Bronx Bears Love Fall Pumpkins
Brown bears doing what they do with a batch of fresh pumpkins.
NYC’s most-used turnstile- Guess Where it is
The most-used turnstile of the most-used transportation system in the country.
“Urbanized” – a new film by Gary Hustwit
A documentary that introduces viewers to the key issues, projects and individuals affecting the design of cities around the world.
New York Lifestyle Helps Save the Planet
New Yorkers have a third of the carbon footprint of the average American.
Subway Platform Cell Service Starts This Week, The Future is Now
The Future Is Coming: Subway Platform Cell Service Starts Tuesday: Gothamist It is the end of an era. Last October the MTA announced a plan…
Enabling Crowdsourced City Construction
Plans for a website where concerned citizens could post proposals to project profiles with information and imagery for city projects.
Break through on Second Avenue Subway
Workers completed tunneling for the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway on Sept. 22, 2011, when the project’s tunnel boring machine reached the Lexington Av-63 St station, breaking into the existing subway system.
Can Organic Food Feed More People Sooner?
Increasing numbers of scientists, policy panels and experts (not hippies!) are suggesting that agricultural practices pretty close to organic — perhaps best called “sustainable” — can feed more poor people sooner.
Radiolab On Cities
via Radiolab In this hour of Radiolab, we take to the street to ask what makes cities tick. There’s no scientific metric for measuring a…
The Building Names Project: Giving Character to Urban Spaces
Named buildings evoke a bygone era when owners, builders and designers identified their buildings with personality and humor.
Uprooting the Old, Familiar Parking Meter – NYTimes.com
The city will remove its last decommissioned single-space parking meter in Manhattan on Monday.
New Green House in Hoboken, Future Home for Low-income Family
In Hoboken, Mystery Structure Being Built Is Green Home
Low Line Underground Park Proposed: LES’s New High Line?
The idea of putting a giant subterranean park (or “Low Line”) in the Lower East Side
MTA Adds Giant New Touchscreen That Tells You Where Delays Are
Hands-On With New York’s On the Go Mobile Station, a 47-inch Touchscreen Subway Map.
Fill in the Blank, Insert ____ Here Art Suggests Green Community Projects
We wanted to put the power of creative thinking in the hands of community organizations and give people a chance to think positively in the face of climate change.
Make your own electric car
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/electric-cars-the-do-it-yourself-way/
Cities: more housing = more density = better jobs = growing economy
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/opinion/sunday/one-path-to-better-jobs-more-density-in-cities.html "…When it comes to economic growth and the creation of jobs, the denser the city the better."