Step into an annual tradition where G-scale model trains zip around landmark replicas in the Haupt Conservatory, humming along a quarter-mile of track through a city in miniature. Real trains, real landmarks, real fun—only at NYBG!
"Climate Change as Social Drama" with Phil Smith (Yale University) and Todd Gitlin (Columbia University)
Retrofitting urban buildings for flood risk is one of New York City’s most complex planning challenges. Like other American coastal cities – but to an even greater degree given its size, density, and 520 miles of shoreline – NYC’s waterfront neighborhoods face significant challenges in adapting to increased coastal flood risks. This event panel is presented in conjunction with the related Retrofitting Buildings for Flood Risk report by NYC Department of City Planning, released October 8th, 2014.
DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State presents author David Smiley, who will discuss his 2013 book, Pedestrian Modern: Shopping and American Architecture, 1925–1956.
In Pedestrian Modern, David Smiley reveals how the design for places of consumption—stores and shopping centers—informed emerging modernist tenets.
Climate Scientists Dr. Fernandes and Dr. Gianninin, from the Earth Institute at Columbia University, will lead a talk on the connection between temperature changes in…
The Global Sustainability Jam is 48 hours of great creativity, learning, meeting talented people and having fun!
You will be working with people of various backgrounds who you might never have met before, bouncing ideas off one another and turn your ideas into real-world solutions related to “Sustainability”.
"Fall Flat is a 5K trail race on Novemeber 22nd at 10am. The course travels along Willowbrook’s White Trail and around the lake; it is mostly flat and well suited for novice runners and walkers as well as more competitive athletes. This race will be professionally timed culminating in an awards ceremony. Refreshments and race appropriate apparel are provided for registered runners."
Come out and enjoy a guided hike in Inwood Hill Park on Sunday, Novemeber 23, 2014 at 11:00am.
Divestment has been a growing area of concern as universities and investors grapple with the ethical implications of fossil fuel stocks. A panel of professors…
TimeOut NYC: Thomas Scheibitz has been a dependable presence in New York galleries since the ’90s, and his neomodernist approach has been just as reliable. His latest paintings and sculptures are business as usual, offering schematic lines and forms binding a deft puree of references to early-20th-century art.
The devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 highlighted the vulnerability of urban coastal areas to the effects of catastrophic storms and climate change. Coastal communities must adapt planning strategies to mitigate the increasing risk posed by these natural hazards. Come listen to leading experts working on these issues at an exciting presentation and panel discussion at the Center for Architecture.
Join Added Value, the Red Hook Community Farm in Brooklyn to compost weekly on Fridays from 9:00am to noon and Saturdays from 10:30am to 1:00pm.