100 Resilient Cities: What makes Rebuild by Design succeed? Rebuild by Design was launched by U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as a multi-stage regional design competition to promote resilience for the Sandy-affected region. Today, Rebuild by Design is part of 100 Resilient Cities, bringing an innovative, collaborative approach to scaling and implementing resilience-building work. Here’s a […]
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July 12, 2016 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Babbio Center at The Stevens Institute of Technology575 River StreetHoboken, NJUnited States The Design team will present Flood Modeling based on the three proposed alternatives for the Hudson River. Learn more>>
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July 6, 2016 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Robert. L. Craig School Gymnasium20 West Park Street Moonachie, NJUnited States Join us for a Public Scoping Meeting for the New Meadowlands project. You are invited to attend this public meeting and provide comments on the Draft Scoping Document. You can also submit comments before July 21, 2016 in writing via
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Rolling Stone: It’s a bright spring day in New York, with sunlight dancing on the East River and robins singing Broadway tunes. I’m walking along the sea wall on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with Daniel Zarrilli, 41, the head of New York’s Office of Resilience and Recovery – basically Mayor Bill de Blasio’s
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NorthJersey.com: The recipient of $150 million in federal, disaster-relief grants, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has announced that it intends to prepare a report analyzing the environmental effects of a project planned for Carlstadt and surrounding towns, part of the Rebuild by Design project. A public scoping meeting has been scheduled for
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3BL: On the first of June—one of those rare days invoked by the American poet James Russell Lowell—we met our advisor and Patagonia’s long-time chief storyteller Vincent Stanley, and boarded the Staten Island Ferry for a visit to Tottenville. The village is the last stop on the Staten Island Rapid Transit line, at New York
On June 10th, Bridgeport residents, regional historic preservation officials and experts, local scientists and designers, and design team members gathered in downtown Bridgeport for “Culture & Climate.” This was an afternoon of public events that began with lunchtime lectures by representatives of the Union of Concerned Scientists and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Over
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The Hudson Reporter: Roughly 100 residents came to a public meeting on Tuesday to talk about three possible anti-flooding proposals for Hoboken that would include building controversial walls to keep the water out. An engineer’s presentation showed that the least popular flood wall to be built near the Hudson River would be the most effective of
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June 16, 2016 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Multi-Service Center124 Grand StHoboken, NJUnited States NJ Department of Environmental Protection will hold their next Citizen Advisory Group community meeting on Thursday, June 16thin Hoboken at the Multi-service Center (124 Grand St, Hoboken, NJ 07030) from 6:30-8:30pm. They will be presenting the next iteration of urban design and amenities concepts derived from the feedback
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The Field Guide: On the first of June—one of those rare days invoked by the American poet James Russell Lowell—we met our advisor and Patagonia’s long-time chief storyteller Vincent Stanley, and boarded the Staten Island Ferry for a visit to Tottenville. The village is the last stop on the Staten Island Rapid Transit line, at
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