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SCREENING 1: COOKED, SURVIVAL BY ZIP CODE

Sunday, November 11th1:30pm – 3:30pmSVA Theatre333 W 23rd StNew York, 10011 Rebuild by Design and NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invite you to the world premiere of the film Cooked: Survival by Zip Code, featuring director Judith Helfand and author Eric Klinenberg, with two special screenings on Sunday, November 11, and Wednesday, November 14. In July 1995, Chicago was hit by […]

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SIX YEARS LATER, DOWNTOWN NO SAFER: LOWER MANHATTAN STILL WAITING FOR PROTECTION OVER HALF A DECADE

Downtown Express: In the days following Superstorm Sandy six years ago, Tanya Acevedo, a mother of two, remembers that it “felt like we were living in the end of the world.”  While waiting for the power to return, her apartment in the Lillian Wald houses on Avenue D was dark and cold.  “It felt so

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SINKING CITIES: NEW YORK

PBS: Discover how New York City – overwhelmed in 2012 by Superstorm Sandy – has learned from that disaster, and must defend itself against rising seas and the next big storm. With 520 miles of shoreline and no coastal protection, engineers and urban planners are tackling the problem with urgency and creative engineering.  See highlights from

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SIX YEARS AFTER SANDY, ELECTEDS SAY CURRENT FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN DOESN’T HOLD WATER

Befod & Bowery: Six years ago today, Superstorm Sandy hit New York City. Streets were flooded, buildings were destroyed, some $19 billion in damage occurred, and 43 people lost their lives. In the Seaport District, water levels reached four feet high. Six years after the city announced that it would build a U-shaped wall designed to protect

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RESIST, STORE, DELAY, DISCHARGE ON DISPLAY AT DUTCH DESIGN WEEK

Saturday October 20, 2018 – Sunday October 28, 201811:00 – 9:00pmAtelier NLBergmannstraat 765615 KG Eindhoven This year the Embassy of Water premiers at the Dutch Design Week. This platform for water related design is a place for sharing knowledge and ideas, inspire each other and accelerate innovation.  Connecting designers, government, knowledge and research institutes, enterprises

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