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MAS Summit 2014: four visits to New York’s big survey of ideas
This year’s theme was ‘equity, place, and opportunity,’ and the conference comprised a brisk review of new ideas and commentary on how to make the city work for all its citizens.
How NYC gets cooler: NYC°CoolRoofs
In the second of our TEDxCity2.0 videos, from an event hosted by City Atlas and the sustainable coffee bar COFFEED, Diahann Billings-Burford, New York City’s first Chief Service…
TEDxLongIslandCity: Brooklyn Grange and City Growers
In the first of our videos, Anastasia Cole Plakias of Brooklyn Grange and Cara Chard of educational partner City Growers talk about building and running a rooftop farm.
How to move forward, one year after Sandy
Anniversary events and actions, hosted by Occupy Sandy and many others, are free and all are welcome.
MAS: now is the time for a new Penn Station
Before: “One entered the city like a god.” After: “One scuttles in now like a rat.” MAS wants to make Penn Station great again.
Museums for free, every day of the week
A list of museums you can visit for free, or pay-as-you-wish, can be found here.
Whose park? Our park.
There are about 1,700 parks, playgrounds, and recreation facilities across the five boroughs. Do you have a park among these that’s “yours?”
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…
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.