Terreform, a nonprofit architecture collective transforms the rooftop of a building in downtown Brooklyn into a shelter and farm for urban refugees- people displaced by the mortgage crisis.

The putting lot is a parking lot transformed into a nine-hole miniature golf course in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The theme of the course is "neighborhood sustainability" which encompasses both environmental sustainability and the sustainability of communities.

From smelly and ugly to fresh and entertaining: Macro-Sea Pools turns three large trash dumpsters into a swimming pool in an empty Brooklyn parking lot. This adaptive re-use project presents the neighborhood with new recreational opportunities.

A town sans the luxury of wheels could be common phenomenon in any part of the world. But in Germany it's almost an anachronism. After all isn't Germany all about cars and the autobahn?

Annie Novak and Ben Flanner have been farming the rooftop of a Brooklyn warehouse for a month and a half now. The 6,000 square-foot farm has over 30 different varieties of vegetables. Nearby restaurants have caught on to the idea.