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    A COLLECTION OF INTERACTIVE MAPS ABOUT NEW YORK

    East River Blueway

    The Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer in collaboration with the Office of New York State Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh and other partners, has commissioned a team led by WXY Architecture + Urban Design to develop the East River Blueway … Continue reading →

     
     

    Greenmarkets

    GrowNYC Greenmarkets are as diverse as the city itself! Download this map here. Download the 2011 PDF map of all NYC Greenmarkets.    

     
     

    Green Map NYC

    Link: Green Map NYC For all people ready to participate in creating a healthy, sustainable and just world, Green Map System offers a direct pathway to the significant ecological, cultural and civic resources near home through our locally published and interactive … Continue reading →

     
     

    Rate New York City’s privately owned public spaces

    Check out this map showing NYC's privately owned public spaces, and share your experiences going there.    http://citya.tl/sLbXNuSource: www.thenewyorkworld.com, via City Atlas Continue reading →

     
     

    OASIS NYC Map Makes Loads of Geographic Data Available to the Public

    Great source for community maps of NYC - free and all in one place. Continue reading →

     
     
     
    Lifestyle
    A DAILY FEED OF TIPS, EVENTS AND IDEAS TO ENJOY IN A SUSTAINABLE CITY

    Can you kickstart a city?

    Is crowdfunding website Kickstarter a good way to redesign cities? Alexandra Lange thinks not. In a provocative post at Design Observer, she says: "A suitable funding platform for a watch is not a suitable funding platform for a city. Continue reading →

     
     

    The bike station map arrives

    Today, the city released the locations of the much anticipated stations for the new bike share program, as shown on an interactive map. As noted on Transportation Nation, there are 420 stations across parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, with more … Continue reading →

     
     

    Reimagining the city, beginning with sidewalk sheds

    The everyday sidewalk shed -- what can be done with it? A team in the MFA Transdisciplinary Design program at Parsons/The New School saw potential: the result, Softwalks, is a design intervention, a kit that can give sheds features of public furniture or other uses to serve the community. Continue reading →

     
     

    Bike month rolls on through May

    New Yorkers still have more than half of May left to get involved in bike month. Continue reading →

     
     

    New York’s hidden green secret

    A talk on Earth Day pulled back the curtain on something we thought we all knew: the MTA. Almost as inherent to MTA city travel as the sound of screeching brakes is the griping and groaning we do while on board. Continue reading →

     
     
     
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    NEW YORKERS SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE CITY'S FUTURE

    Klaus Lackner

    Columbia University physicist Klaus Lackner has developed an artificial tree that can suck carbon from the air a thousand times faster than real trees, an advance that may help in the battle against climate change. Continue reading →

     
     

    Christine Gaspar

    "All of our projects start by asking a question about how the city works..." Christine Gaspar describes the methods of the Center for Urban Pedagogy. Continue reading →

     
     

    Eric Sanderson

    I moved from California to New York, and then I got on the airplane a lot to fly to places that you see in National Geographic magazine, that are full of crazy wildlife and really dedicated people… and then we’d fly back to the Bronx, where the ecosystems aren’t what I’m used to. Continue reading →

     
     

    Stefan Sagmeister, Khoi Vinh, Ji Lee

    "Listening and understanding the other side are the first steps to a truly meaningful exchange..." -- Ji Lee Continue reading →

     
     

    Gavin Schmidt

    Let’s deal with the sci­ence. And there are uncer­tain­ties there too, we can talk about those. But gases don’t care whether you are a Repub­li­can or a Demo­c­rat, left wing or right wing, libertarian or conservative. Continue reading →

     
     
     
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    Public Installation Proposal

    Via architects Ouida Biddle and Arnaldur Geir Schram, the beginning of an ongoing investigation of ways to bring City Atlas to the street: PUBLIC INSTALLATION PROPOSAL FOR CITY ATLAS “The aim of designing a space for City Atlas is to raise public consciousness … Continue reading →

     
     

    Micro Textile Lab

    One mini-grant went to Laura Sansone, who has used it to make her Micro Textile Lab — an invention which she is now bringing to Greenmarkets around the city. Laura uses the Micro Textile Lab to teach people natural dyeing, … Continue reading →

     
     

    Field Lab

    One mini-grant went to Kaja Kühl, who has used it to develop her Field Lab, an educational bioremediation project at a community garden in the South Bronx. You can follow the progress of Kaja’s project on the accompanying blog. Below … Continue reading →

     
     
     
    Archive
    A COLLECTION OF RECENT CREATIVE PROJECTS ABOUT THE CITY

    Rising Currents

      Rising Currents was a 2010 exhibit at MoMA featuring re-designs of New York City’s waterfront, as a way to showcase ideas for resilient, adaptive protection from rising sea levels. Among the many activities and investigations tied to the exhibit, … Continue reading →

     
     

    Mannahatta 2409: a work in progress

    Eric Sanderson, ecologist and creator of the Welikia Project, is now leading a team to create a new version of Mannahatta: an interactive tool that will let visitors experiment with the design of the city of the future. Continue reading →

     
     

    Broadway: 1000 Steps

    Artist Mary Miss has embarked on a project to use the length of Broadway as a space for installations that can engage the public in the city’s plans for the future.  In this video from ArtsFwd.org, prepared for the Rockefeller Foundation, … Continue reading →

     
     

    City Atlas Workshops at Parsons and Hunter

    A design workshop at Parsons worked with historical data gathered by a Hunter urban planning class to create information graphics about NYC. Continue reading →

     
     

    White Out Global Warming

    The playful style of this PSA encourages viewers to do their part. Something as simple as painting rooftops white is surprisingly effective. Continue reading →

     
     
     
 
 

Upcoming Events

May 21, 2012

Bryant Park birding tours

Discover the birds that call Bryant Park home, as well as those that may stop by during migration. Meet at the Birding Tour sign at the 42nd Street and 6th Avenue entrance to the park. Continue reading →

Start: May 21, 2012 8:00 am
End: May 21, 2012 9:00 am
Venue: Bryant Park
Address:
42nd Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan, Select a Country:

May 25, 2012

Beer Here: Brewing New York City’s History

The New York Historical Society will be exhibiting Beer Here: Brewing New York City’s History from May 25th to September 2, 2012. Continue reading →

Start: May 25, 2012 8:00 am
End: September 2, 2012 5:00 pm
Venue: New York Historical Society
Phone: (212) 485-9205
Address:
170 Central Park West, New York, New York, 10024, Select a Country:
Cost: 15

May 30, 2012

World Science Festival

Enjoy science inspired exhibits, lectures, games, and events throughout New York City. Continue reading →

Start: May 30, 2012
End: June 3, 2012

May 31, 2012

Certified Sustainability/CSR Training by CSE

The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) will be coming to New York City to host its Certified Sustainability Practitioner Training this Spring! Mark your calendar for May 31 – June 1st! The course will focus on the challenges faced by Executives, Managers, and other professionals working in the field of sustainability.

Upon completion of the course, participants have the opportunity to receive a IEMA certification and earn a CSR-P Certification and CSR-P Seal.

For more information, check out CSE’s Sustainability Practitioner’s page at www.sustainability-practitioner.org.

 

Start: May 31, 2012 9:00 am
End: June 1, 2012 5:00 pm

June 2, 2012

Structure of Sound: Music from found objects

In this class, artist Robert Bohn and class participants will explore sound — What is sound? How is sound manipulated? During the class, Robert will lead a discussion about the concept of sound. The group will then participate in building “instruments” out of found materials provided by GREENSPACENYC and found in the warehouse of Film Biz Recycling. Continue reading →

Start: June 2, 2012 3:00 pm
End: June 2, 2012 6:00 pm
Venue: Film Biz Recycling
Address:
540 President Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Cost: free

June 7, 2012

Sunset Bhangra in Brooklyn Bridge Park

Kickoff the summer with Bhangra Continue reading →

Start: June 7, 2012 6:00 pm
End: June 7, 2012 9:00 pm
Venue: Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1
Phone: 718-802-0603 x13
Address:
Pier 1 Furman and Old Fulton Streets Brooklyn Bridge Park, United States
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