Daily News: Rather than plow ahead with a rebuild of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway running through Brooklyn Heights, Mayor de Blasio set up a panel to discuss alternatives. The panel was appointed only because the residents of Brooklyn Heights — one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city — greeted with a deafening “NO!” the city’s plan […]
HOBOKEN – NJDEP held four design zone workshops in February/March. The February 7th workshop at Ellysian Charter School presented 3 designs for Cove Park. The materials from all the Workshops including the presentations, display boards, and handouts are available here>>
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Hudson Reporter:As coastal cities like Jersey City and Hoboken face an imminent threat of flooding due to climate change, environmental activists from around Hudson County, the state, and region, joined officials at a town hall meeting on April 17 to talk about strategies for dealing with it. Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla joined Jersey City Mayor
The $10 Billion Question(s)? THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. JOIN US ON LIVESTREAM: https://bit.ly/2oPPJdP 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
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City Limits: The water first rose up out of the streets in Coney Island, recalls Ida Sanoff, sometime last summer. “I was standing last summer on the corner of Mermaid Avenue and I think West 19th Street, and it hadn’t rained in several days, and the entire intersection was a lake,” she recalls. “And all of
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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 level rise, organizers asked the question: Can the Bay Area come together to shift its course and build a more resilient region before disaster hits? And can we use
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Places Journal: I don’t know when the myth of landscape architects as climate saviors began, but I know it’s time to kill it. The New Landscape Declaration — a book emerging from a 2016 summit attended by the brightest thinkers in our field — frames landscape architecture as an “ever more urgent necessity,” if not the foundation of
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The Patch: The city released hundreds of pages of documents regarding Manhattan’s east side resiliency project Friday — including possible mitigations for open space, recreation facilities and bike lanes while the East River Park is undergoing construction for the storm protection plan. A draft environmental impact statement for the storm protection project was released Friday —
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WKRG: People in Fairhope have the chance to weigh in today on the future of a beloved city landmark. The city of Fairhope is hosting a meeting to talk about what to do with the old Fairhope K-1 Center. The building is located near the heart of downtown Fairhope. It has a great location but not
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CNA Luxury: Saving the planet. It’s not just the subject of passionate political debate. It’s at the heart of a growing number of museum exhibitions this year, including the works of old masters and exhibits built with high-tech innovations, designed to inspire artistic appreciation and a desire to respond to environmental challenges. Among the shows: The much-anticipated Hudson Rising
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