E-scooter shares began rolling out in cities from Santa Monica to Paris to Mexico City nearly ten years ago. Scooters, rentable through an iPhone app, were part of a broader embrace of micromobility, using small vehicles to solve the “first-mile/last-mile problem.” E-scooter shares, along with bike- and e-bike-shares, can help bridge the distance between home or work and the subway or bus, and in the process, help reduce carbon emissions.
A Year in Property

2 months ago | urbanomnibus.net | Ekemini Ekpo

Amy Ching-Yan Lam’s Property Journal is what it sounds like: a 13-month diary recorded through the lens of property.
A Moon for My Neighbors

Feb 5, 2025 | urbanomnibus.net | Jess Myers

Before beginning in earnest, I must begin by acknowledging my acquaintances, colleagues, exes, partners of various sorts, Delta Comfort Plus seatmates, and you, especially, my dearest Ida. I have not followed any of your advice to “please, please, for the love of god, shut the f**k up about this movie.” I acknowledge you, fellow travelers. But an acknowledgement, I’m afraid, is not an apology. I take up my evangelist mantle to speak to you of love.
Bus Time - Urban Omnibus

Oct 31, 2024 | urbanomnibus.net | Camilo José Vergara

For more than 50 years, Camilo José Vergara, sui generis sociologist and urban documentarian, has been attending to the environments, esthetics, and lifeways of poor neighborhoods in cities across the United States. In New York City, keeping a close eye on “the hood” requires a lot of commuting, both on the subway and by public bus.
News from Home - Urban Omnibus

Oct 2, 2024 | urbanomnibus.net | Noah Fischer

It’s the year 2044 and “the vibes are great,” according to a resident of a new cooperative housing trust in Queens, quoted in an article headlined “Why Housing is No Longer a Good Investment.” AOC is President, democratic socialists Emily Gallagher and Sandy Nurse run New York State and City, respectively, and the city is entering a period of housing abundance that was unimaginable just two decades earlier.
Everybody Should Be Honored

Jul 18, 2024 | urbanomnibus.net | Abigail Montes |Mariana Mogilevich |Joey de Jesus |Hatuey Ramos-Fermín

Thanksgiving brings the Macy’s Parade down Broadway, Labor Day is for the West Indian Day Carnival on Flatbush, Halloween brings costumed processions down a number of neighborhood main streets, and it seems every Sunday sees an ethnic parade to Fifth Avenue. But the third weekend in June brings a parade most unlike the others.
On Island Time - Urban Omnibus

May 8, 2024 | urbanomnibus.net | Russell Jacobs |Francesca Johanson |Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez

The consequences of the climate crisis for New York City’s future can be hard to assimilate. Rising tides and strengthened storms threaten our archipelago inside and out; keeping the population safe and dry requires physical adaptation to the city on a monumental scale. New York may not be Venice or Vanuatu, but our dozens of islands float in an era of uncertainty.
Eclipsed on the Concourse

Sep 13, 2023 | urbanomnibus.net | Jess Myers |Margaret Morton

600,000 people pass through New York Penn Station daily, at last count. It’s possible just as many words have been written this year on the subject of the station’s present and future state. Demands for a rehaul, and debates over the shape it should take, while perennial, are at a fever pitch. Arguments are made on the grounds of human safety and dignity, while plans are hatched and scrapped based on property values and influence peddling.
An Electrician - Urban Omnibus

Sep 13, 2023 | urbanomnibus.net | Andrew Michael Gorin |Amy Howden-Chapman |Ryan Cooke

It’s well known that climate change will require the development and maintenance of a vast array of new electrical systems, from solar farms to electric charging stations to induction cooktops. But what’s less commonly understood is that cities like New York are already doing a great deal to retrofit electrical infrastructure in response to climate impacts, and they have been doing so since Hurricane Sandy caused power outages and devastating flooding in 2012.