Expo Gowanus
EXPO Gowanus is a free event created by the Gowanus Canal Conservancy (GCC), featuring Design, Stewardship and Investigation projects that beautify and enhance the health of the Gowanus Canal and Watershed.
Free
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Change, Continuity, and Civic Ambition: Cultural Landscapes, Design and Historic Preservation
The Arsenal in Central Park 830 Fifth Avenue , Manhattan, NY, United StatesA lecture about New York City historical development and landmark parks.
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Open House New York Weekend
For two days each October, the Annual Open House New York Weekend unlocks the doors of New York’s most important buildings, offering an extraordinary opportunity to experience the city and meet the people who design, build, and preserve New York.
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Waste Not 6: Cyclifiers
Glass Corner, Parsons East Building, Room E206 25 East 13th Street, New York, NY, United StatesIn this talk, Jan Jongert presents Superuse Studios, developing from a design office using waste flows into a multidisciplinary creative studio exploring the circular economy. He shows how realizing small scale design, buildings, start-ups, collaborative networks, urban plans, and digital tools contribute to the development of a new resource-based design practice.
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Judith Gura & Kate Wood Book Talk, Interior Landmarks: Treasures of New York
Skyscraper Museum 39 Battery Place, New York, NY, United StatesAuthors Judith Gura and Kate Wood focus on 47 colorful examples of the city's current 117 interior landmarks. From the infamous Tweed Courthouse, centerpiece of the largest corruption case in New York history, to the glamorous Art Deco Rainbow Room, to the modernist Ford Foundation Building, whose garden-filled atrium prefigures green design, Gura and Wood examine the original construction and style, exceptional design features, materials, and architectural details, as well as the challenges to preserving these landmark interiors.
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Emerging Voices at Parsons School of Constructed Environments: Transforming Models and Practices
Starr Foundation Hall, University Center, UL102 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesThe Emerging Voices juried lecture series recognizes architects, landscape architects, and urban designers who have both significant work to show and significant ideas to share. From the inaugural presentations more than thirty years ago to the present, firms selected by The Architectural League as Emerging Voices have spoken compellingly about their work while framing its relationship to theory, practice, and place. - Anne Rieselbach, Program Director of The Architectural League of New York
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TEDxFultonStreet
Barleycorn 23 Park Place , New York, NY, United StatesTickets to TED cost $8,500-$30,000, but come experience one day of it for free! We will present the realtime proceedings of one day of the TED 2016 Conference, screened on a large projector via Livestream, and will take place in a private room of a restaurant.
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The Road From Paris: An Agenda for Action
Pratt - Manhattan Campus 144 West 14th Street, Rm 213, ManhattanWhat is the role of community development and the community design professions in addressing climate change?
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Sustainapalooza!
Sustainapalooza is an annual event for young people engaged in efforts to facilitate enhanced urban resiliency and sustainability. Come join us for a event-filled day featuring notable panels and presentations !
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NYC Park’s Treescount! Data Jam
Civic Hall 156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY, United StatesOn Saturday, June 4th, NYC Parks will unveil NYC’s latest urban forest dataset, the most spatially accurate map of New York City’s street trees. Join…
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Deciphering Manhattan
Unnamed Venue Northwest corner of 40th Street and 5th Ave., New York, NY, United StatesIn Manhattan, habits of behavior and development go a long way in explaining New York’s place in the U.S. and the world. This simple walk through midtown tells what is where and why.
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Ice Pops & Strawberries At The Lowline
Stroll around underground gardens at the Lowline & enjoy complimentary ice pops and Lowline Lab grown strawberries !
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