The Village Voice

New York's Union Square is the scene of a lively protest featuring Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. At stake is the square's pavilion, which is set to be transformed into a restaurant.

Plans call to remap Coney Island's amusement district as parkland, allowing further amusement and recreational development, but blocking proposed high-rise condo towers.

A new film centers on the efforts of one determined inner-city resident to confront the architect who designed the low-income housing project she lives in with her family.

NY's Village Voice publishes its non-scientific list of the 10 worst landlords in the city. The worst landlord will surprise you -- HUD. The story also includes "Apartments in Hell" -- photos from the very worst of the apartments.

Is the movement a valid attempt to stop 'Home Depot moderne' from infiltrating historic older suburbs, or simply another mechanism to control property rights?

Volunteers work from midnight to four in the morning in the bitter cold to find the maximum number of street dwellers.

The unattractive finding comes as part of a study linked with a major exhibition on traffic solutions in New York.

What event is 'a watershed in human history, comparable to the Neolithic or Industrial revolutions'?

A $200-million hotel project, touted as the first major tourist lodging in the neighborhood since 1966, drifts into obscurity amid corruption charges aimed at the developer.

The New York City law restricting "parading without a permit" is ruled unconstitutional, with implications for bikers and other organized groups.

Four years later, there are a host of unanswered questions about the events of 9/11, including the unexplained and unprecedented architectural collapses of three office towers, and the extent of toxicity in the air of Lower Manhattan.

The borough, which 'once epitomized working class America,' faces intense gentrification.

Drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge won't' solve the nation's energy problem argues James Ridgeway.

Former developer and transit authority chief Richard Ravitch argues against cheap sale of prime real estate to aid city's bid.

A New York court sides with two landlords to evict commnity organizers, and will be a shock to housing advocates.

Nathaniel Kahn, son of architect Louis Kahn, poignantly searches for his father through the work left behind by the mysterious builder.

The Village Voice reviews a book by a longtime city planner who writes on the decline and possible resurgence of east New York.

A government program, "Combat Zones That See" (CTS) would intelligently connect thousands of cameras throughout the nation's cities.

The Village Voice asks if the new WTC design could become a new world cultural center.

Harlem's long-term gentrification is an urban planner's dream, but a residents are fighting back.