Research library

The evidence behind the work

Participatory studies, critical scholarship, and the interpretive framework that shapes how this organization is structured.

Participatory design research

East New York

A book-length community study of land, food access, and control.

Critical scholarship

Hudson Yards & TIF Financing

Public money, private reward — reading the financing of megaprojects.

Companion project

Shifting Landscapes

Documenting change across contested ground.

Interpretive framework

Beyond Charity

A century of philanthropic innovation, read as design history.

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