Discovering a floating park at the High Line
Make way for the High Line’s newest addition: a floating park at the Spur.
Jennifer Davis
Mapping a new economy in New York City
The SolidarityNYC map allows people to make consumer choices based on the ethics—supplying a range of businesses, from fresh produce to banking.
Think first, eat second: a community meal with COLORS and the People’s Kitchen
The restaurant, born out of the ashes of 9/11, hosted a dinner to bring discussions of food justice and labor justice to the table.
River-filtered floating pool aims for 2016
+ Pool, the dauntless and brilliant crowd-sourced river pool project, moves a step closer to reality.
A petition begins to preserve a research facility at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Budget cutbacks forced a shutdown of the noted research facility at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, bringing sharp public criticism.
Atop Brooklyn Grange, City Growers plow into action
For an NYC school kid the chance to visit a rooftop farm is exciting, and City Growers trains the older ones to teach the younger ones how a farm works.
Buses but no bikes: Quinn’s scaled-back transit agenda
According to Quinn, New York City transportation options are in dire need of a serious revamping
How an NYC app is helping Philly reclaim its lots
Their vision? To create a land bank that “converts vacant, abandoned, and tax delinquent properties into productive use, allowing communities to reclaim, reinvest in and rebuild their neighborhoods.”
Five more days for proposals: My Voice, Our City competition
The proposed projects range from introducing computer programming to low-income communities to providing financial literacy and money management workshops across the five boroughs.