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We examine the post disaster history of a proposed resilience infrastructurecapital project, the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project part of a larger proposed resilience infra structure design called BTheBig U. This proposed ring of bermed parkland around the waterfront of Lower Manhattan won $335 million in the Housing andUrban Development Rebuild by Design competition. The

Rebuild by Design team hosts public workshop Hudson Reporter: Planters, seating, and signs that show the way are all possible features that could be included in a northern section of the Rebuild by Design project, which aims to protect the city from flooding. The project, a federal effort funded through a $230 million grant from

City Limits: Almost seven years have passed since Hurricane Sandy left its mark in the city. Neighborhoods like the East Village and Lower East Side were severely impacted by flooded streets and loss of electric power. Beyond the loss of life and the price of rebuilding, the storm also delivered a warning about what the city

Hudson Reporter: Programming space, an elevated outlook, and native plantings are all possibilities for the redesign of Harborside Park as part of the city’s Rebuild By Design project. The project team announced three design concepts for Harborside Park at two public workshops last week, all of which provide play space for children, greenery, and views of

Dredging Today: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is inviting the communities of Jersey City, Hoboken and Weehawken to upcoming Design Zone Workshops on the $230 Million Rebuild by Design – Hudson River Project.  This workshop, set for February 19 at 22 Hackensack Ave. in Weehawken, NJ, will cover the alignment in the North

Press of Atlantic City: Egg Harbor Township has applied for a federal grant of $2.4 million to tear down four eyesore motels in West Atlantic City as a way to mitigate flooding on properties severely and repeatedly inundated with water. “We can’t build anything there once the motels are demolished,” said Business Administrator Peter Miller. “We

The Patch: An abandoned community center at-risk of collapse will be demolished soon and replaced with a field, the Parks Department said. The LaGuardia Bathhouse, closed since the 1970s, was quietly determined to be unstable and at-risk of collapse back in mid-December. Since then, Mayor Bill de Blasio has allocated funds to demolish the Parks-owned building