10/03/2019TWO BRIDGES FLOOD PROTECTIONS WILL RAISE EAST RIVER ESPLANADE UP TO TWO FEETCurbed: The Two Bridges area is Manhattan’s most vulnerable to flooding, sitting some seven feet above sea level. Flood barriers and ne…
10/03/2019REVISED EAST RIVER FLOOD PROTECTION PLANS MET WITH MORE LOCAL SKEPTICISMThe Low Down: In response to neighborhood opposition to the city’s plans for a flood barrier in East River Park, the de Blasio administ…
10/03/2019PLAN TO EXTEND LOWER MANHATTAN TO EAST RIVER MOVES ONE STEP FURTHERCrains NY Business: The city’s plan to extend a barrier between nearly one mile of Lower Manhattan’s coastline and the East River …
10/03/2019CITY FIGHTS SEA RISE WITH PLATFORMS, FLOOD WALLS IN TWO BRIDGESThe Patch: Flood barriers will flip up and roll out in the Two Bridges neighborhood by 2024 after three years of feasibility and coasta…
10/03/2019Resilient Futures: New Thinking on Climate Change | Rebuild By DesignOctober 3, 2019 10:00am - 12:30pm The New School Climate change is already impacting people and infrastructure in our cities, but u…
10/03/2019NYC COUNCIL HEARING ON ESCR ULURPThe NYC Council subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispostitions will hold a vote on the ULURP for the East Side Coastal Resilien…
10/02/2019LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE: TWO BRIDGES PROJECT AREAPlease join NYC EDC for an evening of activities and food, and learn about the City’s project to protect the Two Bridges neighborhood from c…
10/02/2019EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECT LEADERS GRILLED IN CITY COUNCIL HEARINGThe Villager: The question of how to protect lower Manhattan from the threat of rising sea levels is still up in the air, as activists …
10/02/2019DE BLASIO TO ALTER EAST SIDE RESILIENCY PROJECT, AGAINPolitico: The de Blasio administration will announce more changes Wednesday to a massive flood barrier planned for the Lower East Side …
10/02/2019CONTROVERSIAL LOWER MANHATTAN FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN MOVES FORWARDThe Architects Newspaper: New York City’s City Planning Commission met last Monday to vote on the future of the $1.45 billion resi…
10/01/2019PLAN TO EXTEND LOWER MANHATTAN INTO EAST RIVER TO BE STUDIED BY EXPERTSCurbed NY: The city is about to embark on a two-year process that will create a roadmap to expand nearly a mile of the lower Manhattan …
09/30/2019FLOODING IN NEW YORK STATENinety percent of New York State’s population resides in waterfront communities --along lakes, riverines, streams, or the ocean. What d…