10/17/2019NYC WILL REMAKE THE EAST RIVER WATERFRONT TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE. IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGHCurbed: All along the coast of New York City, hard decisions are being made about how to address the inevitability of sea level ri…
10/11/2019NEW EAST RIVER PARK SHOULD RISE EVEN HIGHER, EXPERT SAYSPatch: The massive storm protection project proposed for East River Park needs to be even taller than current plans call for, according…
10/11/2019COMPLETED REPORT ANNOUNCED FOLLOWING EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECT CONSULTANT REVIEW6sqft: Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Council Member Carlina Rivera announced Thursday the completed report by independent consul…
10/11/2019NEW YORKER FESTIVAL: CLIMATE CHANGE AND COASTAL RESILIENCERebuild's Director Amy Chester will moderate the Nature Conservency's panel examining the health of New York City’s coast lines in a climate…
10/10/2019VOTE SET FOR LATEST PLAN FOR EAST RIVER FLOOD PROTECTIONReal Estate Weekly: Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a plan for the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project that will phase the r…
10/10/2019EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY INDEPENDENT REVIEW REPORT FINALIZEDManhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Council Member Carlina Rivera announced today the publication of the final report by independ…
10/08/2019OYSTER REEFS ARE MAKING A COMEBACK–BY PROTECTING COASTS FROM THE RAVAGES OF CLIMATE CHANGECNBC: They are salty, sumptuous and often served opulently on ice. They are also now on the front lines in the fight to protect coastal…
10/04/2019HOBOKEN BREAKS GROUND ON NORTHWEST RESILIENCY PARKNJ.com: Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla, former Mayor Dawn Zimmer and local officials broke ground on the Northwest Resiliency Park, Hoboken’…
10/04/2019BIG’S MANHATTAN FLOOD WALL RESILIENCY PROJECT ADVANCESArchitects News: New York City’s $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency project (ESCR) has been approved by the New York City Plann…
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 …