Community Board 3, Full Board Meeting will vote on ESCR, the first section of the BIG U. Tuesday, June 25, 2019 6:30pm PS 20 – 166 Essex Street (E Houston & Stanton Sts)
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This month, rebuild hosted an interdisciplinary team from NYU Tandem, City University of New York (CUNY), Arizona State University, and University of Puerto Rico for the National Science Foundation effort to Enhance Resilience of Island Communities (ERIC). This three-year effort, focused on Western Puerto Rico, will highlight the impact of the interdependencies of critical infrastructure systems when exposed
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The Dirt: To protect against future super storms and long-term sea level rise, New York City proposed creating a set of landscaped berms around the southern tip of Manhattan, a plan deemed the “Big U.” The city secured some $330 million from the U.S. department of housing and urban development (HUD)’s Rebuild by Design competition in 2014 to
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Curbed NY: Seven years after Superstorm Sandy, New York City has rebuilt housing, reopened beaches, and prioritized crucial repairs to its subway. But out on Staten Island, which bore the brunt of the storm’s devastation, most of the destroyed homes still sit empty. Now a massive new piece of infrastructure is planned here, as part of a new way cities
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The City’s Office of Design and Construction showcased a model of the revised plan (above) for the Eastside Coastal Resilience Project (ESCR), and new videos showing the flythrough, walkthrough and flood gates at two Open Houses, where they presented different elements of the project on boards and received feedback from attendees. The ULURP action for zoning modification was certified in May
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CT Post: BRIDGEPORT — The launch and presentation of the new Plan Bridgeport website will occur at 6 p.m. on June 19, the city Planning Department announced in a tweet. Plan Bridgeport is a master plan that lays out a 10-year map for city conservation and development goals. The original draft of the plan was instituted in
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The Villager: At a June 11 public hearing about the city’s East Side Coastal Resiliency plan, Lower East Side residents mostly disapproved of the current flood-protection plan and called for more community input into the process. Held by the Community Board 3 Parks, Recreation, Waterfront & Resiliency Committee, the meeting was part of the Uniform Land
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NJDEP held a workshop on June 6th to present design concepts for Harborside Park. You can view the presentation, boards and video here which describes three alternative designs named: The Bloom, The Ridge and the Meadow. You can give feedback to NJDEP via survey here. The scale models that were prepared for the workshop are currently on display at City Hall through
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Hudson Reporter: Last week the Rebuild by Design Project team presented two park concepts for Hoboken Cove Park both of which include programming space, elevated walkways, and native plantings. The redesign of Harborside Park into Hoboken Cove Park is part of the city’s Rebuild By Design project, which aims to protect the city from flooding caused
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The Resilient Bridgeport Team hosted a walking tour and discussion designed for residents and local businesses to learn more about the progress of the coastal flood defense system in the South End. The meeting included virtual reality, a Q&A with Project Team and an ice cream social. You can learn more about the meeting here.
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