NYC’s floating gardens: an upgrade from the Aztecs?
How many barges are needed to feed the city?
“A New Alignment:” the secret success story of regional rail
Train travel has increased in popularity more than any other mode of domestic transportation, outpacing both aviation and automobiles; in 2011, Amtrak reached an all-time record of 31 million passengers.
How to Score a Bike Lover
Valentine’s Day may be over but the spring cycling days are still ahead! Here are some tips, courtesy of BikeNYC.org and Transportation Alternatives, to combine everyone’s…
New in the net for NYC: Community Supported Fisheries
Community Supported Fisheries (CSFs) are the cool new twist on CSAs, and the way to end environmentally harmful international fishing practices.
Transportation Alternatives seeks public input on upcoming Play Streets
Transportation Alternatives, the advocacy organization perhaps most responsible for the opening of New York streets to pedestrians and bicycles, is holding a series of meetings…
Locating the Sacred: a new Asian American arts festival
The Locating the Sacred Festival is a series of New York City events that showcase a range of Asian American artists, from dancers and musicians to writers and thinkers, who use art to explore what constitutes the sacred.
Learn how to design a roof garden
Have you ever wondered how to design a roof garden? Across the city, more rooftop space is turning into growing space, and so the New…
Textile Lab: Color palette from Greenpoint, Brooklyn
At the Greenpoint Greenmarket we created dyes with rosemary and cilantro from Osczepinski Farm, Goshen, NY. Farmer Joe from Healthway Farms gave us some red…
Textile Lab Visits Fort Greene Park In Brooklyn!
We had a successful visit to the Greenmarket at the Fort Greene Park last Saturday. We made dye with marigolds from Rexcroft Farms in Athens…
Manhattan’s East Side waterfront gets some kayaks
Two hundred years ago, launching a small boat from the East Side of Manhattan for an afternoon row or paddle would have been ordinary. But…
Summer Streets wraps up the 2012 season with some Double Dutch action
For three Saturdays in August, the city opened lengths of Park Avenue and other normally busy thoroughfares for people and bikes. And salsa, tai chi, double-dutch and ziplines.
Warm Up Saturdays at MoMA PS1
A Saturday at MoMA PS1 in the summer is not your average visit to a museum. Sure, the museum is open, but once you walk…
The Surfrider Foundation takes on plastic bags
Our reporter Hallie Miller goes a meeting of the Surfrider Foundation’s new NYC branch. Because, yes, we have beaches. And, unfortunately, plastic bags.
Bike share pushed back till spring
As reported on Transportation Nation this morning, the New York City Bike Share program launch date has been pushed back to next spring.
The Bronx River, restored
The Bronx River is coming back to it’s former beauty, piece by piece. Michael Kimmelman of the New York Times shows how it is changing.
Asparagus with Chive Flowers
Our first in a recipe series with Annie Novak: Broccoli raab and asparagus combines the best bitter and sweet flavors of a springtime garden, and are local in greenmarkets now.
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.
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…