Jordan Engel
@jordan-engel.bsky.social
Urbanist // People's Republic of Astoria
Are we under appreciating Citi Bikes secondary function as public furniture? Hottest seats in the house for movie night on 31st Ave
June 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Are we under appreciating Citi Bikes secondary function as public furniture? Hottest seats in the house for movie night on 31st Ave
I've been adding POPS and DOT plazas to Google Maps and OpenStreetMap to raise their visibility, categorizing them as parks so they show up in searches & listing required hours to prevent early closures (a persistent issue with POPS). Even in data-rich NYC, a map is never complete.
May 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I've been adding POPS and DOT plazas to Google Maps and OpenStreetMap to raise their visibility, categorizing them as parks so they show up in searches & listing required hours to prevent early closures (a persistent issue with POPS). Even in data-rich NYC, a map is never complete.
The inaugural Astoria Farmers Market!
May 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The inaugural Astoria Farmers Market!
Picked up 40 lbs of free compost from the new Queens giveback site on a Citi Bike - a first according to good folks at @nycsanitation.bsky.social.
Check it out every Wed & Sat.
www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/wh...
Check it out every Wed & Sat.
www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/wh...
May 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Picked up 40 lbs of free compost from the new Queens giveback site on a Citi Bike - a first according to good folks at @nycsanitation.bsky.social.
Check it out every Wed & Sat.
www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/wh...
Check it out every Wed & Sat.
www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/wh...
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Went on a little guided tour of Astoria and its “fruit” trees led by my favorite @jordan-engel.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Went on a little guided tour of Astoria and its “fruit” trees led by my favorite @jordan-engel.bsky.social
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This is a great tour! I met really interesting people, and learned so much! Don't let the forecast stop you from going tomorrow, you'll learn about bounty all around us! (Do I know anyone who knows about fruit tree grafting? I'm really curious now.)
NYC urbanists, the 2025 #JanesWalk schedule is live!
I’ll be leading two free walking tours of Astoria’s fruit trees:
• Saturday, May 3 at 9 AM
• Sunday, May 4 at 3 PM
www.mas.org/events/janes...
I’ll be leading two free walking tours of Astoria’s fruit trees:
• Saturday, May 3 at 9 AM
• Sunday, May 4 at 3 PM
www.mas.org/events/janes...
May 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is a great tour! I met really interesting people, and learned so much! Don't let the forecast stop you from going tomorrow, you'll learn about bounty all around us! (Do I know anyone who knows about fruit tree grafting? I'm really curious now.)
Casually scrolling ... oh hey! Maps I made for a masters project at Hunter.
This varies a lot by geography as well--north Brooklyn and western Queens are meaningfully distinct from the places further from Manhattan.
April 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Casually scrolling ... oh hey! Maps I made for a masters project at Hunter.
That’s what Dr. Shiva told me in 2013 when I interviewed her about our divestment campaign at Berea College. While few ever saw my little interview, that quote was picked up by @350.org & @greenpeace.org & found a life of its own. I see it every Earth Day, and each year it’s more relevant than ever.
April 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
That’s what Dr. Shiva told me in 2013 when I interviewed her about our divestment campaign at Berea College. While few ever saw my little interview, that quote was picked up by @350.org & @greenpeace.org & found a life of its own. I see it every Earth Day, and each year it’s more relevant than ever.
NYC urbanists, the 2025 #JanesWalk schedule is live!
I’ll be leading two free walking tours of Astoria’s fruit trees:
• Saturday, May 3 at 9 AM
• Sunday, May 4 at 3 PM
www.mas.org/events/janes...
I’ll be leading two free walking tours of Astoria’s fruit trees:
• Saturday, May 3 at 9 AM
• Sunday, May 4 at 3 PM
www.mas.org/events/janes...
April 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NYC urbanists, the 2025 #JanesWalk schedule is live!
I’ll be leading two free walking tours of Astoria’s fruit trees:
• Saturday, May 3 at 9 AM
• Sunday, May 4 at 3 PM
www.mas.org/events/janes...
I’ll be leading two free walking tours of Astoria’s fruit trees:
• Saturday, May 3 at 9 AM
• Sunday, May 4 at 3 PM
www.mas.org/events/janes...
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We’ll be sharing food, drinks, and singing our favorite socialist tunes. DM for the address.
March 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We’ll be sharing food, drinks, and singing our favorite socialist tunes. DM for the address.
Had a great chat with @gothamist.com about growing Astoria’s heirloom fig culture, and our upcoming community fig tree exchange.
Astoria’s first-ever fig tree exchange is this Sunday
The Queens neighborhood has a quiet history of fig trees.
gothamist.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Had a great chat with @gothamist.com about growing Astoria’s heirloom fig culture, and our upcoming community fig tree exchange.
Join us this Sunday @ Astoria Food Pantry. Do you already grow figs? Bring cuttings to share with your neighbors! Do you want to grow figs? Just bring yourself and learn how to propagate and care for your new tree.
March 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Join us this Sunday @ Astoria Food Pantry. Do you already grow figs? Bring cuttings to share with your neighbors! Do you want to grow figs? Just bring yourself and learn how to propagate and care for your new tree.
Yesterday's march felt like deja vu in many ways. Some notable differences - a lot less cars, and a lot more supportive drivers. #CongestionPricing works!
February 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Yesterday's march felt like deja vu in many ways. Some notable differences - a lot less cars, and a lot more supportive drivers. #CongestionPricing works!
We need this kind of multimodal connectivity to extend the ferry’s catchment area. But a 6 minute schlep to transfer to the nearest Citi Bike station makes this commute far less appealing for most riders.
February 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
We need this kind of multimodal connectivity to extend the ferry’s catchment area. But a 6 minute schlep to transfer to the nearest Citi Bike station makes this commute far less appealing for most riders.
My neighborhood forums are full of drivers understandably upset that the new two-way protected bike lane on 31st Ave in #Astoria isn’t yet full of cyclists. Driving is already hard enough in the city, why convert traffic lanes for cyclists who don't exist?
February 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My neighborhood forums are full of drivers understandably upset that the new two-way protected bike lane on 31st Ave in #Astoria isn’t yet full of cyclists. Driving is already hard enough in the city, why convert traffic lanes for cyclists who don't exist?
Classical #architecture isn't inherently fascist, but fascists love using it to enforce nationalist identity and stroke the egos of white-supremacist leaders as saviors of Western Civilization. Fascists don’t care about #PublicSpaces when it comes to funding libraries, comm gardens, or bus stops.
Trump signs executive order to promote "beautiful federal civic architecture"
US president Donald Trump has issued the Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture executive order on his first day back in office.
www.dezeen.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Classical #architecture isn't inherently fascist, but fascists love using it to enforce nationalist identity and stroke the egos of white-supremacist leaders as saviors of Western Civilization. Fascists don’t care about #PublicSpaces when it comes to funding libraries, comm gardens, or bus stops.
Years ago I marched with the #LeonardPeltier Defense Committee across the Pine Ridge Reservation to the Jumping Bull Ranch, site of the ‘75 FBI shootout. With us were my friends Belva Janis, Wounded Knee ‘73 veteran, and Paul Shields-Peltier, Leonard’s son who had only known his father behind bars.
January 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Years ago I marched with the #LeonardPeltier Defense Committee across the Pine Ridge Reservation to the Jumping Bull Ranch, site of the ‘75 FBI shootout. With us were my friends Belva Janis, Wounded Knee ‘73 veteran, and Paul Shields-Peltier, Leonard’s son who had only known his father behind bars.
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In the dark times will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing about the dark times.
From The Svendborg Poems by #BertholdtBrecht, written during his exile in Denmark during World War 2.
Print by @erikruin.bsky.social on @justseeds.bsky.social
#DarkTimes #Fascism
From The Svendborg Poems by #BertholdtBrecht, written during his exile in Denmark during World War 2.
Print by @erikruin.bsky.social on @justseeds.bsky.social
#DarkTimes #Fascism
January 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In the dark times will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing about the dark times.
From The Svendborg Poems by #BertholdtBrecht, written during his exile in Denmark during World War 2.
Print by @erikruin.bsky.social on @justseeds.bsky.social
#DarkTimes #Fascism
From The Svendborg Poems by #BertholdtBrecht, written during his exile in Denmark during World War 2.
Print by @erikruin.bsky.social on @justseeds.bsky.social
#DarkTimes #Fascism
January 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
During my very unemployed summer, I biked down every street in Astoria Queens & mapped out 1000s of fig trees in front yards. They're mostly heirloom cuttings from Greece & the Mediterranean. Now r/Astoria is talking about doing a propagation exchange help preserve these cultivars!
December 21, 2024 at 3:11 PM
During my very unemployed summer, I biked down every street in Astoria Queens & mapped out 1000s of fig trees in front yards. They're mostly heirloom cuttings from Greece & the Mediterranean. Now r/Astoria is talking about doing a propagation exchange help preserve these cultivars!
NYC's Socialist Belt stretches from Eastchester to Sunset Park. Astoria is the first district in the US to elect DSA reps at municipal, state, and federal levels.
December 13, 2024 at 8:35 PM
NYC's Socialist Belt stretches from Eastchester to Sunset Park. Astoria is the first district in the US to elect DSA reps at municipal, state, and federal levels.
Buy Nothing in NYC:
📍260k total members
📍103 groups ranging from 100-15k members, averaging ~2.5k
📍Activity varies widely: The Buswick-E W’burg-Ridgewood group has 15k members but <1k posts/month, while some smaller groups like S Central Sheepshead Bay see 400 posts/month with only 800 members
📍260k total members
📍103 groups ranging from 100-15k members, averaging ~2.5k
📍Activity varies widely: The Buswick-E W’burg-Ridgewood group has 15k members but <1k posts/month, while some smaller groups like S Central Sheepshead Bay see 400 posts/month with only 800 members
November 29, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Buy Nothing in NYC:
📍260k total members
📍103 groups ranging from 100-15k members, averaging ~2.5k
📍Activity varies widely: The Buswick-E W’burg-Ridgewood group has 15k members but <1k posts/month, while some smaller groups like S Central Sheepshead Bay see 400 posts/month with only 800 members
📍260k total members
📍103 groups ranging from 100-15k members, averaging ~2.5k
📍Activity varies widely: The Buswick-E W’burg-Ridgewood group has 15k members but <1k posts/month, while some smaller groups like S Central Sheepshead Bay see 400 posts/month with only 800 members
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NY restaurants should park these out front when the sheds come down
November 28, 2024 at 3:17 AM
NY restaurants should park these out front when the sheds come down
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In 2016, we contacted the Atakapa-Ishak Tribal Council with a question - what do you call Houston? The answer was that the original name had been lost after generations of language suppression. The last fluent Ishakkoy speaker died in 1979. But in 2016, the tribe was in the midst of a (1/4)
Indigenous group resurrects what its people called Houston before the Europeans arrived | Houston Public Media
Houston Matters talks with members of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation to learn about their culture and what their ancestors called Houston a few hundred years ago.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:58 AM
In 2016, we contacted the Atakapa-Ishak Tribal Council with a question - what do you call Houston? The answer was that the original name had been lost after generations of language suppression. The last fluent Ishakkoy speaker died in 1979. But in 2016, the tribe was in the midst of a (1/4)