Category Archives: Around Town

Riding the future of the Brooklyn Waterfront ConferenceApril 17, 2013The speakers delved into the history of biking, current undertakings to create bike lanes and redesign streets, as well as proposed future plans--all with a focus on the Brooklyn waterfront.
 
It’s National Grilled Cheese Day!April 12, 2013It's National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day! A guide to making and eating in NYC.
 
Growing the Battery Urban FarmApril 12, 2013Battery Urban Farm is unique in two ways. First of all, we’re very accessible, located at street-level in the middle of a public park... Second, we are the largest educational farm on public land in all of Manhattan.
 
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New bike share station spotted in Bed-StuyApril 8, 2013A Citi Bike Share sta­tion has appeared in Bed-Stuy, Brook­lyn, on the cor­ner of Grand and Ful­ton Streets – NYC’s long planned bike share pro­gram will be start­ing in May, and loca­tions are planned through­out Man­hat­tan and parts of Brook­lyn. An app is com­ing soon to help cyclists locate the near­est sta­tion. Rid­ers will pur­chase [...]
 
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A (brief) history of sheep and goats in NYCApril 8, 2013Goats and sheep are useful for clearing out unwanted plants, especially in areas that would be difficult for lawn mowers to reach. “They help us teach that we are all part of the food cycle,” and have been living and working in NYC for quite a while.
 
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New housing designs for New York’s futureMarch 25, 2013Making Room showcases designs to meet the shifting demographics of cities, such as creating housing for singles and adjusting to changing family sizes.
 
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Arts and energy: a 100% wind powered Lincoln CenterOctober 24, 2012Lincoln Center is now fully wind-powered, showing once again that the art world can be a leader in the movement towards sustainability.
 
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New in the net for NYC: Community Supported FisheriesOctober 10, 2012Community Supported Fisheries (CSFs) are the cool new twist on CSAs, and the way to end environmentally harmful international fishing practices.
 
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The High Line enters its final stage of developmentOctober 3, 2012The final stage of the Highline's development, known as Highline at the Rail Yards, begins construction.
 
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Gone fishin’: Hunts Point Landing Park now open to everyoneOctober 2, 2012Hunts Point Landing Park has been transformed from what was once a dead-end street into a beautiful park for all to enjoy.
 
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Take a tour of New York…from the nineteenth centuryJune 19, 2012Ever won­der what it was like to stroll through Cen­tral Park back when Sheep’s Meadow still had sheep graz­ing on it? Or to go for a dip at the beach when a woman show­ing a bit of ankle was cause to raise some eye­brows? The Arse­nal Gallery in Cen­tral Park is host­ing an exhibit of 68 pho­tographs cel­e­brat­ing the [...]
 
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Microscopic landscape by Malcolm MacDougall IIIJune 19, 2012Visit Union Square Park tonight, June 19, 2012, at 7pm for the ribbon cutting on a new Art in the Parks installation. The installation will be there through January 30, 2013.
 
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The first Food Book Fair comes to BrooklynMay 2, 2012This weekend will be the first annual NYC Food Book Fair - celebrating food writing, reading, and activism.
 
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A Food Fight You Should Get BehindMay 2, 2012This Friday May 4th, join author Daniel Imhoff and special guests for a conversation about the Food and Farm Bill, why it matters to you, and what you can do about it.
 
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Learning Made Fun — Let the Festivities BeginMay 1, 2012The World Science Festival kicks off at the end of this month so don't forget to purchase tickets for one of the city's most stimulating, multidisciplinary, and fun festivals of the year.
 
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Olmsted’s HomesteadsApril 27, 2012It was 190 years ago yes­ter­day, April 26 1822, that Fred­er­ick Law Olm­sted was born in Hart­ford, Con­necti­cut. Though he held many titles over a long and event­ful life, includ­ing farmer, jour­nal­ist, and pub­lic admin­is­tra­tor, he is most well-known as the United States’ fore­most land­scape archi­tect and of course, the designer of our beloved Cen­tral Park. Olmsted’s career [...]
 
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Digital puppets stalk kids in QueensApril 26, 2012  The New York Hall of Sci­ence is an oft over­looked gem of a children’s museum in Flush­ing Meadows-Corona Park Queens. On dis­play now — among their many per­ma­nent exhibits — is the Pup­pet Parade, a fully inter­ac­tive dig­i­tal pup­pet show using state of the art motion sens­ing technology. The exhibit, free with admis­sion, runs from April [...]
 
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Who is the Architect of the Century?April 8, 2012  “Archi­tect of the Cen­tury” was the head­line report­ing the award­ing of the Amer­i­can Insti­tute of Archi­tects’ Cen­ten­nial Medal to Ralph Walker in 1957. Though no such claim could ever be incon­testable, Walker’s many con­tri­bu­tions to the archi­tec­tural pro­fes­sion, and sky­scraper design in par­tic­u­lar, are widely recognized. An exhibit at 212 West 18th street (for­merly [...]