Transportation Alternatives Bronx Activist Meeting
Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse, New York, NY, United StatesCome to meet fellow Bronx advocates and get involved in campaigns for safer street at the neighborhood level.
Free
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Reading the Streetscape: Battery Park City
Unnamed Venue NY, United StatesDiscover how to "read" buildings for information about the City's growth and development and look at the city's architecture from a design perspective in this 2-hour walking tour. You'll never walk down the street the same way again!
$25
Western Queens: More Space and New Arrangements
Join this tour with urban geographer and Queens Borough historian Jack Eichenbaum to learn about the traditional and new urban architecture in West Queens.
$20
Kleindeutschland: An East Village History
Join art historian Sylvia Laudien-Meo to explore the beginnings of German culture in New York City!
$20
The Five Thousand Pound Life: Land
Cooper Union Great Hall The Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street, New York , NY, United StatesThe Five Thousand Pound Life: Land addresses the need to consider settlement patterns and competing land uses in new ways given the reality of climate change.
$20
MAS summit for New York City: equity, place, and opportunity
TimesCenter 242 W 41st St, New York, NY, United StatesNow entering its fifth year, the 2014 Summit will focus on the themes of Equity, Place, and Opportunity, addressing the need to create an urban…
Tour: New York City: Capital of the World
Every city is unique, but what further distinguishes New York from the rest is the profound presence of world trade - more than any other…
Urban Green Harbors Workshop
Pershing Hall on Governor's IslandHow would nature design resilient breakwaters, supporting human and ecological services and functions?
Urban Green Harbors Workshop is all day design charrette where attendees will learn about natural means of coastal protection and participate in a design team to incorporate these concepts into a design for a natural breakwater to protect Governor's Island.
$60
November Forum: Post-Bloomberg Focus on Environmental Policy
Trespa Design Centre 62 Greene St, Ground Floor, New York, United StatesWith just about one year under his belt as Mayor, this forum will focus on some of Mayor De Blasio's policies and actions for the past year and what is on the horizon for Environmental Policy in the city.
Join for an interesting and lively discussion!
Free
New York City Freight: From our shores to our stores
Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesOn December 29, 2014, Brooklyn Brainery is presenting a class on NYC's supply chain via freight shipping. The course will be taught by Inna Guzenfeld, a planner and urban historian trained at Pratt Institute.
$10
Freshkills Park: A Model for New York Recycling and Environmental Justice
National Academy Museum 1083 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesCo-organized by the National Academy and CIVITAS, Art, Design and the Urban Environment is a discussion series that explores how artists and architects—as well as activists, grassroots organizers, scientists, urban planners, and city agencies—can work together to improve urban environments in meaningful ways.
This discussion will focus on Freshkills Park as A Model for New York Recycling & Environmental Justice.
Free
Oculus Book Talk: Urban Alchemy
The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place , New York, New York, United StatesDr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove will present Urban Alchemy, Restoring Joy in America's Sorted-Out Cities, published by New Village Press. The presentation will be followed by a conversation with William Morrish on the intersections of public health and urbanism.
Free – $10.00