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SUMMARY:The Brooklyn Waterfront: Past and Present
DESCRIPTION:Location: The Brainery in Prospect Heights \nIn this class at the Brooklyn Brainery\, the development\, decline\, and rebirth of the Brooklyn waterfront\, from 19th century port to 21st century playground. \nWith the dual lens of preservation and renewal\, we’ll examine how communities\, real estate interests and the City have reshaped the waterfront from Greenpoint to Sunset Park since the 1970s. \n(This is a classroom session\, not a walking tour!)\n\nPlease register here: http://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/the-brooklyn-waterfront-past-and-present\n\n\nTaught by Inna Guzenfeld \nInna Guzenfeld is a planner and urban historian trained at Pratt Institute. She emigrated from the Ukraine in the nineties and grew up on the Coney Island peninsula. Her work centers on the New York waterfront\, where she documents and advocates the city’s maritime past. She can often be found traversing Brooklyn’s industrial landscapes in search of stories and artifacts. She also teaches historic preservation and urban studies at CUNY.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/the-brooklyn-waterfront-past-and-present/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Brainery\, 190 Underhill Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150210T150000
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SUMMARY:The Future of Cities: An Integrated Approach to Urban Challenges
DESCRIPTION:The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)\, the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization and the American Institute for Architecture New York Chapter are co-organizing a high-level discussion\, which will cover key developments in the area of sustainable urbanization\, entitled “The Future of Cities: An Integrated Approach to Urban Challenges”. \nThis event is taking place on the occasion of the High-level Thematic Debate on Means of Implementation for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda\, and aims to address the mobilization of adequate means of implementation critical to achieving a truly sustainable urbanization\, including financial resources\, data-driven innovation\, technology development and transfer\, as well as capacity building. \nThis event will bring together high-level experts and representatives from national and local governments\, non-governmental organizations\, academia\, foundations and industry. Speakers include Dr. Clos\, Executive Director of UN-Habitat and H.E. Karen Tan\, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN\, Co-Chair\, Group of Friends for Sustainable Cities and Mr. James McCullar\, Architect and former President of the New York Chapter of the AIA. \nA dialogue session will be moderated by Mr. Urs Gauchat\, Dean of the College of Architecture and Design\, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and feature the following Panelists: \n\nMrs. Nilda Mesa\, Director\, NYC\, Mayor’s Office of Sustainability\nMrs. Ritva Viljanen\, Deputy Mayor of Helsinki\nMr. Tom Wright\, President\, Regional Plan Association\nMr. Navid Hanif\, Director\, Department of Economic and Social Affairs \, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination\nMrs. Ana Marie Argilagos\, Senior Advisor\, Ford Foundation\nMr. Douglas I. Foy\, CEO\, Serrafix Corporation\, Boston\, Massachusetts\nMr. David Klingberg\, CEO\, David Lock Associates\, Melbourne\n\n Event is free\, but please register here to reserve your place: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-cities-an-integrated-approach-to-urban-challenges-tickets-15469865785?aff=es2&rank=26
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/the-future-of-cities-an-integrated-approach-to-urban-challenges/
LOCATION:United Nations Headquarters Conference Room 2\, 46th Street and 1st Avenue \, New York\, NY\, 10017\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150210T161000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150210T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
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SUMMARY:Fast Fashion: Disposable Society and the Soul
DESCRIPTION:The Earth Institute presents Fast Fashion: Disposable Society and the Soul\, with author and journalist\, Elizabeth L. Cline. \nThe hastening speed and obsolescence of modern consumer goods–expressed in its most extreme form within fast fashion–has fundamentally reshaped society\, culture\, economics\, and ultimately our sense of selves. Overheated global supply chains now work tirelessly in the service of producing ever-evolving “novel” new products–in the case of fashion\, retail chains restock shelves several times a week with new colors and cuts perfectly attuned to consumer demand at that very specific moment. Is our urge and willingness to engage in the fast-fashion system based in a need to belong or to differentiate ourselves? What really is our ability to express our identities within the consumer capitalist system and to what degree are consumer goods about satisfying desire–and what do we mean when we say consumer products satiate us? Beneath these buying habits and the everyday reality of disposable societies in the developed West\, there are many\, many externalities lurking behind the scenes–poverty pay for retail and garment workers\, environmental degradation\, resource strain and drain\, and waste of historic proportions. There is an inevitable feeling to our disposable culture. Within this context of malaise\, what is the responsibility or power of the individual to reflect on and alter this system? What social\, entrepreneurial\, governmental or economic shifts could truly challenge fast fashion and disposable culture? \nAuthor and journalist Elizabeth Cline is one of the world’s leading thinkers in the fields of fast fashion\, globalization and disposable consumption. Her first book\, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion (Penguin Portfolio)\, received wide critical acclaim from publications including The New York Times Book Review\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, and Publishers Weekly and generated a whirlwind of radio\, print\, and TV attention: Most notably\, Elizabeth has been a featured guest on “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross\, “NBC Nightly News” with Brian Williams\, BBC’s “The World\,” and NPR’s “On Point.” Elizabeth travels regularly to lecture on ethics and sustainability in the fashion industry and continues to write for The Nation\, TheAtlantic.com\, NewYork.com\, AMCtv.com\, and Sundance.tv\, among other outlets. She is currently at work on her second book\, which explores the next global industrial revolution\, and will be touring Europe this Spring with her metal band Mortals. \nRSVP required. Please RSVP here: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/events/view/76314
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/fast-fashion-disposable-society-and-the-soul/
LOCATION:Columbia University Morningside Campus Union Theological Seminary\, Room 101\, 80 Claremont Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150216T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150216T220000
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SUMMARY:A History of New York City Transportation - From Horsecars to Helicopters
DESCRIPTION:image courtesy stefano.campolo  \nBy some estimates\, for every New Yorker you see walking around on the streets\, there’s one New Yorker underground\, riding the train. That’s right – 1/2 of New York’s population is on some form of public transportation at any given moment. \nThis miraculous statistic means that the city we know truly couldn’t exist without its subways\, buses\, and taxis\, but how did all this heavy\, stinky\, old fashioned infrastructure get built? \nThis class covers NYC transportation from the early days\, when the best you could hope for was a mud-spattered omnibus ride\, through the first steam-powered elevated railroads\, all the way up to the Pan Am building helicopter shuttle. It also touches on the many ambitious\, zany\, quixotic efforts to get us from Point A to Point B. Have you ever been sucked through a tunnel? \n\nTaught by Patrick Lamson-Hall \nPatrick Lamson-Hall is an urban planner at the NYU Stern Urbanization Project. His interests include urbanization in the developing world\, alternative transportation\, and public space. Before becoming an urban planner he worked as a journalist\, a dishwasher\, and an anarchist. He’s currently researching historical densities in Manhattan as well as implementing an urban expansion initiative in four cities in Ethiopia. \nPlease register here: http://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/a-history-of-new-york-city-transportation-from-horsecars-to-helicopters
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/a-history-of-new-york-city-transportation-from-horsecars-to-helicopters/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T160000
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SUMMARY:Make Your Own Household Cleaner
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Collin Anderson \nTuesday\, February 17\, 3:00-4:00pm \nLocation: The Brainery in Prospect Heights \nThere are plenty of reasons why making your own surface cleaner is an excellent idea. \nWhether you’re concerned about saving money\, the environment\, or your health\, this simple DIY project will make a difference! In this class we’ll cover the various ingredients you can use to clean grimy kitchen surfaces and glass. We’ll talk about the possible components of a homemade cleaner and the ratios for mixing. We’ll also spend some time on what’s best to avoid in store-bought products. By the end of class\, participants will make their own cleaner blend based on their needs with plenty of time for questions. \nKeep an eye out for a weekend session soon!\n \nPlease register here: http://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/make-your-own-household-cleaner \n\nTaught by Kris De la Torre \nWorking in food and agriculture helped Kris De la Torre develop a sensitivity to what we put in our bodies. A penchant for perfumes prompted her to ask the same questions about what we put on our bodies. Having taught classes about her favorite ferments (beer\, wine and cheese) all over NYC\, she looks forward to expanding her classroom to natural beauty and household cleaning products. Kris hopes that through sharing her funny failures and success stories\, students will feel empowered to make these everyday products out of ingredients that are good for them and good for the environment.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/make-your-own-household-cleaner/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Brainery\, 190 Underhill Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T193000
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SUMMARY:Freshkills Park Series: Landfill Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: NYC Parks \nTuesday\, February 17\, 6:30-7:30pm \nLocation: The Brainery in Prospect Heights \nThe ongoing development of Freshkills Park is one of the most ambitious public works projects in the history of New York City\, using state of the art ecological restoration techniques in an extraordinary setting for recreation\, public art\, and environmental investigation.  \nThe City of New York established the Fresh Kills Landfill in 1948\, before there was any large–scale development on the west shore of Staten Island. By 1955\, Fresh Kills was the largest landfill in the world\, serving as the principal landfill for household garbage collected in New York City. The four landfill mounds on the site are made up of approximately 150 million tons of solid waste. \nThe park’s mounds are being capped with an impermeable plastic liner and eight additional layers of barrier material separate the ground we touch and the landfill beneath it\, one of them two feet thick. There are several systems in place to manage the landfill gas and leachate (the technical term for garbage juice) byproducts –some are visible\, like the white stacks of the Flare Stations\, but most are invisible\, like the 10\,000 linear feet of piping and drainage channels. \nLearn more about the infrastructure that makes the park possible from Laura Truettner\, Manager for Park Development. \n\nThis is the first talk in a series detailing the development of Freshkills Park in Staten Island. \nTaught by Laura Truettner \nLaura Truettner is the Manager for Park Development for Freshkills Park. Before coming to the NYC Parks\, she worked on community based redevelopment strategies for addressing brownfield sites and prior to that on investigating and remediating former petroleum\, landfill and manufacturing sites. She is an urban planner and geologist by training.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/freshkills-park-series-landfill-infrastructure/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Brainery\, 190 Underhill Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T220000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150128T001911Z
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SUMMARY:The History of the Gowanus Canal
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Eymund Diegel\n\nTuesday\, February 17\, 8:30-10:00pm or Thursday\, March 5\, 6:30-8:00pm\n\nLocation: The Brainery in Prospect Heights \nNestled between the hip and hardly inexpensive neighborhoods Park Slope and Carroll Gardens is the Gowanus Canal: Brooklyn’s most infamous toxic waste site. \nWhile many are aware that the canal is smelly or that bodies have been dumped there\, the Gowanus is more than an open sewer: it is a dynamic part of New York history\, stretching before the early days of the City of Brooklyn to colonization itself. And yes\, raw sewage does flow into it; but that’s no accident\, due to designs totally acceptable to 19th century urban planners. \nIn April 2010 the EPA elected the Gowanus to a list of federally regulated Superfund sites — polluting its depths are with industrial waste\, like heavy metals\, benzene and coal tar. It’s also polluted with e. coli\, gonorrhea\, and cholera. \nBut did you know that much of the building materials that made brownstone Brooklyn passed through its waters\, or that it used to be home to delicious foot-long oysters? This class if for anyone who’s read about the Gowanus but wants to know more about how it got there\, why its so polluted\, and why people feel so compelled by it. \n(Class size: 30\, lecture style + q&a) \nPlease register here: http://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/the-history-of-the-gowanus-canal \n\nTaught by Joseph Alexiou \nA journalist and history nerd\, Joseph A. is working on a book about the Gowanus Canal. He also likes France\, looseleaf tea\, old buildings\, and vocal harmony. He misses living next to the 2nd street dock on the canal\, but often goes to visit.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/the-history-of-the-gowanus-canal/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Brainery\, 190 Underhill Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T193000
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CREATED:20150128T030823Z
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SUMMARY:Food For Thought
DESCRIPTION:In a world that continues to struggle with agricultural challenges to support the global population\, developing sustainable solutions for crop production\, agricultural resource use\, access to food\, and food waste is critical. Come hear from the New York Area Sustainability Group’s expert speakers as they point out problems in our food system\, and discuss the changes that need to take place to solve these issues. \nKatrina Moore\, Director/Producer\, Under the Mango Tree and Editorial Consultant\, WhyHunger\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/katrina-moore/44/b27/65a\nKatrina will discuss social sustainability in food systems with a human rights perspective\, drawing on her research in food security and hunger and her work directing a documentary on a food program in Northern Ghana. \nMargaret Tung\, Co-Founder\, PareUp\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/margaret-tung/11/546/7a7\nMargaret will be covering how technologies like PareUp can help transform the food waste that retailers and suppliers in the food industry accept as a “cost of doing business” into a business opportunity. \nDaniel Bena\, Head of Sustainable Development and Operations Outreach\, PepsiCo\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/danbena\nDan will share his insights on some of the broad environmental trends/global realities\, and how PepsiCo is expanding the definition of business value\, through the lens of agriculture. \nPlease register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-for-thought-tickets-15500047058?aff=es2&rank=16
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/food-for-thought/
LOCATION:Interface New York City Showroom\, 330 Fifth Avenue (the corner of 5th Ave and 33rd Street) 12th Floor\, New York
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T210000
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SUMMARY:Meet and Greet with Environmental Education Advocacy Council
DESCRIPTION:photo credit: Audubon NYC \nCome out to meet Environmental Education Advocacy Cuncil’s Steering Committee Officers\, network with EEAC members representing environmental and science education organizations across NYC\, and find out how to become a Steering Committee Officer! \nPioneers Bar has 19 yummy beers on tap\, jumbo Connect Four\, and life-size Jenga! EEAC will provide snacks for everyone. \nABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY COUNCIL OF NYC \nEstablished in 1974\, EEAC has advocated for excellence in formal and informal education in New York City and beyond. EEAC provides a network and forum for all committed to environmental education to grow professionally and to share ideas and information. \nEEAC is the only nonprofit organization with the sole purpose of promoting and supporting outstanding environmental education in New York City schools and other centers for learning. EEAC provides a wide range of programs and services and relays information about environmental education resources and issues. It serves as New York City’s umbrella environmental education organization\, bringing together people and resources throughout the metropolitan area.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/meet-and-greet-with-environmental-education-advocacy-council/
LOCATION:Pioneers Bar\, 138 West 29th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Careers,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20150213T214302Z
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SUMMARY:February Forum: Sustainable Transportation
DESCRIPTION:A sustainable transportation system is one that is accessible\, safe\, environmentally-friendly\, affordable\, and can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs. At GreenHomeNYC’s February forum we will more closely examine initiatives\, policy and efforts in and around New York City that relate to making transportation more sustainable. \nThis forum is free and open to the public! Organized by GreenHomeNYC: http://greenhomenyc.org/ \nDate: Wednesday\, February 18\, 2015\nTime: 6:30-8:00pm\nPlace: GE Monogram Design Center\, 150 East 58th St.\, 10th floor\, New York\, NY 10155 \nEvent is free\, please RSVP here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/february-forum-sustainable-transportation-registration-15397806253?aff=es2&rank=26
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/february-forum-sustainable-transportation/
LOCATION:Monogram Design Center\, 150 East 58th St. 10th Floor \, New York\, 10155
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150219T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150219T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150215T232822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150216T000724Z
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SUMMARY:Handshake 302: Vernacular Geographies of Shenzhen\, China
DESCRIPTION:In Shenzhen\, China\, the term “urban village” refers to a vernacular urban typology that has emerged out of village settlements that no longer\, or only partially\, exist\, and continue to expand today. In these dense\, urbanized spaces\, the preservation of village terminology allows us to explore a vernacular geography of “modernized”\, “urbanized”\, and “everyday” spaces within a larger discourse about China’s urban growth and Shenzhen’s history\, its development trajectories\, and governmental interventions in its built environment. \nThis talk focuses on speaker Mary Ann O’Donnell experiences co-curating an experimental art and ethnographic space called the “Handshake 302 Village Hack Residency” that engages the living history of the urban village of Baishizhou and Shenzhen’s history more generally. Handshake 302 exploits the semiotic discrepancies between art space programs and low cost housing to provide an accessible sociology of an urban village. The talk explores how the definition\, rezoning\, and rebuilding of these neighborhoods simultaneously evaluates the history of urban modernity (and the ordinary people who made it) and posits the city’s future (and the people who are welcome there). \nThis event is sponsored by the India China Institute at The New School. \nEvent is free! Register here: http://www.indiachinainstitute.org/ai1ec_event/99747/?instance_id=83223  \n 
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/handshake-302-vernacular-geographies-of-shenzhen-china/
LOCATION:The New School: The Bark Room (Orientation Room)\, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center\, 101\, 2 West 13th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150220T210000
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CREATED:20150220T210458Z
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SUMMARY:Transition Neighborhoods Strategy Session
DESCRIPTION:Make your neighborhood more sustainable and resilient with Transition Neighborhoods (TN). \nBe part of the New York resilience resistance. Find out about the TN resilience-building process that is gaining momentum throughout the city. Mark your calendars and learn about how you can be part of a weekend festival on June 26-28\, in the Rockaways\, that will celebrate the Transitioning of New York city toward resilience\, and highlight the revitalization of community health and food security in the Rockaways. Anticipate inspiring Transition movement presentations\, hands-on urban gardening demonstration projects\, environmental art exhibits\, and tours of resident-driven permaculture installations. \nThe Transition movement is a community organizing response to climate change\, resource depletion and financial instability\, with over 1\,100 Transition groups in 44 countries and over 150 initiatives in the US. \nIt starts with neighbors reaching out to neighbors to convene a series of small group meetings. By going through chapters of a Transition Neighborhoods​ (TN) Field Guide\, participants strengthen their sense of place\, build relationships\, promote local food\, and map their neighborhood’s current state of resiliency\, looking at aspects of its operation such as food\, energy\, water\, waste\, consumption and transportation. It’s a practical and enlightening neighborhood resilience-building discovery process that deepens and celebrates neighborhood culture. \nThe Transition model has been successful in hundreds of communities worldwide. The TN Field Guide adapts that process to the specific needs of NYC and other big urban communities. The goal is to proactively redesign cities to be much less reliant on fossil fuels and much more resilient\, with an improved quality of life. Groups are now forming in over 15 NYC neighborhoods\, including the Upper West Side\, the Lower East Side\, Bed-Stuy\, Flatbush\, and Flushing. \nNYC already leads the nation in greening efforts\, so why Transition? It’s because government and individual efforts are necessary but insufficient responses to climate change. Transition’s neighborhood-scale\, multi-issue approach is unique. By bringing neighbors together\, connecting them to already-existing resources and catalyzing them to set up visible local projects\, it complements existing efforts – such as yours. \nTo find out more about making your neighborhood a Transition Neighborhood along with meeting other inspiring New Yorkers\, come to our next meeting at the Friends Meeting House on 15 Rutherford Place between 2nd and 3rd Avenues near Union Square on Friday\, February 20\, 7 PM. Pamela Boyce Simms\, convener and lead trainer of the seven-state Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub\, will talk about how to measure and improve food security in your neighborhood\, and the Transition training in March. There will be breakout sessions for newbies – ‘Transition 101′ – and coaching sessions for already organized neighborhood groups. \nVisit transitionmidatlantic.org and transitionnyc.org for more information.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/transition-neighborhoods-strategy-session/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 15 Rutherford Place\, 15th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150221T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150221T180000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
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SUMMARY:Gotham: New York City’s Best Writers: Richard Ford
DESCRIPTION:In Let Me Be Frank with You\, Ford reinvents his character Frank Bascombe in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. In four richly luminous narratives\, Bascombe (and Ford) attempts to reconcile\, interpret and console a world undone by calamity. Bascombe appeared previously in The Sportswriter\, the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner winning Independence Day\, and The Lay of the Land. Through Bascombe—protean\, funny\, profane\, wise\, often inappropriate—readers meet the aspirations\, sorrows\, longings\, achievements and failings of an American life in the twilight of the twentieth century. \nThis series is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. \nRSVP for this FREE event here: http://richardford.brownpapertickets.com/ \n 
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/gotham-new-york-citys-best-writers-richard-ford/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library: Central Library\, Dweck Center\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150222T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150222T123000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150128T000938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150215T170958Z
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SUMMARY:Winter Tree Identification
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Lisa Nett\n\nSunday\, February 22\, 11am-12:30pm: Prospect Heights walk or Saturday\, February 28\, 11am-12:30pm: Carroll Gardens Walk\n\n\nAdd a bit of excitement and arboreal enjoyment to your winter walks with a lesson in tree identification! Look closely at the tree’s wintry bits: buds\, bark\, and fruiting bodies and your snowy sojourns will be evermore enchanting. \nThis class is outdoors for the entire session\, please dress appropriately for the weather. \n* Sunday\, February 22 walk takes place in Prospect Heights; meet at the Brainery. \n* Saturday\, February 28 walk takes place in Carroll Gardens; exact meeting directions will be sent the day before the walk. \nBe sure to select the correct date from the drop down menu!\n \nPlease register here: http://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/winter-tree-identification  \nTaught by Lisa Nett \nLisa hails from the tree filled state of Wisconsin. She studied forestry at UW-Madison\, and the art of firewood stacking on the family dairy farm. She rolls through the city streets on a trusty Schwinn while sneaking peeks at the passing trees. Check out Lisa’s tree-focused Tumblr\, The Tree Seen\, or follow her on Twitter\, @lisa_nett.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/winter-tree-identification/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Brainery\, 190 Underhill Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle,Outdoors
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T132000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150205T042756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150213T212914Z
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SUMMARY:New York University Urban Seminar Series: Donald Davis on The Spatial and Social Frictions in the City
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: The Marron Institute of Urban Management  \nColumbia professor of Economics Donald Davis will discuss spatial and social frictions in the city. \nHe published a joint paper with Jonathan Dingel\, Eduardo Morales\, and Joan Monras titled “Spatial and Social Frictions in the City: Evidence from Yelp.” \nThe NYU Urban Seminar is co-hosted by The Marron Institute\, the Urbanization Project\, the Furman Center\, and the Center for Real Estate Finance Research. \nEvent is free with RSVP here:  https://jfe.qualtrics.com/form/SV_2gY03gFMVc0Zk0t \n 
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/nyu-urban-seminar-series-donald-davis-on-the-spatial-and-social-frictions-in-the-city/
LOCATION:New York University Kaufman Management Center Room 3-10\, 44 W 4th St.\, New York City
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150206T184107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150206T185649Z
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SUMMARY:Urban Forest Protection in New York City
DESCRIPTION:A lecture through Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture\, Planning\, and Preservation about urban forest protection and restoration in New York City given by Timon McPhearson. McPhearson is an Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology & Coordinator for Environmental Science\, Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School.\n\nPhoto credit NYC Parks
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/urban-forest-protection-in-new-york-city/
LOCATION:Columbia University\, Morningside Campus\, Room 114\, Avery Hall\, 116th St & Broadway\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150206T200559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150213T214638Z
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SUMMARY:Sustainability Practice Network 'De Blasio Administration: Freshman Year Report Card’ Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:A year ago\, Bill de Blasio won the NYC mayoral election handily with an impressive campaign touting progressive change. Appealing to a shrinking middle class\, his platform promised to address income disparity\, universal pre-K\, more affordable housing\, and build on his predecessor’s environmental programs. \nConsistent with his progressive platform\, ‘City and State’ – the Mayor’s first Management Report focuses on equity\, equality and opportunity\, and shows mixed results in meeting his early goals. After his first year on the job\, how does the Mayor’s performance compare to the promise of his campaign? What are the early lessons learned and where are the opportunities for improvement? Join The Sustainability Practice Network’s panel of experts to discuss these realities and look ahead to year two of Mayor de Blasio’s administration. \nInvited Panelists: Marcia Bystryn\, Executive Director\, New York League of Conservation Voters; Steve Cohen\, Executive Director\, Columbia Earth Institute; Laurie Kerr\, Director\, City Energy Project\, National Resources Defense Council; ; Valerie Smith\, Director Corporate Sustainability\, Citigroup; Adam Davidson\, Co-founder; Planet Money. \nPlease RSVP: events@sustainabilitypractice.net \nAbout SPN: \nThe Sustainability Practice Network (SPN) is a New-York-based forum for professionals working with corporate responsibility and sustainability issues to build community based on learning\, discussion\, information and idea exchange. There are over fifteen hundred members on our list-serve\, representing practitioners from industry\, academia\, government and NGO’s. For more information please visit: www.sustainabilitypractice.net
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/sustainability-practice-network-de-blasio-administration-freshman-year-report-card-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:New York University Stern School of Business\, 44 West 4th Street\,  Room KMC 1-100\, New York\, 10012
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150220T204402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150220T204402Z
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SUMMARY:Exploring Creative Community Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Climate-adapted neighbourhoods. Green boulevards. Community food forests. \nAround the world\, more and more cities are committing to ambitious projects aimed at building resilience in light of climate change. Can emerging models of participatory urbanism provide opportunities for resilience to be negotiated and engaged with by a wide-range of actors? Or are resilience and social innovation being co-opted to advance an increasingly neoliberal regime of urban governance? \n\n\nJoin us for an exciting public event exploring the timely topic of urban resilience and how it intersects with issues of local governance\, participatory democracy\, and climate preparedness. \nOn February 24\, 2015 we will convene at The New School to draw from the  experiences of grassroots organizers\, co-design champions\, urban planning professionals\, storytellers and representatives from many other fields of social innovation (that’s you!) to explore how to make resilience a collaborative and inclusive process of “civic imagination”. \nTogether\, we’ll be gathering the insights and voices of a lively and diverse group of local leaders in NYC (again\, you!) to stimulate a dialogue around climate governance and how it extends to questions of wellbeing\, quality of life\, and social justice. \n—- \nWe’ll kick off the evening with presentations from Enabling City\, Solidarity NYC\, WeAct\, Adapt NY and more to provide us with a glimpse into the diversity of approaches already in existence in the city. We’ll continue with participant-driven content through facilitated\, hands-on conversations designed to stimulate creative action around these pressing issues. Following the event\, we’ll conclude by sharing lessons learned and a final report to set the stage for our follow-up gathering in 2016. \n\nThis event is part of an international series exploring creative community resilience practices in New York City and Copenhagen. Join us! \nGet to know our speakers below – and check back often for updates on speaker line-up\, event activities and more: \n\n\n\n\n\nChiara Camponeschi\nEnabling City\nFounder & Director\n\n\n\nAurash Khawarzad\nWE ACT for Environmental Justice \nPolicy Advocacy Coordinator\n\n\n\nEvan Casper-Futterman\nSolidarity NYC\nMember\, Solidarity NYC & PhD Student at Bloustein School for Planning and Public Policy\, Rutgers University\n\n\n\nAdam Glenn\nAdapt NY\nFounder\, Adapt NY & Associate Professor\, Interactive CUNY Graduate School of Journalism\n\n\n\nGrace Vetrocq Tuttle\nDesigner\, Researcher\, Strategist & Part-Time Faculty\nParsons the New School for Design\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave questions about Exploring Creative Community Resilience?  Contact Enabling City \n\n\n\nSave This Event \n\n\n\n Event is free\, please RSVP here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-creative-community-resilience-registration-15750297564?aff=es2&rank=9
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/exploring-creative-community-resilience/
LOCATION:The New School\, 6 East 16th Street (12th floor)\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150209T170429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150213T224156Z
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SUMMARY:Passive Housing 101: An Introduction
DESCRIPTION:Are you newly interested in the Passive House concept and wanting to learn more? Please join New York Passive House to find out what the Passive House standard entails. Ken Levenson\, NYPH President will present the basics of Passive House design and showcase typical sustainable strategies used to achieve substantial energy savings. \nAIA CREDIT: 1 AIA CES credit is offered. \nDESCRIPTION:\nPassive House 101: An Introduction is a presentation that outlines the Passive House standard concepts and ongoing development. It addresses organizing principles including predictability and comfort. Materials\, systems\, details and energy modeling are presented – walking you through the methodology in a straight-forward manner. The design and construction process is examined in terms of Passive House goals and qualities – from airtightness to thermal-bridge free connections. From single family homes to skyscrapers\, you’ll have a comprehensive introductory understanding of what it means to design\, make and occupy a Passive House. \nSPEAKER\nKen Levenson\nPartner\, 475 High Performance Building Supply (475) & President of NY Passive House \nKen is an architect with over 20 years experience\, a Certified Passive House Designer\, a founding board member of the North American Passive House Network and of New York Passive House. Observing the gap between high performance buildings and the US building supply industry\, Ken took on the task of establishing 475. The company supplies the US market with carefully selected products that focus on what matters most in high-performance\, ecological\, low-energy construction. \nMore info and register here: http://www.meetup.com/NYPassiveHouse-NYC/events/219781658/
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/passive-housing-101/
LOCATION:Rab Lighting\, 535 W 24th Street\, New York\, NY\,  10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150225T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150225T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150209T174531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150213T224705Z
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SUMMARY:Inwood's Changing Forest: Tree Inventory\, Social and Ecological Assessment
DESCRIPTION:A partnership among the Natural Areas Conservancy (NAC)\, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation (DPR)\, and the USDA Forest Service (FS). \nSpeakers from the NAC\, DPR and FS will present preliminary results from the Inwood Hill Park project at the Payson Center. The presentation will include maps and measurements on the trees that have been surveyed for the project thus far\, as well as an overview of social and ecological data collection citywide\, with an emphasis on Inwood Hill Park’s unique natural areas. In addition\, preliminary data from the ongoing four-season survey of park users will be presented. \nSpace is limited – please register! Please register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/inwoods-changing-forest-tree-inventory-social-and-ecological-assessment-tickets-15497068148 \nLocation: Payson Center\, Inwood Hill Park (Near corner of Dyckman St. and Payson Ave) \nDirections via MTA: A to Dyckman St.                                                                                                   Head northwest on Dyckman to Payson Ave. \nphoto via NYCgovparks.org
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/inwoods-changing-forest-tree-inventory-social-and-ecological-assessment/
LOCATION:Payson Center\, Inwood Hill Park\, New York\, NY\, 10034\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle,Outdoors
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150225T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150225T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150219T033144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150225T043349Z
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SUMMARY:Resilient New York: Architecture and Urban Planning in the Face of Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:After Hurricane Sandy\, it became clear that New York City\, one of the largest cities in the country\, was not prepared for rising sea levels\, storm surge\, and generally\, the possible future effects of climate change. Preparing for these future challenges means changing and adapting New York City’s urban planning and architecture. What will these structures and plans look like\, and how are they being implemented today? \nRSVP is recommended here \nPanelists\nBrian Baer\, Director at the Elevated Studio\nPippa Brashear\, Designer/Planner at Parsons Brinckerhoff\nTara Eisenberg\, Research Coordinator at Rebuild by Design\nRadley Horton\, Associate Research Scientist at Center for Climate Systems Research\, Columbia University\nJeffrey Raven\, Director at RAVEN A+U & Associate Professor\, Graduate Program in Urban + Regional Design\, NYIT \nFrom: Sustainability Media Lab
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/resilient-new-york-architecture-and-urban-planning-in-the-face-of-climate-change/
LOCATION:Lerner Hall\, Columbia University\, 115th and Broadway\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150225T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150225T220000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150128T004404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150128T023641Z
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SUMMARY:Made in New York City: The Reinvention of Local Manufacturing
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: joseph a \nWednesday\, February 25\, 8:30-10:00pm \nLocation: The Brainery in Prospect Heights \nFor 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. \nContemporary manufacturing in New York City has been redefined by a new class of young\, energetic and entrepreneurial artists\, artisans and small producers. However\, industry in New York and especially in Brooklyn must contend with the perennial challenges of gentrification\, rezoning and development.  \nCome 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. \nPlease register here: http://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/made-in-nyc-the-reinvention-of-local-manufacturing \nTaught by Inna Guzenfeld \nInna Guzenfeld is a planner and urban historian trained at Pratt Institute. She emigrated from the Ukraine in the nineties and grew up on the Coney Island peninsula. Her work centers on the New York waterfront\, where she documents and advocates the city’s maritime past. She can often be found traversing Brooklyn’s industrial landscapes in search of stories and artifacts. She also teaches historic preservation and urban studies at CUNY.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/made-in-new-york-city-the-reinvention-of-local-manufacturing/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Brainery\, 190 Underhill Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T120000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20140919T023407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150204T205038Z
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SUMMARY:Weekly community composting in Red Hook\, Brooklyn
DESCRIPTION: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. \n“Added Value is a non-profit organization promoting the sustainable development of Red Hook by nurturing a new generation of young leaders. We work towards this goal by creating opportunities for the youth of South Brooklyn to expand their knowledge base\, develop new skills and positively engage with their community through the operation of a socially responsible urban farming enterprise.” \n 
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/community-composting-in-red-hook-brooklyn-2014-10-26-2014-11-26-2015-02-26/
LOCATION:Red Hook Community Farms\, 580 Columbia Street\, Brooklyn\, 11231
CATEGORIES:Kids,Lifestyle,Volunteer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150205T233800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150213T224904Z
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SUMMARY:Made in Brooklyn: Food Waste to Biofuel
DESCRIPTION:The 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. We’ll hear how this project and others will maximize the benefit and use of similar treatment plants in New York\, California\, New Jersey\, and Massachusetts. \nSCHEDULE \n6:00-6:30 PM  Registration & Reception\n6:30-8:00 PM  Presentation \nSPEAKERS \nAnthony J. Fiore\nDirector\, Office of Energy\, NYC Department of Environmental Protection \nWith over 15 years at the NYC DEP\, Mr. Fiore has led development efforts for hydroelectric projects\, investigation of wind and solar opportunities\, and research into use of anaerobic digester gas. He now leads the new Office of Energy\, setting strategic goals for the agency. \nDan Hagen\nDirector of Business Development\, WM OGG Organics Group \nMr. Hagen has over 20 years of professional experience in innovative clean technologies. Before joining Waste Management in 2010\, he held senior positions at Ecovation\, AnAerobics\, and BDP Industries. \nPlease register here: http://urbangreencouncil.org/content/events/newton-creek-digester-egg
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/made-in-brooklyn-food-waste-to-biofuel-3/
LOCATION:The Mohawk Group\, 71 West 23rd Street (18th Floor)\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150226T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150217T063803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150225T230445Z
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SUMMARY:Brutal! Paul Rudolph’s Postwar New York Interiors: A Conversation with Timothy M. Rohan and Donald Albrecht
DESCRIPTION:Though best known for brutalist structures like the Jewett Center and the University of Massachussets Dartmouth campus\, architect Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) also designed some of New York’s most remarkable apartment interiors of the late twentieth century. Rudolph’s unconventional use of multiple levels\, photomurals\, and reflective surfaces elicited reactions of both delight and dismay. Drawing upon his new monograph The Architecture of Paul Rudolph\, University of Massachusetts Professor Timothy M. Rohan will discuss the architect’s brutalist interiors\, including Rudolph’s own Beekman Place residence\, the townhouse of 1970s fashion designer Halston and numerous Fifth Avenue apartments. Donald Albrecht\, MCNY Curator of Architecture and Design\, will join Dr. Rohan following his presentation for a conversation. \nBook signing and reception to follow. \nCo-sponsored by DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State\, the Society of Architectural Historians\, 1stdibs\, and the AIA New York Chapter | Center for Architecture. \nFree for Museum and DOCOMOMO members; $12 students/seniors; $16 general public. \nBuy tickets here: http://www.museumtix.com/tickets/ord_eventcat.aspx?vid=885&pid=188402&eid=3161124&evd=2%2f26%2f2015&evt=18%3a30%3a00&pvt=MCNY
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/brutal-paul-rudolphs-postwar-new-york-interiors-a-conversation-with-timothy-m-rohan-donald-albrecht/
LOCATION:Museum of the City of New York\, 1220 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10029 \, United States
CATEGORIES:History,Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150227T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150227T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150219T191732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150225T230950Z
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SUMMARY:From ‘Improvement’ to ‘Slum Rehabilitation’: Urban expansion and the fates of cooperative housing in Bombay
DESCRIPTION:A lecture on Bombay slub rehabilitation and the intersection of the built environment and urban identities given by Professor Nikhil Rao. Professor Rao is a scholar of urban history and urban economic and political development in South Asia and a professor in the History Department at Wellesley College.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/from-improvement-to-slum-rehabilitation-urban-expansion-and-the-fates-of-cooperative-housing-in-bombay/
LOCATION:Columbia University\, Morningside Campus\, Fayerweather Hall 411\, 116th and Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150227T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150227T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150206T203303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150206T203303Z
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SUMMARY:AfterTaste 2015: Inside Imagination (Day 1)
DESCRIPTION:Parsons School of Constructed Environments is pleased to sponsor: AfterTaste 2015: Inside Imagination.  \nWhat 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.  \nDesigners and thinkers who cultivate the imagination conjure futures\, thinking beyond problem solving to that which has not existed before. What is the spark that creates new possibilities? How can we promote and develop imaginations that can envision and create interiors for an unknown future\, rather than being beholden to the past?  How can we cultivate the unknown in a culture increasingly defined by big data and digital devices of distraction? \nOn February 27 and 28\, 2015\, imagination alchemists\, designers and experts gather to think and enact new possibilities and alternative paths through the interior of the imagination. \nParticipants include:\n– Kyna Leski\, Professor\, Department of Architecture RISD\n– John Warner\, PhD\, Co-Founder of Green Chemistry\n– Gary Graham\, Designer of Fashion\n– Linnea Tillet\, Designer of Light\n– Jean Taylor\, Actress\, Teaching Artist \nCost: Free; No tickets or reservations required.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/aftertaste-2015-inside-imagination-day-1/
LOCATION:The New School\, John L. Tishman Auditorium\, University Center\, 63 Fifth Avenue\, Room U100\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150228T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150228T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T104857
CREATED:20150206T204306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150206T204306Z
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SUMMARY:AfterTaste 2015: Inside Imagination (Day 2)
DESCRIPTION:Parsons School of Constructed Environments is pleased to sponsor: AfterTaste 2015: Inside Imagination.  \nWhat 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.  \nDesigners and thinkers who cultivate the imagination conjure futures\, thinking beyond problem solving to that which has not existed before. What is the spark that creates new possibilities? How can we promote and develop imaginations that can envision and create interiors for an unknown future\, rather than being beholden to the past?  How can we cultivate the unknown in a culture increasingly defined by big data and digital devices of distraction? \nOn 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. \nParticipants include:\n– Kyna Leski\, Professor\, Department of Architecture RISD\n– John Warner\, PhD\, Co-Founder of Green Chemistry\n– Gary Graham\, Designer of Fashion\n– Linnea Tillet\, Designer of Light\n– Jean Taylor\, Actress\, Teaching Artist \nCost: Free; No tickets or reservations required.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/aftertaste-2015-inside-imagination-day-2/
LOCATION:The New School\, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium\, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center\, 66 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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SUMMARY:Patterns of Interest: Photography by Stephen Mallon
DESCRIPTION:The 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. Patterns of Interest is on view through March 16\, 2015\, with the opening reception on February 6\, from 6-8pm. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public. For more info\, please see the Facebook page. \nKimmel Galleries are located at the Kimmel Center for University Life\, 60 Washington Square South\, 8th Floor. [Subways A\,C\,E\, B\,D\,M to West 4th Street; 6 line to Astor Place; R train to 8th Street.]. For all press and sales inquiries\, please contact Ms. Pamela Jean Tinnen\, curator for the Kimmel Galleries: Pam.Tinnen@nyu.edu or 212.998.4950\, 347.634.2938. \nThroughout his career\, he has covered a variety of different photojournalistic projects with a keen\, and artistic eye. From Salvage of Flight\, a series of photographs documenting the salvaging of the US Air flight that airline captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger managed to safely emergency¬ land in the Hudson River on January 15\, 2009\, to most notably\, Next Stop the Atlantic\, wherein he photographed the use of deaccessioned subway cars being repurposed as coral reefs\, Mallon has pushed the boundaries of documentary photograph both in subject\, composition and execution. \nIn Patterns of Interest\, the works are further re-contextualized; intentionally taken out of their respective\, larger bodies of work\, in order to subvert context and allow the viewer to concentrate and meditate on the individual compositions expressed and the patterns illustrated in the plastic\, concrete and steel. \nAbout Stephen Mallon: \nIn 2009\, Mallon made a big splash with “Brace for Impact: The Salvage of Flight 1549\,” The images Mallon produced during his two¬ week effort with Weeks Marine have been in exhibitions in New York\, Miami\, St. Louis\, and Philadelphia and featured on television such as MSNBC\, NBC\, New York Magazine\, Vanity Fair\, and CBS News. In 2010 Stephen’s following solo exhibition “Next Stop Atlantic” was received with great praise from the likes of The New York Times\, National Public Radio\, GQ\, The Atlantic\, and Fast Company. This body of work has been shown at the Look 3 photo festival in Charlottesville\, Miami\, St. Louis\, and Rome. Mallon’s short film\, “A Bridge Delivered\,” about the transportation and installation of the new Willis Avenue Bridge was created from over 30\,000 still images. Mallon’s photos have been honored by Communication Arts\, Photo District News\, The New York Photo Festival\, the Lucie Awards\, International Color Awards\, and Photo Lucida’s Critical Mass top 50. He is also a leader in the photo community. Since 2002\, he has been a board member of the New York chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers and served as president from 2006 to 2009. \nAbout the Kimmel Galleries: Established in 2003\, Kimmel Galleries are dedicated to providing visually dynamic and thought provoking exhibitions. They are free and open to the public. For more information on tours\, the artists or price inquiries\, please contact the Curator\, Pam Jean Tinnen\, at 212 298 4950\, or pam.tinnen@nyu.edu. \nPast exhibitions include: HOUSE: HOME; Field Season: records\, wandering perspectives\, side notes\, a selection of photographs from Abydos\, by Greg Maka\, Amanda Kirkpatrick and Gus Gusciora; Preconceived Notions; and Perspectives: A photography exhibit about traveling and living in our world; among others; DITTO: WORKS IN BLUE\, Shira Toren\, among others. \nGallery Hours\nMonday – Friday\n11 AM to 7 PM\nSaturday & Sunday\n1 PM – 6 PM
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/pattern-of-interest-photography-by-stephen-mallon/
LOCATION:Kimmel Galleries\, Kimmel Center for University Life\, 60 Washington Square South\, 8th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibit,Learn,Lifestyle
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SUMMARY:Remembering Yesterday: Queens and Its World's Fairs
DESCRIPTION:Remembering 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.  While these Fairs were global in scope\, their attendees were overwhelmingly local\, many residing in Queens.  All items on display in the exhibition have either been donated or loaned to the Queens Historical Society by those residents of Queens who attended the Fairs. \nOpen Tuesdays\, Saturdays and Sundays\, 2:30 – 4:30 pm.  Through May 31\, 2015.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/remembering-yesterday-queens-and-its-worlds-fairs/
LOCATION:Kingsland Homestead\, 143-35 37th Avenue \, Queens\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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