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New York State is moving forward on the Living with the Bay project to restore and revitalize Hempstead Lake Dam and Hempstead Lake State Park. By making a century old dam functional, the project will simultaneously enhance the resiliency of the greenway, boathouse, lake, and two ponds. These improvements will complement additional environmental restoration and […]

On April 29, the SCAPE team led a beach and shoreline walk in conjunction with NY Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR), Conference House Park, and the Living Breakwaters Community Advisory Committee (CAC) along the extent of the Living Breakwaters project area. The tour focused on observing and discussing the natural and man-made processes that

The New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) and the Project Team for Living Breakwaters provided the anticipated project timeline and an update to the Community Advisory Committee (CAC), which can be found on the GOSR website. The Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) is working with the State to advance the project through design and construction,

The Living Breakwaters project passed a major milestone in March with the publication of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the project. The DEIS is a comprehensive document prepared by the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery.  The document details the rationale for the project, describes the alternatives that are being considered, including the preferred

The Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery and their partners hosted an informational open house for the Living Breakwaters and the Tottenville Shoreline Protection Projects this month. The public was invited to learn about, discuss, and contribute to coastal resiliency measures in progress for Tottenville, Staten Island. Rebuild by Design, the Billion Oyster Project, Tottenville Civic

The Rebuild by Design Living Breakwaters Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) recently met to tour the project site, and discussed the CAC’s role as the project moves forward. The CAC was joined by representatives from the implementation team for Living Breakwaters as well as the Tottenville Dunes Project, including: SCAPE, AKRF, and Stantec. Representatives from U.S. Housing

The design brief for the enhancement of Plaza Juan Gabriel in Ciudad Juarez is now out for open call. This marks the transition from the research phase of the process— where Rebuild partnered with the Gehl Institute and Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ) to study public life in the plaza and surrounding area— to the design

New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection is seeking HUD approval of the state’s proposed “build plan” for reducing frequent-rain flooding in five Meadowlands municipalities. One benefit of the plan is that approximately 20 acres would no longer flood during the type of rainstorm that has a 50% chance of occurring in any given year, the

Searching for a high-impact, low-cost design for an underutilized public space, Rebuild and the City of Juárez worked with the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, The Gehl Institute, and 100 Resilient Cities to develop a unique design competition that will be replicated in other public spaces throughout the city. The result was an innovative design

Rebuild Director Amy Chester was selected to be a resident of IdeasCity Athens, a gathering that brought together 40 people from art, design, activism, and policy backgrounds. It took place in a disused portion of the Athens Conservancy, which had been vacant for 30 years, and subsequently built-out for this program to be transformed into a