Urban Issues | Museum of the City of New York

White background with light blue cartoon drawings of the microbes for different diseases

September 14, 2018 - April 28, 2019

Germ City

Microbes and the Metropolis

Mid-1800s print of people ice skating on a large rink. City buildings are visible in the background.

December 20, 2017 - April 15, 2018

New York on Ice

Skating in the City

Landscape of a river and surrounding banks. Two figures stand on the closest bank, and a tall aqueduct is visible behind them

September 2 - December 31, 2017

To Quench the Thirst of New Yorkers

The Croton Aqueduct at 175

Two people in the middle of a street in Tribeca, NYC

November 10, 2017 - September 23, 2018

Art in the Open

Fifty Years of Public Art in New York

Panoramic view from the Brooklyn Bridge tower circa 1916

November 9, 2016 - April 23, 2017

Mastering the Metropolis

New York and Zoning, 1916-2016

December 1, 2006 - March 25, 2007

Robert Moses and the Modern City

Remaking the Metropolis

December 11, 2008 - April 22, 2009

Growing and Greening New York

PlaNYC and the Future of the City

December 6, 2011 - July 15, 2012

The Greatest Grid

The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011

June 6 - October 28, 2012

Reimagining the Waterfront

Manhattan's East River Esplanade

September 13, 2012 - February 10, 2013

From Farm to City

Staten Island, 1661-2012