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The Patch: A beloved skate spot in Tompkins Square Park is now saved from synthetic turf, the Parks Department said Friday afternoon. All summer, skateboarders and other East Villagers have been fighting to save an asphalt patch from being turned into synthetic turf as a part of the city’s mitigation efforts under a sweeping flood protection plan that […]

The Stute: Walking around Hoboken after returning from summer break, I took in some of the city’s classics. The smell of my favorite pizza wafting through the streets. The sound of school kids running through Church Square Park. And, of course, the flooding in the streets after a quick rain. Flooding is such an integral part

New York Times: For skateboarders, the rectangle of asphalt in Tompkins Square Park is a sanctuary, an open space in the densely populated East Village where they converge not only to learn new skills but to forge long-lasting friendships. For nearly three decades, the unofficial skate park — there are no ramps and handrails, so all

India Times: Governments across the world are looking at building resilient structures to counter the destruction caused by sudden change in climate triggered by nature and human interferences. “We, in the US too face disasters, which lead to loss of life and property and the government has decided to look at climate resilience with solutions that

Curbed: The de Blasio administration’s plan to build flood protections along Manhattan’s east side ignited a firestorm of criticism when it was overhauled last fall. Locals saw the move as effectively tossing aside years of community engagement in favor of a plan that requires a complete closure of the East River Park during construction, leaving neighborhoods starved for

NY1: Vocal opponents of a proposed $1.3 billion coastal resiliency project on lower Manhattan’s East Side outnumbered supporters six to one at the City Planning meeting this week. The big concern: the closure of East River Park for more than three years during construction. The Park opened 80 years ago and has athletic fields and open space

The Patch: A plan to raze and rebuild the East River Park in the name of flood protection brought dozens to a City Planning Commission hearing Wednesday. The resiliency plan, known as the East Side Coastal Resiliency project, would bury and rebuild the East River Park several feet higher — protecting the neighborhood from devastation from

Architectual Record: Last November, New Bern, North Carolina, could not have looked more peaceful. Along a waterfront park, calm waters lapped the shoreline barely 3 feet below sidewalk level. The compact redbrick 18th-century town looked to be an island, surrounded by long stretches of unruffled water to the east and south. The city of 30,000 people