Crain’s New York Business: The de Blasio administration on Friday announced major changes to a 2.4-mile barrier designed to protect the Lower East Side from floods. The revision calls for jacking up portions of East River Park to protect it from storm surges and condensing the construction time line to ensure that the city qualifies for […]
CITY’S REDESIGNED FLOOD BARRIER SAVES TIME BUT DOUBLES COST Read More »
Curbed: The city has announced major changes to the design for part of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR), a proposal that has been in the works for several years and aims to protect against catastrophic flooding by building a “resilient park” along the East River from Montgomery Street on the Lower East Side to East 25th
MANHATTAN’S EAST SIDE ‘RESILIENT PARK’ PLANS GETS OVERHAULED Read More »
Politico: The de Blasio administration on Friday unveiled a dramatically different plan for the East Side Coastal Resiliency project than the one previously pitched — a move that is drawing skepticism from those who helped formulate the original version. In 2014, roughly two years after Superstorm Sandy, New York City was awarded $335 million in funding
DE BLASIO ADMINISTRATION PITCHES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO EAST SIDE RESILIENCY PROJECT Read More »
NY Post: The city wants to lift up East River Park by several feet to prevent the FDR Drive and homes behind it from flooding, officials announced on Friday. The city said that it will raise the park an average of eight to 10 feet between 13th and Cherry streets through various engineering methods. “This will
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FOX5NY: In 2014, the federal government awarded New York City hundreds of millions of dollars to make improvements so that the next time a coastal storm comes around we don’t see the same level of catastrophic flooding as we did in Superstorm Sandy. But some of the projects are behind schedule, according to Amy Chester, the managing
WHERE NYC’S COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECTS STAND Read More »
CBS: Henk Ovink was recently featured on latest episode of 60 Minutes where he discussed innovative approaches to flooding and disaster recovery. In the segment, Ovink travels with the 60 Minutes correspondent to tour innovative solutions in the Netherlands and passionately argues for a more forward-thinking approach to disaster recovery. As an example, the Rebuild by
HENK OVINK FEATURED ON CBS 60 MINUTES Read More »
As Research Director of the Rebuild by Design Competition, Eric Klinenberg was, and still is, integral to the innovative research process and community-centered approach of Rebuild by Design. His newly published book, Palaces for the People, makes an impassioned argument for the value of our shared spaces– libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, churches, synagogues, and parks– and
An interview with eric klinenberg on his new book: pAlAces for the people Read More »
The New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) issued its Record of Decision, concluding the environmental review of the Living Breakwaters Project, a series wave-attenuating reefs to be built off the Tottenville shoreline on Staten Island. Next, GOSR will apply for release of HUD’s $60 million funding allocation and plan for construction to begin
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMPLETED FOR LIVING BREAKWATERS Read More »
In late September, Rebuild hosted a workshop with the City of Athens to present and receive feedback on the long term vision for Lycabettus Hill. Over 35 stakeholders that have been engaged at earlier stages of the process were invited to learn how their feedback would be incorporated into project proposals and the final plan
REBUILD HOSTS FINAL WORKSHOP IN ATHENS Read More »
Politico: A massive economic development project that would sit on some of the last untapped real estate in downtown Hoboken appears to be on life support as New Jersey officials consider building a storm-surge wall right in the middle of the 50-acre site. The Hoboken Yard redevelopment — a proposal that’s been in the works for
STATE DECISION ON FLOOD WALL THREATENS MASSIVE HOBOKEN DEVELOPMENT Read More »
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