Take a breather at an exhibition or a panel discussion as the holiday frenzy begins. As always, New York City is abuzz with creative folks expanding the possibilities of how architectural design and practice can be reinterpreted, bringing attention to what in the urban environment is constantly overlooked. For anyone curious about what local happenings to fit into your weekly schedules, Archinect and Bustler have compiled a snappy list of events in New York City that are worth checking out.

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Flatiron Sky-line Unveiling | November 21, recommended by Justine Testado

See the public debut of the “Flatirion Sky-Line” installation at the Flatiron District tonight. Designed by LOT, the installation was the winner of the 2016 Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday Design Competition. If you can't make it out tonight, the installation will be on display throughout the holiday season during the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership's “23 Days of Flatiron Cheer” programming.

Current Work: Theaster Gates | November 21, recommended by Alexander Walter

University of Chicago Arts + Public Life | Bing Art Books, Chicago | 2015 | Photography by Becca Waterloo, image courtesy Arts + Public Life, via archleague.org.

As part of its Current Work series, The Architectural League invites Theaster Gates to Parson's Tishman Auditorium to present his work — much of it very exciting forms of activism in the South Side neighborhoods of his native Chicago — in a public lecture and also sit down for a conversation with League President Billie Tsien.

Part III: Manifesto Series: The Sharing Movement | November 22, recommended by Justine Testado

Image via storefrontnews.org

The Storefront for Art and Architecture and The Met teamed up with the Seoul Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism for the third installment of “Manifesto Series: The Sharing Movement”. The series brings in scholars and practitioners to discuss the “spatial, social, public, and private consequences” of the sharing economy and how it continues to transform urban living. Participants include Emily Abruzzo, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Hyungmin Pai, Adam Frampton and more.

Mastering the Metropolis: New York and Zoning | Open now until April 23, 2017, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg

General Motors Building, 767 Fifth Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets, 1968. Courtesy General Motors LLC. Used with permission, GM Media Archives. When General Motors opened their building on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in 1968, it epitomized the effects of the 1961 code. In return for creating a large public plaza and arcade, the developers got a ''zoning bonus'' that enabled them to add floors, creating a 50-story skyscraper.

New York's landmark Zoning Resolution of 1916 set in place the rules dictating how New York looks, and feels, today. The exhibition considers how past, current and changing zoning laws work, in the pursuit of an "ideal" city.

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