NY Times: In New York City, it’s often easy to think that ocean conservation is an issue for someplace else — tropical islands, coral reefs, the Gulf of Mexico, the Arctic. But New York City is an archipelago, a reality that can be obscured by the concrete jungle. The five boroughs — four of them on islands […]
THE CONCRETE JUNGLE HAS 578 MILES OF SHORELINE AT RISK Read More »
The Patch: Want to weigh in on the East River Park resiliency project? Have a specific question? Various meetings and hearings are scheduled in the coming weeks as the project, called the East Side Coastal Resiliency project, goes through the public review process called the uniform land use review procedure. The de Blasio administration has been planning a
HERE’S THE MEETING LINE-UP ON THE EAST RIVER PARK RESILIENCY PLAN Read More »
The Patch: The Parks Department is planning some $28 million in upgrades to various parks and playgrounds amid the ongoing public review of the city’s proposed coastal flooding and sea level rise protection project that also requires closing the East River Park for 3.5 years, the department said. The upgrades include a variety of improvements —
CITY PLANS PLAYGROUND, TURF UPGRADES ON MANHATTAN’S EAST SIDE Read More »
Parks, Recreation, Waterfront, & Resiliency CommitteeThursday, May 16 at 6:30pm — BRC Senior Services Center – 30 Delancey Street (btwn Chrystie & Forsyth Sts) 1. Approval of previous month’s minutes2. EDC and Emergency Management: LMCR Overview3. EDC: Brooklyn Bridge Esplanade update on conceptual design4. EDC: Pier 42 general project update5. Updates and Pre-ULURP discussion of
COMMUNITY BOARD 3 PARKS, RECREATION, WATERFRONT, & RESILIENCY COMMITTEE Read More »
National Association of Parks and Recreation Magazine: Read about Rebuild’s plan for a equitable East River Park Conservency authored by Carter Strickland, Amy Chester and James Lima.
PRESERVING COMMUNITY THEN AND NOW Read More »
Click here to watch the Video of this event: Mayor Bill deBlasio proposes extending the waterfront from the Seaport to Battery Park up to 500 feet into the East River at a cost of up to $10 billion: if done right, this proposal can integrate benefits such as open space, affordable housing, and job creation into a plan for
VIDEO: EXTENDING MANHATTAN FOR FLOOD PROTECTION? Read More »
Congratulations to the Resilient by Design Bay Area Design Teams who recently received awards and recognition: Home Team: 2018 Washington ASLA Merit Award for “OuR-Home” in the category of Planning and Analysis. Hassell: Finalist in Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards (Spaces, Places & Cities category) and shortlisted in World Landscape Architecture’s 2019 WLA Awards. Public Sediment: AIA California Council Merit Awardin the
CONGRATULATIONS TO BAY AREA DESIGN TEAMS WHO HAVE RECEIVED AWARDS Read More »
LOWER MANHATTAN – New York City Department of Design and Construction released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Eastside Coastal Resilience Project, the first section of the BIG U which runs from Montgomery to E. 25th Streets. You can read and comment on the DEIS here. The New York City Planning Commission will hold a public
BIG U APRIL 2019 UPDATE Read More »
BRIDGEPORT – Resilient Bridgeport’s Public Hearing and Design Workshop on February 26 was followed by a public comment period for the environmental impact analysis. The State is now in a consulting process on the historical impacts of this project for the “Section 106 process”. Meetings with the Technical Advisory Committee and Citizens Advisory Committee are continuing.
RESILIENT BRIDGEPORT APRIL 2019 UPDATE Read More »
The premise of the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge was both simple and audacious. As flood risks increase due to severe storms and sea levels rise, we asked the question: can the Bay Area come together to shift its course and build a more resilient region before disaster hits? Can we use this opportunity
BAY AREA RESILIENT BY DESIGN BOOK RELEASED Read More »
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