11/13/2019
Daily News: by Amy Chester and Tom Wright
You only have to glance at the latest daily headlines or refresh your social media feed to…
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11/13/2019
Gothamist: The East Side Coastal Resiliency Project—the $1.45 billion plan to protect downtown Manhattan's east side against globa…
11/12/2019
WCBS 880: A New York City Council subcommittee has approved a plan to build flood barriers along two and half miles of East River Park …
11/08/2019
The City: Seven years after Superstorm Sandy, the de Blasio administration has no plans for coastal flooding defense measures to protec…
11/07/2019
City Limits: Stand along the East River waterfront in the Financial District, and it quickly becomes how big a task City Hall has set f…
11/05/2019
Crains: Mayor Bill de Blasio will create an advisory group to answer concerns about his administration's billion-dollar …
10/29/2019
Trust for Public Land: Hurricane Sandy roared over the New York City metro area seven years ago this week. Few who witnessed the storm’…
10/28/2019
PBS NewsHour: Fourteen years after Hurricane Katrina, the neighborhood of Gentilly, New Orleans, is still in the process of rebuilding.…
10/27/2019
Staten Island Advance: While a new dedicated maritime-themed school is no longer being pursued on Staten Island, several schools in the boro…
10/18/2019
The Jeresulem Post: Climate change is with us, whether we wish it or not. The entire globe is warming up accompanied by extreme weather…
10/17/2019
Curbed: All along the coast of New York City, hard decisions are being made about how to address the inevitability of sea level ri…
10/11/2019
Patch: The massive storm protection project proposed for East River Park needs to be even taller than current plans call for, according…
10/11/2019
6sqft: Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Council Member Carlina Rivera announced Thursday the completed report by independent consul…
10/10/2019
Real Estate Weekly: Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a plan for the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project that will phase the r…
10/08/2019
CNBC: They are salty, sumptuous and often served opulently on ice. They are also now on the front lines in the fight to protect coastal…
10/04/2019
NJ.com: Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla, former Mayor Dawn Zimmer and local officials broke ground on the Northwest Resiliency Park, Hoboken’…
10/04/2019
Architects News: New York City’s $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency project (ESCR) has been approved by the New York City Plann…
10/03/2019
Curbed: The Two Bridges area is Manhattan’s most vulnerable to flooding, sitting some seven feet above sea level. Flood barriers and ne…
10/03/2019
The Low Down: In response to neighborhood opposition to the city’s plans for a flood barrier in East River Park, the de Blasio administ…
10/03/2019
Crains NY Business: The city’s plan to extend a barrier between nearly one mile of Lower Manhattan’s coastline and the East River …
10/03/2019
The Patch: Flood barriers will flip up and roll out in the Two Bridges neighborhood by 2024 after three years of feasibility and coasta…
10/02/2019
The Villager: The question of how to protect lower Manhattan from the threat of rising sea levels is still up in the air, as activists …
10/02/2019
Politico: The de Blasio administration will announce more changes Wednesday to a massive flood barrier planned for the Lower East Side …
10/02/2019
The Architects Newspaper: New York City’s City Planning Commission met last Monday to vote on the future of the $1.45 billion resi…
10/01/2019
Curbed 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 …
09/28/2019
The Patch: Hizzoner took an afternoon stroll through East River Park Friday, after bailing on a meeting with local council members over…
09/27/2019
Curbed NY: In the seven years since Hurricane Sandy, the conversation about how cities must address climate change has change…
09/24/2019
The Villager: The city’s $1.45 billion East Side flood protection plan is one step closer to becoming a reality after the New York City…
09/21/2019
The Guardian: Jainey Bavishi is all business as she takes off from Battery Park to walk the perimeter of lower Manhattan. It’s a muggy …
09/21/2019
NY Post: A city plan to temporarily destroy a beloved Manhattan park in a bid to prevent future flooding is so hated, hundreds of activ…
09/20/2019
CT Post: Bridgeport has seen the face of climate change and it is wet.
The city’s South End had a gulp of that when it was swamped b…
09/20/2019
France 24: This coming spring the City of New York will start the construction of the BIG U – a protective system to prevent flooding in Low…
09/11/2019
The Globe and Mail: Last year, Calgary got a new central library. The building is a wonderful piece of architecture. But it’s also a pl…
09/10/2019
Crains: Manhattan officials want a second opinion on a $1.3 billion flooding resiliency plan pushed by the de Blasio adm…
09/10/2019
Curbed NY: The $1.3 billion plan to reshape a swath of lower Manhattan’s east side waterfront with flood protections will get an independent…
09/06/2019
The Patch: A beloved skate spot in Tompkins Square Park is now saved from synthetic turf, the Parks Department said Friday afternoon.
…
09/06/2019
The Stute: Walking around Hoboken after returning from summer break, I took in some of the city’s classics. The smell of my favorite pi…
08/25/2019
New York Times: For skateboarders, the rectangle of asphalt in Tompkins Square Park is a sanctuary, an open space in the densely popula…
08/24/2019
India Times: Governments across the world are looking at building resilient structures to counter the destruction caused by sudden chan…
08/09/2019
The Independent: It was a bright Sunday afternoon in early August when Yvette Mercedes looked out over East River Park from the entranc…
08/02/2019
The Villager: With East River Park set to close for three-and-a-half years as part of the East Side Coastal Resiliency flood-protection…
08/01/2019
Curbed: The de Blasio administration’s plan to build flood protections along Manhattan’s east side ignited a firestorm of criticism whe…
08/01/2019
NY1: Vocal opponents of a proposed $1.3 billion coastal resiliency project on lower Manhattan’s East Side outnumbered supporters six to…
08/01/2019
The Patch: A plan to raze and rebuild the East River Park in the name of flood protection brought dozens to a City Planning Commission …
08/01/2019
Architectual Record: Last November, New Bern, North Carolina, could not have looked more peaceful. Along a waterfront park, calm waters…
07/24/2019
NY Times: Cars at a standstill, thwarted by floodwater on the Long Island Expressway. Others forced to navigate an intersection in…
07/23/2019
Hindu Times: Communities have to be educated and made aware of collaborating in disaster management and mitigation endeavours. They sho…
07/18/2019
The City Planning Commission hearing will still happen on July 31
Curbed: At a packed public hearing on Wednesday night, elected off…
07/18/2019
Gothamist: The first stage of City Hall’s East Side Coastal Resiliency project to fortify lower Manhattan against future clim…
07/17/2019
Bowery Boogie: Back in mid-May, the Parks Department shared a presentation with the Community Board 3 Parks subcommittee regarding the&…
07/16/2019
City Limits: The de Blasio administration has a plan to shore up the Lower East Side’s defenses against rising seawaters. It will also …
07/12/2019
Curbed: City officials presented a preliminary design for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR) on Thursday night at a Commun…
07/10/2019
The Patch: Manhattan's borough president wants the city to further delay a hearing on a massive storm protection project on the Lower E…
07/10/2019
Streetsblog NYC: The Manhattan Borough President is demanding that the city provide guarantees of access to parks and recreation and in…
06/28/2019
NJTV: All of New Jersey was slammed by Superstorm Sandy, but Hoboken took it on the chin. Two-thirds of the city lies in FEMA’s flood z…
06/20/2019
The Dirt: To protect against future super storms and long-term sea level rise, New York City proposed creating a set of landscaped berm…
06/14/2019
Curbed NY: Seven years after Superstorm Sandy, New York City has rebuilt housing, reopened beaches, and prioritized crucial r…
06/14/2019
CT Post: BRIDGEPORT — The launch and presentation of the new Plan Bridgeport website will occur at 6 p.m. on June 19, the city Planning…
06/13/2019
The Villager: At a June 11 public hearing about the city’s East Side Coastal Resiliency plan, Lower East Side residents mostly disappro…
06/12/2019
Hudson Reporter: Last week the Rebuild by Design Project team presented two park concepts for Hoboken Cove Park both of which include p…
06/07/2019
NJ Biz: New Jersey Transit is moving forward with a Hurricane Sandy resilience project with a call for bids on the construction co…
06/04/2019
News 12: A new study suggests that nine New Jersey cities will be almost entirely underwater and uninhabitable by the end of the 21st C…
05/27/2019
NY Times: In New York City, it’s often easy to think that ocean conservation is an issue for someplace else — tropical islands, coral r…
05/24/2019
The Patch: Want to weigh in on the East River Park resiliency project? Have a specific question?
Various meetings and hearings are s…
05/23/2019
The Patch: The Parks Department is planning some $28 million in upgrades to various parks and playgrounds amid the ongoing public revie…
05/10/2019
National Association of Parks and Recreation Magazine: Read about Rebuild's plan for a equitable East River Park Conservency autho…
04/25/2019
Daily News: Rather than plow ahead with a rebuild of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway running through Brooklyn Heights, Mayor de Blasio s…
04/24/2019
Hudson Reporter:As coastal cities like Jersey City and Hoboken face an imminent threat of flooding due to climate change, environmental acti…
04/17/2019
City Limits: The water first rose up out of the streets in Coney Island, recalls Ida Sanoff, sometime last summer.
“I was standing l…
04/10/2019
Places Journal: I don’t know when the myth of landscape architects as climate saviors began, but I know it’s time to kill it. The …
04/05/2019
The Patch: The city released hundreds of pages of documents regarding Manhattan's east side resiliency project Friday — including possi…
04/04/2019
WKRG: People in Fairhope have the chance to weigh in today on the future of a beloved city landmark. The city of Fairhope is host…
04/04/2019
CNA Luxury: Saving the planet. It’s not just the subject of passionate political debate. It’s at the heart of a growing number of …
04/04/2019
Fox 10: This morning the City of Fairhope turned to its citizens to ask them what they see for the future of the K-1 Center property. T…
04/03/2019
Ligniappe Weekly: The city of Fairhope is hosting a community discussion on the future of its K-1 Center Wednesday, but at this point t…
03/22/2019
Fast Company: Janette Kim started designing board games about climate change after working on scenario planning with her architecture s…
03/15/2019
Slate: Bill de Blasio has plans to part the East River—and expects New Yorkers to follow him 500 feet into the estuary, to a new land t…
03/15/2019
Daily News: Mayor de Blasio proposed extending the South Street Seaport area by two city blocks into the East River — part of a $10 bil…
03/14/2019
New York Magazine: Six years ago, Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City. The storm put 51 square miles of it under water. Seventee…
03/14/2019
Daily Mail: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has revealed a plan to protect Lower Manhattan from rising sea levels by surrounding it …
03/14/2019
Politico: Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday unveiled his latest plan to protect Lower Manhattan from the threat of climate change, propo…
03/14/2019
NY1: A new climate resiliency plan announced by the mayor on Thursday would expand Manhattan’s southern shoreline up to 500 feet into t…
03/08/2019
Gothamist: Nearly six years after the Bloomberg administration proposed the idea of building a counterpart to Battery Park City, the de…
03/06/2019
Patch.com: A massive $1.45 billion project designed to avoid a repeat of the devastation Hurricane Sandy wreaked on Downtown Manhattan will …
02/20/2019
We examine the post disaster history of a proposed resilience infrastructurecapital project, the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project part …
02/19/2019
Rebuild by Design team hosts public workshop
Hudson Reporter: Planters, seating, and signs that show the way are all possible features th…
02/19/2019
City Limits: Almost seven years have passed since Hurricane Sandy left its mark in the city. Neighborhoods like the East Village and Lo…
02/14/2019
Hudson Reporter: Programming space, an elevated outlook, and native plantings are all possibilities for the redesign of Harborside Park…
02/13/2019
Dredging Today: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is inviting the communities of Jersey City, Hoboken and Wee…
02/10/2019
Press of Atlantic City: Egg Harbor Township has applied for a federal grant of $2.4 million to tear down four eyesore motels in West At…
02/08/2019
The Patch: An abandoned community center at-risk of collapse will be demolished soon and replaced with a field, the Parks Department sa…
01/30/2019
The Villager: A recently revised city plan on how to keep East River floodwaters at bay in the event of another Hurricane Sandy produce…
01/28/2019
Strategy+Business: Shortly after Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast of the United States in 2012, the U.S. Secretary of Housing and…
01/25/2019
Curbed: Projects undertaken by the city’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) have been notoriously plagued by protracted …
01/24/2019
Curbed: After years of community engagement about a resiliency plan to build a system of flood barriers and berms a…
01/24/2019
Gothamist: After millions of dollars and countless hours spent fielding input from Lower East Side and East Village residents, the …
01/24/2019
Politico: City officials admitted on Wednesday they failed to effectively communicate to residents the changes wrought by a last-minute over…
01/23/2019
WNYC: With rising sea levels, parts of Manhattan are at increased risk of severe flooding, like we saw with Sandy in 2013. One form of …
01/22/2019
Arch Paper: Manhattan’s East River Park, home to sprawling fields, winding bike paths, and a landscaped promenade, was badly damag…
01/18/2019
NYTimes: The crowd at the recent meeting of Community Board 3 was agitated. Vaylateeba Jones, a 50-year Lower East Side resident and board o…
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