CHPC Executive Director Jerilyn Perine (who was formerly the commissioner of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development), Architectural League Executive Director Rosalie Genevro, Chhaya Community Development Corporation Executive Direct…
“Poetry is a way of life,” says poet Jon Cotner as we walk down a path in Fort Greene Park. To Cotner, poetry is also public, inherently social and plays out in the modern day agoras of the city.Source: urbanomnibus.net, via City Atlas
On Monday Transportation Alternatives released a report tallying pedestrian-involved crashes in each of the city’s community board districts, based on numbers from the state Department of Motor Vehicles, between 1995 and 2009.Source: www.streetsb…
David Bragdon, James Gennaro and Carter Strickland Jr. discuss how to make New York City greener and more environmentally friendly.Source: www.cityhallnews.com, via City Atlas
Join Queens Arts, Culture & Fun for film screenings of Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. Tonight’s film is “Deaf Jam” by Judy Lieff. In this film, Aneta Brodski, a deaf teen living in New York City, discovers the power of American Sig…
CIVITAS calls for dramatic and original concepts for the east side’s waterfront park.
Capitalizing on a new tax arrangement that allows property owners to upgrade their buildings at no upfront cost, cutting energy use and utility bills.
When evening light and crowds merge to create a sense of safety, where walking and transit define mobility and proximity, if commerce goes on without the sun, then human interaction with the built environment is a demonstrated success.
Vacant gas stations are being repurposed to become places of entertainment, local entrepreneurship, and cultural productivity.
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