The Independent: It was a bright Sunday afternoon in early August when Yvette Mercedes looked out over East River Park from the entrance at East Houston Street and FDR Drive. Children scampered around a baseball diamond as a Little League game unfolded. On the far side of the field, cyclists and joggers moved up and down […]
FIGHTING FOR THEIR PARK, LES RESIDENTS CHALLENGE THE CITY’S CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN Read More »
The Villager: With East River Park set to close for three-and-a-half years as part of the East Side Coastal Resiliency flood-protection project, the Parks Department will be renovating and adding green space to other nearby parks. These planned changes, however, have been causing problems for some users of those other parks. Skateboarders in Tompkins Square Park,
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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
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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
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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
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A public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Eastside Coastal Resilience Plan will be held on July 31, 2019 10:00 AM 120 Broadway, Concourse Level, New York, NY 10271 You can view the DEIS here. Written comments must be postmarked or received by email by 5:00 PM on August 15, 2019. Comments
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and New York City Department of Design and Construction Public Hearing on East Side Coastal ResiliencyHosted by Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President and New York City Department of Design and ConstructionWednesday, 17 July 2019 from 6:00pm-8:00pm Mount Sinai Beth Israel1st Ave & E 16th St, New York, New York 10003 The East Side Coastal
NY Times: Cars at a standstill, thwarted by floodwater on the Long Island Expressway. Others forced to navigate an intersection in Williamsburg like amphibious vehicles on a Duck tour. Is that Carroll Street? Or is it a river? Does New York City have an infrastructure problem? How much rain fell? Kennedy Airport in Queens got three and a half inches
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Hindu Times: Communities have to be educated and made aware of collaborating in disaster management and mitigation endeavours. They should be told of the options available to them and encouraged to cooperate and provide feedback, Amy Chester, Managing Director, Rebuild by Design, New York, has said. She was speaking to The Hindu on the sidelines of a two-day
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