Person Place Thing: Jan Gehl
Join us for a conversation between Gehl and former “The Ethicist” columnist for The New York Times Randy Cohen in a live recording of the radio show Person Place Thing.
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Zoning New York Scavenger Hunt
Open House New York 1133 Broadway, Suit 802, New York, NY, United StatesOpen House New York and the Museum of the City of New York invite you to celebrate the centennial anniversary of New York City’s zoning resolution with a citywide scavenger hunt to uncover how the invisible forces of zoning have shaped the city around us, from the dramatic setbacks of Jazz Age skyscrapers to the vast open plazas of mid-century Modernism.
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Civic Art Lab | Opening Event & Art Exhibition: “Sustainability Through the Global Lens”
Creations Gallery Pop Up 89 Avenue C, New York, NY, United StatesPlease join us for the Civic Art Lab 2016 opening event and an evening featuring talks by artists/sustainability professionals Grace Johnson and Chloe Holden.
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Jane’s Walk in the Park: Vibrancy by Design: Madison Square Park as a Thriving Public Space
Madison Square Park between Madison Ave and 23rd St., Manhattan , NY, United StatesExplore how Madison Square Park’s Victorian design, public lawns, playground and art programs serves to create a vibrant public space.
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Garden City|Mega City: Rethinking Cities for the Age of Global Warming
39 Battery Place, New York, NY, United StatesExplore how cities can be both a solution for population increase and global warming by taking a look at urban areas all over the world.
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Jane’s Walk in the Park: Madison Square Park and The Urban Forest
Madison Square Park between Madison Ave and 23rd St., Manhattan , NY, United StatesJoin Trees New York’s Arborist and Education Director, Sam Bishop, for a tree walk in Madison Square Park. Sam will be pointing out different kinds of trees and plants that grow in and around the park, and how they clean our air and water, nurture and feed our wildlife, and improve quality of life for all New Yorkers.
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Politics of Climate Change and the Promise of Offshore Wind in New York
The Grolier Club 47 East 60th Street, New York, NY, United StatesPlease join us to talk about politics and clean energy with State Senator Liz Krueger and Deepwater Wind VP of Development Clint Plummer. Deepwater built…
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Ensuring Urban Resilience, Come Hell Or High Water
Columbia Law Schoool Jerome Greene Hall, Room 106, New York, NY, United StatesUrban resilience also means changes in land use along with better and more equitable ways to protect a city's people. Realizing these innovations requires that New York and other great cities must give high priority to advancing the emerging capacities to foster and make the most of new approaches to climate risk management.
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Book Talk: Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs by Robert Kanigel
The Tenement Museum 103 Orchard Street, New York, United StatesCome hear Robert Kanigel talk about his book, the first major biography of Jane Jacobs. “Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs” is about the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence can still be felt in any discussion of urban planning to this day.
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Free Energy Workshop
1647 Macombs Rd 1647 Macombs Rd , Bronx, NY, United StatesIf you are interested in learning more about how to make your home more energy efficient, and the financial and environmental benefits, please join us !
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The Biophilic Workplace – What’s Old is New Again
Pratt School Architecture 144 West 14th Street, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for a lively discussion with practitioners on the leading edge of biophilic design. How can biophilic principles support a healthier, more resilient urban environment? What does a biophilic workplace look like? Does it really provide tangible benefits to productivity and the bottom line? What bioinspired innovative strategies and products are being developed? Come find out.
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Strange Bedfellows: Real Estate, The Arts, and the Value of Space
Van Alen Institute 30 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, United StatesAs government funding for the arts vacillates with the ping-pong of dual-party politics, and as periodic recessions strip many wealthy donors of their giving capacity, the precarity of the creative community has become the norm. Join us for a discussion as we devise new ways to fortify the arts through New York City’s one true constant: the ever-rising value of space.
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