Urban Designer Justin Garrett Moore Loves Watching Judge Judy Yell

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, APRIL 18 21 QUESTIONS [Justin Garrett Moore Gets Inspired by Watching Judge Judy Yell at People]( The urban designer and architect answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.” Photo-Illustration: Curbed. Photo: Dario Calmese New York’s “21 Questions” is back with an eye on creative New Yorkers. Justin Garrett Moore is the [inaugural program officer]( for the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place initiative, which has awarded [more]( than $48 million to organizations working in place-based social-justice and cultural-heritage projects. He’s a founding member of [BlackSpace](, a collective of Black architects and designers, and co-founder of [Urban Patch](, a social-enterprise real-estate developer working in Indianapolis and Kigali, Rwanda. Last year, President Biden appointed Moore to the U.S. Fine Arts Commission. During his decade as an urban designer for New York City, Moore worked on the Greenpoint-Williamsburg waterfront, Hunter’s Point South, and the Brooklyn Cultural District. He ran the city’s Public Design Commission from 2016 to 2020. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Joni Mitchell, Meet Edith Wharton Musician Chase Cohl checked into the Lafayette House early in the pandemic — and never left.]( By Wendy Goodman [A List of Everywhere Frank James Allegedly Went Before He Was Caught From Dimes to Katz’s Deli to McDonald’s?]( By Clio Chang [Death Masks, Dopamine Décor, Antiquarian Books, and More Design Finds Plus Julio Torres’s story about a plunger that just wants to be a vase.]( By Diana Budds [What If the Office Isn’t the Problem? The debate taking place right now isn’t exactly where the worker is being called back — but to what.]( By Clio Chang [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( It happened this week — let’s talk about it. [Sign up for My Week in New York](: a new newsletter from the editors. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman and the [Listings Edit newsletter](, a digest of particularly worth-it apartments for rent in New York City. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved