SNAP Gardens: Food Stamps Grow Gardens
New Yorkers can use food stamps to buy plants and seeds.Source: www.snapgardens.org, via City Atlas
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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
A Diverse New York City? In Some Ways, Anything But
Critical look at diversity and lack of diversity in New York City. Source: www.nytimes.com, via City Atlas
Statue Of Liberty Getting Webcams For Her 125th Birthday
As part of the statue’s 125th anniversary celebration on Friday five 24/7 webcams will be going live from atop Lady Liberty’s torch—a place which has been inaccessible to the public since 1916.Source: gothamist.com, via City Atlas
Supply Chain Spotlight: Freight Rail
Many heralded the opening of the High Line for its innovative reclaiming of a disused freight rail line as a public, open space. Its abandonment was due, in part, to the rise of interstate trucking since the 1950s, along with changes to the economic ge…
It’s the Parking, Stupid: One Transportation Consultant’s Tough Love Approach – Commute – The Atlantic Cities
Transportation consultant Jeffery Tumlin is mad about free parking. Find out why.Source: www.theatlanticcities.com, via City Atlas
Green Roofs Aren’t Perfect—Yet
Good asks if changing the color of green roofs might be part of improving their appeal.Source: www.good.is, via City Atlas
Water Bottle Pollution Facts
Good roundup of facts about water bottles from National Geographic.Source: greenliving.nationalgeographic.com, via City Atlas
Nature Adds Water, and Everything Mushrooms
New York City is enjoying a prodigious harvest of mushrooms in a riot of rainbow colors and in every possible shape.Source: cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com, via City Atlas
Bike Helmets Aren’t Required for New York Share Program
Interesting insights into the nuances of bicycle safety policy.Source: www.nytimes.com, via City Atlas