03/15/2019DE BLASIO PROPOSES $10B PLAN TO EXTEND LOWER MANHATTAN TWO BLOCKS INTO THE EAST RIVER TO FIGHT…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…
03/14/2019MY NEW PLAN TO CLIMATE-PROOF LOWER MANHATTANNew York Magazine: Six years ago, Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City. The storm put 51 square miles of it under water. Seventee…
03/14/2019MAYOR DE BLASIO’S $10 BILLION PLAN TO SAVE MANHATTAN FROM RISING SEA LEVELS: NYC PROPOSES EXTENDINGDaily Mail: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has revealed a plan to protect Lower Manhattan from rising sea levels by surrounding it …
03/14/2019DE BLASIO’S $10B PLAN TO PROTECT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE IS BIG ON AMBITION, LIGHT ON FUNDINGPolitico: Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday unveiled his latest plan to protect Lower Manhattan from the threat of climate change, propo…
03/14/2019DE BLASIO LAYS OUT $10B PROPOSAL TO EXTEND SHORELINE TO PROTECT NYC FROM STORMSNY1: A new climate resiliency plan announced by the mayor on Thursday would expand Manhattan’s southern shoreline up to 500 feet into t…
03/08/2019TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, NYC MAY EXPAND LOWER MANHATTAN INTO EAST RIVERGothamist: Nearly six years after the Bloomberg administration proposed the idea of building a counterpart to Battery Park City, the de…
03/06/2019OVERHAUL OF STORM PROTECTION PLAN OUTRAGES DOWNTOWN RESIDENTSPatch.com: A massive $1.45 billion project designed to avoid a repeat of the devastation Hurricane Sandy wreaked on Downtown Manhattan will …
02/20/2019THE RIGHT TO A RESILIENT CITY: PROGRESSIVE POLITICS AND GREEN GROWTH MACHINE IN NEW YORK CITYWe examine the post disaster history of a proposed resilience infrastructurecapital project, the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project part …
02/19/2019NO BARRIERS TO BEAUTYRebuild by Design team hosts public workshop Hudson Reporter: Planters, seating, and signs that show the way are all possible features th…
02/19/2019KEY MOMENT FOR NYC’S POST-SANDY FLOOD PROTECTION PLANSCity Limits: Almost seven years have passed since Hurricane Sandy left its mark in the city. Neighborhoods like the East Village and Lo…
02/14/2019PARK SPACE RE-IMAGINEDHudson Reporter: Programming space, an elevated outlook, and native plantings are all possibilities for the redesign of Harborside Park…
02/13/2019FLOOD PROTECTION WORKSHOP TAKES PLACE IN WEEHAWKEN, NJDredging Today: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is inviting the communities of Jersey City, Hoboken and Wee…
02/10/2019EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP HAS APPLIED FOR A FEDERAL GRANT OF $2.4 MILLION TO TEAR DOWN FOUR EYESORE MOTELSPress 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…
02/08/2019CRUMBLING LES BATHHOUSE TO BE REPLACED WITH PLAYING FIELDThe Patch: An abandoned community center at-risk of collapse will be demolished soon and replaced with a field, the Parks Department sa…
01/30/2019ANGER AT RESILIENCY PLAN OVERFLOWS AT CITY HALLThe Villager: A recently revised city plan on how to keep East River floodwaters at bay in the event of another Hurricane Sandy produce…
01/28/2019WATER EXPERTS FOR THE WORLDStrategy+Business: Shortly after Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast of the United States in 2012, the U.S. Secretary of Housing and…
01/25/2019CITY’S CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MAY SOON SEE EXPEDITED TIMELINE, LOWER COSTSCurbed: Projects undertaken by the city’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) have been notoriously plagued by protracted …
01/24/2019REVAMPED EAST SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN DEBATED AT PACKED CITY COUNCIL HEARINGCurbed: After years of community engagement about a resiliency plan to build a system of flood barriers and berms a…
01/24/2019LES & EAST VILLAGE RESIDENTS FEEL ‘DUPED’ BY CITY’S SURPRISE PLAN TO BURY EAST RIVER PARKGothamist: After millions of dollars and countless hours spent fielding input from Lower East Side and East Village residents, the …
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…
12/04/20186 ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN 2018ARCH DAILY: As part of a global, interdisciplinary effort to tackle climate change, architects are devoting resources towards opti…
11/28/2018CONNECTICUT’S VANISHING SHORELINE: TOWNS TRYING TO BEAT THE ODDSCT POST: Rebecca French is blunt when she’s asked about hurricanes and Connecticut’s preparedness for them.“Have we figured out as a st…
11/21/2018ARE WE READY FOR A “NEW” LYCABETTUS?POPAGANDA: The Athens urban forest decline. Who will save it? the "Lycabettus project: the present and the future of the…
11/16/2018CLIMATE CHANGE COULD SINK AMAZON’S NEW YORK HEADQUARTERSThe New Republic: When Amazon announced on Tuesday that it would build one of its new headquarters in Long Island City’s Anable Basin, envir…
11/07/2018NEW JERSEY GETS NEW GREEN FLOOD PREVENTIONEngineering.com: The governor of New Jersey recently announced that the state finalized the plan for its $230 million flood prevention proje…
11/01/2018SIX YEARS LATER, DOWNTOWN NO SAFER: LOWER MANHATTAN STILL WAITING FOR PROTECTION OVER HALF A DECADEDowntown Express: In the days following Superstorm Sandy six years ago, Tanya Acevedo, a mother of two, remembers that it “felt like we were…
11/01/2018A FLOOD OF CONCERNS OVER RESILIENCY PLANS SIX YEARS AFTER SANDYVillager: In the days following Superstorm Sandy, Tanya Acevedo, a mother of two, remembers that it “felt like we were living in the end of …
10/31/2018SINKING CITIES: NEW YORKPBS: Discover how New York City – overwhelmed in 2012 by Superstorm Sandy – has learned from that disaster, and must defend itself agai…
10/31/2018HOBOKEN FINALIZES FLOOD PLANS AT ITS TWO WEAKEST POINTSNJTV: Six years after Sandy, an ambitious plan is in place that would protect to protect Jersey City, Hoboken and Weehawken neighborhoods fr…
10/28/2018SIX YEARS AFTER SANDY, ELECTEDS SAY CURRENT FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN DOESN’T HOLD WATERBefod & Bowery: Six years ago today, Superstorm Sandy hit New York City. Streets were flooded, buildings were destroyed, some $19 billio…
10/27/2018PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AIMS TO PREVENT FLOODING IN HOBOKENNews 12 New Jersey: A massive construction project aims at keeping Hoboken safe as sea levels rise amid the effects of climate change. Th…
10/26/2018DEP ANNOUNCE MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR REBUILD BY DESIGN PROJECTNJ Business Magazine: Gov. Phil Murphy announced a critical step forward for a flood-resistant system to protect Hoboken and parts of Weehaw…
10/26/2018GOVERNOR MURPHY AND DEP ANNOUNCE MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR THE REBUILD BY DESIGN PROJECTInsiderNJ: Governor Phil Murphy today announced a critical step forward for a flood-resistant system to protect Hoboken and parts of Weehawk…
10/25/2018PROJECT TO REMOVE TREES AT HEMPSTEAD LAKE STATE PARK RAISE CONCERNSLI Herald: The Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery hosted an environmental review hearing at the Rockville Centre Public Library last week o…
10/25/2018HERE’S HOW NEW YORK CITY IS PREPARING FOR THE NEXT HURRICANE SANDYCurbed NY: Hurricane Sandy, which happened six years ago this week, notably exposed the dire need to improve New York’s infrastructure so th…
10/24/2018HOW LIBRARIES AND OTHER ‘PUBLIC PALACES’ CAN BRIDGE DIVIDES, SAFEGUARD DEMOCRACYJohn Hopkins University: If libraries didn't yet exist, the concept wouldn't stand a chance of getting off the ground in today's Americ…
10/19/2018OPINION: NJ TRANSIT’S TURNAROUND STORY SHOULD START IN HOBOKENnorthjersey: Last week, Gov. Phil Murphy announced the results of his audit of NJ Transit. The audit, he said, found a “lack of critica…
10/18/2018DUTCH FLOOD CONTROL EXPERT HAS TOUGH LOVE FOR ATLANTIC CITYThe Press of Atlantic City: Dutch flood control expert Edgar J. Westerhof stood in front of hundreds of floodplain managers at Bally’s …
10/17/2018THE DUTCH CAN’T SAVE US FROM RISING SEASCityLab: In nearly every major coastal city on Earth, elected officials are going Dutch—placing their faith and the future of their com…
10/12/2018PLAN TO CLOSE EAST RIVER PARK DURING RESILIENCY CONSTRUCTION HAS RESIDENTS CONCERNEDNY 1: A new plan to prevent flooding in Lower Manhattan is not going over well with some residents. They voiced their concerns…
10/08/2018EAST SIDE FLOOD BARRIER DESIGN OVERHAULED BY CITYThe East Village Patch: EAST VILLAGE, NY — The city recently announced major changes to a 2.4-mile flood barrier designed to prevent th…
10/04/2018NEW YORK CITY’S COASTAL PROTECTION PLAN RECEIVES A REDESIGNThe Architect's Newspaper: Manhattan’s East River Park is expected to receive a massive facelift—and sooner than expected. Last we…
10/01/2018LOWER EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECT WILL GET FAST-TRACKED WITH AN UPDATED DESIGN6Sqft: In July, the city released an RFP for a stewardship partner for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR), …
10/01/2018CITY’S REDESIGNED FLOOD BARRIER SAVES TIME BUT DOUBLES COSTCrain's New York Business: The de Blasio administration on Friday announced major changes to a 2.4-mile barrier designed to protect the…
09/28/2018MANHATTAN’S EAST SIDE ‘RESILIENT PARK’ PLANS GETS OVERHAULEDCurbed: The city has announced major changes to the design for part of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR), a pro…
09/28/2018DE BLASIO ADMINISTRATION PITCHES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO EAST SIDE RESILIENCY PROJECTPolitico: The de Blasio administration on Friday unveiled a dramatically different plan for the East Side Coastal Resiliency project th…
09/28/2018CITY WANTS TO LIFT EAST RIVER PARK TO PREVENT FLOODINGNY Post: The city wants to lift up East River Park by several feet to prevent the FDR Drive and homes behind it from flooding, official…
09/26/2018WHERE NYC’S COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECTS STANDFOX5NY: In 2014, the federal government awarded New York City hundreds of millions of dollars to make improvements so that the next tim…
09/26/2018HENK OVINK FEATURED ON CBS 60 MINUTESCBS: Henk Ovink was recently featured on latest episode of 60 Minutes where he discussed innovative approaches to flooding and disaster…
09/24/2018STATE DECISION ON FLOOD WALL THREATENS MASSIVE HOBOKEN DEVELOPMENTPolitico: A massive economic development project that would sit on some of the last untapped real estate in downtown Hoboken appears to…
09/20/2018CITY MARKS MARIA ANNIVERSARY AMID MAJOR DELAYS WITH POST-SANDY REBUILDINGNY1: Winds and rain battered Puerto Rico. Many say the preparedness before, and recovery since, is offensively lacking. Mayor Bill …
09/14/2018SCAPE HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF OYSTERS ON STATEN ISLANDThe Architect's Newspaper: Sorry aquarium lovers, but the two massive fish tanks at the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island…
09/12/2018DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR A WORLD OF RISING SEA LEVELS: A SHOWCASESF Chronicle: The formal events at this week’s Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco are closed to the public, but anyone can v…
09/04/2018NEXT CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR MUST FOCUS ON CLIMATE ADAPTATIONThe Mercury News: California’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions have made the state an icon in the fight against climate change, a s…
08/26/2018STATEN ISLAND FERRY TERMINAL FISH TANKS WILL GET A MAKEOVERSILive: The two giant fish tanks in the Staten Island Ferry terminal waiting room are getting a makeover. A specific plan for the tanks…
08/23/2018FACING DOWN THE FLOODS | NEW YORK AND LONDONNew Civil Engineer: New York and London are preparing for a wetter future with schemes to protect these world cities into the next century. …
08/19/2018HOBOKEN OFFICIALS COME TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF ‘OPTION 1’ REBUILD BY DESIGN PLANHudson County View: “My priority as Mayor is to protect the health and well-being of our residents,” Mayor Ravi Bhalla said in a statement. …
08/16/2018STORM PROTECTION: STATEN ISLAND’S FIRST OYSTER REEFSI Live: The Billion Oyster Project seeded oysters to create the reef in a lagoon in Lemon Creek Park, Prince's Bay, on Wednesday. Worker…
07/23/2018CAN HOUSTON LEARN ABOUT RESILIENCE FROM THE BAY AREA?Houston Chronicle: With the upcoming post-Harvey bond election, many people throughout the region are scrutinizing lists of potential flood …
07/16/2018FOR ALBANY AND HOFSTRA, A TRUE WATERSHED MOMENTInnovateLI: A new partnership between Albany and Hofstra University is giving Long Island’s scientists of tomorrow a unique opportunity…
07/11/2018AS SEA LEVEL RISES, ARCHITECTS AND DEVELOPERS ADAPT AND INNOVATEBisnow: While the San Francisco Bay Area’s best features may be the seemingly endless views of the waterfront, the view comes with a pr…
07/10/2018DESIGNING A MORE RESILIENT BAY AREASPUR: The Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge is an innovative year-long collaborative design challenge that brought together local …
06/22/2018CLIMATE CHANGE BREAKS LANDSCAPES. SHE REMAKES THEM.National Geographic: Making places beautiful is not enough for Kate Orff. The landscape architect also wants to make them adaptable to …
06/19/2018THIS PLAN TO PROTECT NYC FROM SUPERSTORMS WOULD MAKE THE WATERFRONT WAY MORE USABLEObserver: Hurricane Sandy was the most devastating storm ever to hit New York, causing an estimated $32 billion in economic losses for …
06/19/2018NYC IS THE FOCUS OF BJARKE INGELS’ ‘HUMANHATTAN 2050’ VISION FOR PROTECTING CITIES FROM FUTURE STORM6sqft: In 2014 6sqft reported on the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Rebuild By Design contest to develop ways …
06/15/2018HELPING COMMUNITIES COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGECapitolWeekly: Growing up in New Orleans, summertime brought mixed feelings. It meant the end of the school year and endless snow cones…
06/03/2018UGA WINS TED TURNER DRIVE RESILIENCE CORRIDOR CHALLENGEAJC: One of Atlanta’s most historic corridors, named after one of its most prominent citizens, will undergo a redesign focused on emphasizin…
05/30/2018PLANNING FOR THE RISING TIDE TO LIFT MORE BOATS IN THE BAY AREANext City: A lifelong resident of North Richmond, Princess Robinson has observed how outsiders have treated her community like it’s disposab…
05/29/2018LIKE IT OR NOT, THE WATER IS COMING: WILL THE BAY AREA DEFEND AGAINST RISING SEAS, OR EMBRACE THEM?KQED: You can shove water back from the land, or let the land flood, but either way, San Francisco Bay is getting higher. Along more than 40…
05/22/2018BIG, JAMES CORNER, SCAPE AND BIONIC UNVEIL FINAL PROPOSALS FOR BAY AREA RESILIENCY CHALLENGEThe Architect's Newsletter: The year-long Resilient By Design | Bay Area Challenge ideas competition has sought to utilize community-led eco…
05/17/2018HOW TO REDESIGN THE BAY AREA TO FIGHT FUTURE CLIMATE DISASTERSFastCompany: When the oldest restaurant in San Francisco was built in 1861, it sat on the waterfront of a creek, serving seaf…
05/16/2018RESILIENT BY DESIGN OFFERS IDEAS FOR SF BAY AREA TO DEAL WITH RISING SEASSan Francisco Chronicle: Protecting the Bay Area from sea level rise isn’t just about building seawalls. It’s a chance to reshape indus…
05/03/2018THE ONLY WAY HOUSTON CAN REBUILD AFTER HARVEY IS TOGETHERHouston Chronicle:Yes, Hurricane Harvey hit Houston hard, harder than ever before. The storm showcased all Houston's vulnerabilities – manma…
04/27/2018BAY AREA STUDENTS OFFER SOLUTIONS TO SEA LEVEL RISEPatch.com: Floating cities and wetland buffers designed to tackle the threat of flooding and sea level rise are two ideas that student …
04/26/2018MANHATTAN PLANS TO BUILD A MASSIVE $1 BILLION WALL AND PARK TO GUARD AGAINST THE NEXT SUPERSTORMBusiness Insider: Today, more than five years after Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, the five boroughs are still recovering from the …
04/09/2018RESILIENT BY DESIGN SELECTS ISLAIS CREEKPort of San Francisco: Islais Creek, spilling out into the Southern Bay by Pier 80, was nominated by the Port and City of San Francisco…
04/09/2018ARCHITECTS DESIGNED THESE FLOATING VILLAGES THAT WOULD WITHSTAND FLOODING IN THE BAY AREABusiness Insider: Like most US coastal regions, the San Francisco Bay Area is under threat from rising seas. To make matters worse, …
03/30/2018COMMUNITY BOARD CONSIDERS FLOOD BARRIER PARK FOR MANHATTAN’S EAST SIDECurbed: This week, Manhattan Community Board Three heard testimony regarding the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR), a proposa…
03/30/2018IN-DEPTH: CAN HOUSTON APPLY NEW YORK’S BIG THINKING ON FLOOD PROJECTS?Houston Public Media: The impact of Hurricane Harvey served as a catalyst to rethink how Houston lives with flooding. But, can resilien…
03/26/2018THIS IS HOW HIGH NYC’S SEA LEVELS WILL RISE IF WE DON’T TAKE CLIMATE ACTIONInhabitat: Rising sea levels, precipitated by climate change, threaten to overwhelm the world’s cities if we do nothing — that’s the me…
03/22/2018GREEN DESIGN OF BUILDINGS AND COMMUNITIES CREATES HEALTHIER, SUSTAINABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENTSMississippi Business Journal: “Green design” in architecture is far more than a buzz word or a fad. It is increasingly just the way thi…
03/13/2018THE LONG ROAD TO STORM RESILIENCY: WORKING ON SANDY RECOVERYPatch: In the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, which caused billions of dollars in damage to the East Coast, the federal government mad…
02/22/2018BOULDER BARRELS: WATER BRINGS COMMUNITIES AND PLANNERS TOGETHER IN COLORADOZilient.org: Revered for its natural beauty, the city of Boulder in the United States is a popular destination for those looking to enj…
02/20/2018TEAM OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, DESIGNERS, AND URBAN PLANNERS TO DESIGN COASTAL RESILIENCENasdaq: WSP (TSX:WSP), Arcadis (EURONEXT:ARCAD), Waggonner & Ball, and Yale Urban Design Workshop today announced their selection t…
01/31/2018HASSELL+ AND MVRDV TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE BAY AREAInhabitat: A HASSELL+-led design team that includes MVRDV has unveiled their preliminary proposed design strategy for ta…