01/24/2019CITY ADMITS IT FAILED TO INFORM RESIDENTS ON OVERHAUL OF EAST SIDE RESILIENCY PLANPolitico: City officials admitted on Wednesday they failed to effectively communicate to residents the changes wrought by a last-minute over…
01/23/2019CITY HALL SEEKS NEW CONSENSUS ON EAST RIVER PARKWNYC: With rising sea levels, parts of Manhattan are at increased risk of severe flooding, like we saw with Sandy in 2013. One form of …
01/22/2019NEW YORK CITY RELEASES SURPRISE PLAN TO BURY AND REBUILD EAST RIVER PARKArch Paper: Manhattan’s East River Park, home to sprawling fields, winding bike paths, and a landscaped promenade, was badly damag…
01/18/2019TO SAVE EAST RIVER PARK, THE CITY INTENDS TO BURY ITNYTimes: The crowd at the recent meeting of Community Board 3 was agitated. Vaylateeba Jones, a 50-year Lower East Side resident and board o…
01/18/2019INSIDE A CITY REDESIGNED FOR CLIMATE CHANGEGrist: Check out how Grist's explains Hoboken's "Resist, Store, Delay, Discharge" project in "Inside a City Redesigned for Climate Chan…
01/17/2019CLEANING NEW YORK’S FILTHY HARBOR WITH ONE BILLION OYSTERSCNN Newsource: The New York Harbor for years has been polluted and depleted of marine life. But one nonprofit is working to clean the murky …
01/12/2019FLOOD PLAN MIGHT OPEN OPPORTUNITIES IN BRIDGEPORT’S SOUTH ENDCT Post: In a new plan to address flooding in the South End of Bridgeport, city officials see an opportunity to kick-start private inve…
01/08/2019CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD OVERSIGHT HEARING ON REVISED EAST RIVER FLOOD PROTECTION PLANThe Low Down:In the community, there are many unanswered questions about the city’s sudden decision to overhaul the plan for a flood barrier…
01/04/2019FORGE ALLIANCE ON EAST SIDE RESILIENCY PROJECTThe Villager: East River Park is expected to undergo massive changes in the coming years. As early as March 2020, the city could beg…
12/27/2018HOBOKEN IN 2018Hudson Reporter: Several public meetings and workshops were held to discuss possible features of the Rebuild by Design project. The …
12/19/2018YEAR IN REVIEW 2018: WHOSE RESILIENT FUTURE?Metropolis: “Your urgency is not my urgency.” This was the rebuke from Marquita Price of the East Oakland Collective (EOC) at a design …
12/17/2018DON’T LOSE URGENCY ON FLOOD PLANSAMNY: NYC officials held two community meetings last week to discuss their newest plans to protect the East Side from storm surges. If th…
12/14/2018A CASE STUDY IN COMPLEXITYAfter Superstorm Sandy, reclaiming the waterfront is a many-layered thing Architecture Boston: When Superstorm Sandy hit the Lower E…
12/13/2018FLOOD OF CONCERNS OVER E. SIDE RESILIENCY REDOAfter Superstorm Sandy, Reclaiming the Waterfront is a Many-Layered Thing The Villager: On Monday, the city released new design…
12/13/2018CRISIS ACTORSLandscape Architecture Magazine: In the early 1920s, leaders of the Soviet Union had a communication problem: how to relay the abstract…
12/04/2018STATE $$$ PROPOSED FOR AIRPORT, CONGRESS ST. BRIDGECT POST: BRIDGEPORT — As he exits the governor’s office, Dannel Malloy and his administration are giving $14.6 million worth of parting…