retrofit

Leilani Reyes pushes her cart through Home Depot, past stacks of raw and refurbished brick, spools of reclaimed electrical wire, and assorted rusting hardware in need of a wire brush....Read More “How a Home Depot Roof Stopped a Flood” »

On the evening of Wednesday, September 1, 2021, Hongsheng Leng was napping as the water entered his basement apartment. At 82, his energy was diminished from years of taking the...Read More “The End Of Watery Death Traps In NYC” »

Brandon Carbonari stands next to a huge and gleaming natural gas boiler—one of the last in New York City. Carbonari was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and he’s reminiscing about...Read More “When Your Neighbour Is A Gas Holdout” »

Old and young, speakers of dozens of languages, of comfortable or modest means, they all looked out of their windows two evenings ago and saw what no New Yorker wants...Read More “Roomers Survive Drone Mishap” »