Public Writing

“A Californian beach caught between erosion and appropriation: Questions for historian Kara Schlichting” (2024)

A Q&A on “The Narrowing of Broad Beach.” Coastal Change and Public Beaches in Malibu, California  ,” Pacific Historical Review , vol. 92, no. 2, 2023, which considers how coastal erosion altered the parameters of public access on Malibu’s Broad Beach. At the turn of the 21st century  , the long-standing challenge of public access to this exclusive Malibu enclave collides with the ongoing climate crisis, highlighting the intertwining of environmental risk and coastal urban development.

New York Times “New York City Doesn’t Have to Suffer This Summer” (2020)

Officials shouldn’t let the coronavirus end a long history of helping people stay cool.

“Sanitizing Playland: Establishing Expectations for Public Behavior in Greater New York’s Parks” (2017)

Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City History 

“The Swelter of Summer: Heat Waves and the Urban Heat Island in New York City History” (2021)

NiCHE- Network in Canadian History & Environment

“New York’s Post Industrial Waterfront: A Lesson in Environmental Gentrification and Environmental Inequality” (2021)

Urban Environments Initiative