Resilient New York: Architecture and Urban Planning in the Face of Climate Change
Learn how New York City has implemented and planned solutions to a post-Sandy society through urban planning and architecture.
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Lerner Hall, Columbia University 115th and Broadway, New York, NY, United States
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Made in New York City: The Reinvention of Local Manufacturing
Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesFor decades, American and urban manufacturing charted a steep decline, a byproduct of globalization and outsourcing. Today, however, manufacturing is returning to our shores and entering a renaissance in major cities.
Come learn about what's being made in NYC today and what you can do to support local manufacturing. We'll cover industrial policy, business incubators, R&D, hybrid manufacturing, and the craft food movement, among other highlights.
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Weekly community composting in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Red Hook Community Farms 580 Columbia Street, BrooklynJoin 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.
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Made in Brooklyn: Food Waste to Biofuel
The Mohawk Group 71 West 23rd Street (18th Floor), New York, NY, United StatesThe eight futuristic, stainless steel-clad digester eggs at Brooklyn's Newtown Creek wastewater plant are designed to process as much as 1.5 million gallons of waste every day.
Join the Urban Green Council at this exciting event to learn more about the eggs, results from the plant's recently completed food waste pilot program, and the three-year full-scale demonstration project that will be launching there soon.
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Brutal! Paul Rudolph’s Postwar New York Interiors: A Conversation with Timothy M. Rohan and Donald Albrecht
Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesLearn more about architect Paul Rudolph and his unconventional methods evident in his apartment interiors of the late twentieth century. Professor Timothy M. Rohan of University of Massuchussets will lead the discussion.
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From ‘Improvement’ to ‘Slum Rehabilitation’: Urban expansion and the fates of cooperative housing in Bombay
Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Fayerweather Hall 411 116th and Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesA lecture on Bombay slub rehabilitation and the intersection of the built environment and urban identities given by Professor Nikhil Rao of Wellesley College.
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AfterTaste 2015: Inside Imagination (Day 1)
The New School, John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center 63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100, New York, NY, United StatesWhat does it take to imagine? We live in an era of environmental crisis and political unrest when complex systems and data analysis dictate projections of an uncertain future. Interiorists study existing places and are charged to imagine new worlds.
In AfterTaste 2015 the Parsons School of Constructed Environments draws inspiration from artists, educators, writers, and scientists who work to transcend what we know, to catapult culture into areas inspired and new.
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AfterTaste 2015: Inside Imagination (Day 2)
The New School, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center 66 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesWhat does it take to imagine? We live in an era of environmental crisis and political unrest when complex systems and data analysis dictate projections of an uncertain future. Interiorists study existing places and are charged to imagine new worlds.
In AfterTaste 2015 the Parsons School of Constructed Environments draw inspiration from artists, educators, writers, and scientists who work to transcend what we know, to catapult culture into areas inspired and new.
On February 27 & 28, 2015, imagination alchemists, designers and experts gather to think and enact new possibilities and alternative paths through the interior of the imagination.
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Patterns of Interest: Photography by Stephen Mallon
Kimmel Galleries, Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South, 8th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesThe Kimmel Galleries of New York University are pleased to present Patterns of Interest: Photography by Stephen Mallon, Included in this exhibit are 20 photographic works by artist Stephen Mallon, whose work bridges the gap between fine art and photojournalism.
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Remembering Yesterday: Queens and Its World’s Fairs
Kingsland Homestead 143-35 37th Avenue , Queens, NY, United StatesRemembering is both a collective and a personal activity. In this exhibition, both are on display in relation to two World’s Fairs that took place in Flushing, Queens in 1939/40 and 1964/65.
Within this exhibition, collective memory is represented by shared experiences of the Fairs and personal memory by the memorabilia drawn from the collections of people who attended and fondly recall the Fairs.
Open Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 2:30 – 4:30 pm. Through May 31, 2015.
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The World’s Park Community Forum 1
Queens Museum Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY, United StatesDo you want to participate in creative improvements to Flushing Meadows Corona Park?
Anyone interested in the future of Flushing Meadows Corona Park is invited to come to the Queens Museum for presentations as well as activities for all ages that will invite community members to thoughtfully engage with, and contribute, bold ideas for improving the access, circulation, and overall connectivity of the park with its surrounding communities.
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Busting the Green Myth: What is Sustainability?
Centre For Social Innovation 601 W 26th Street, New York, NY, United StatesLook beyond the ‘green’ hype, get the deeper details on what the hell sustainability is and how it relates to professional practice and our personal lives. The Un-School of Disruptive Design NYC will address the ways in which we can all help achieve it.
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