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Retrofitting urban buildings for flood risk

AIANY Housing Committee 536 LaGuardia Place, New York City, NY, United States

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.

FREE

Pedestrian Modern Book Talk with David Smiley

Knoll New York Showroom 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

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.

New York City Sustainability Jam

The New School 25 East 13th Street 2nd Floor , New York, NY, United States

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”.

Free

Fall Flat 5k Trail Race

Willowbrook Park Eton Place and Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY, United States

"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."

$25 – $30

Fitness Hike in Inwood Hill Park

Inwood Hill Park Inwood Hil Park, Manhattan, NY, United States

Come out and enjoy a guided hike in Inwood Hill Park on Sunday, Novemeber 23, 2014 at 11:00am.

Free

Should Universities and Pension Funds Divest from Fossil Fuel Stocks?

Jerome Greene Hall, Room 101 435 West 116th Street (corner of Amsterdam), New York, NY, United States

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…

Free

Thomas Scheibitz, “Studio Imaginaire”

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery 521 W 21st St, Chelsea, NY, United States

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.

Free

Structures of Coastal Resilience: Designing for Climate Change

The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place , New York, New York, United States

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.

Free – $10

Weekly community composting in Red Hook, Brooklyn

Red Hook Community Farms 580 Columbia Street, Brooklyn

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.

Free

High Line: Neighborhood Toy Drive

Various NY, United States

Contribute a toy for neighborhood children and youth!

Join Friends of the High Line as we partner with Hudson Guild, Fulton Youth of the Future, Chelsea Market, Posman Books, and The High Line Hotel to collect gifts for more than 400 local families.

Conservation Status of Hudson River Intertidal Plant Species

Hudson River Foundation 17 Battery Place, Suite 915, New York, NY, United States

A seminar series on scientific issues related to the environmental quality and resource management of the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary, sponsored by the Hudson River Foundation in cooperation with the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program.