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All content by Ilona Cherepakhina
A panel discusses the New York City Housing Preservation and Development plan to replace the Elizabeth Street Garden with affordable housing for the elderly. (Ilona Cherepakhina)

Panel Discusses the Future of Elizabeth Street Garden

A community panel allowed local residents to share their thoughts on the pending destruction of Elizabeth Street Garden, as well as to hear from experts on zoning and gentrification.
Ilona Cherepakhina, Contributing Writer March 12, 2019

Barring any prohibitive court decisions, Elizabeth Street Garden is set to be replaced by affordable housing for the elderly. On Monday, a panel was held by The New School to discuss...

View from inside the Museum of the Dog (via Facebook)

Pawsitively Underwhelming: Museum of the Dog

I could’ve just played Nintendogs and stayed home.
Ilona Cherepakhina, Contributing Writer March 1, 2019

I love dogs! So, when the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog moved to New York City on Feb. 8, I jumped at the chance to visit. Sadly, it was nothing worth rolling over for....

The Design Lab at NYU Tandon’s MakerSpace launches its first #DesignWeek (via NYU Tandon)

Tandon Panelists Emphasize the Value of Empathy in Design Thinking

A panel at Tandon’s MakerSpace discussed a method of product design that incorporates brainstorming and assessing the human needs inherent in a problem.
Ilona Cherepakhina, Staff Writer February 13, 2019

Experts in fields ranging from technology to banking to design convened at Tandon School of Engineering’s MakerSpace on Monday to discuss design thinking, a comprehensive approach...