NYC Land Use Review: A Citizen’s Guide
Learn about land review processes and discuss the future of the old Domino sugar factory in south Williamsburg.
PlowNYC: the city’s online snowplow map gets put to use
New York City’s commitment to information technology continues to reap benefits, as now GPS-equipped sanitation trucks plowing the city streets can be followed online. PlowNYC, the…
Adapting to a Changing Climate: Managing our Cities and Food Supply
The panel will explore how science is enhancing societys ability to understand and manage the impacts of climate variability and change. We will look at predictions, projections, tools and programs from disasters relief, agricultural, and urban perspectives, as well as investigate what stakeholders can do to improve the process of using science to influence decisions.
Streetfilms re-introduces Zozo, the purple livable streets hero!
Streetfilms is reintroducing their Jim-Henson-designed, child-friendly urban planning mascot: Zozo, the purple livable streets hero. As described on meetzozo.com, “Zozo makes friends wherever he goes. Zozo loves…
Whose Brooklyn?
“My Brooklyn” raises questions about development and corporate control over land use by focusing on recent changes to the Fulton Mall in Downtown Brooklyn.
Garment District fights rezoning
“You’re talking about an ecosystem and an interdependency. It’s like a coral reef: you don’t know how the reef will survive and what it will do if certain elements are removed.”
Sustainable Living: Creating Lasting Habitats
3rd Ward presents a night of sustainable living discussion that will widen your horizons and help you realize its fundamental tenets, and how you can benefit from it. Our discussion will be lead by Mary Mattingly of The Flock House Project, and Mark Jupiter of New World Home. 3rd Ward member Michael Doherty of Bitponics will moderate the evening’s discussion and Q&A.
Building a Resilient and Livable New York
Building a Resilient and Liveable New York, featuring a discussion about the future of East Midtown, a celebration of Sam Roberts’ latest book “Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America” and the 120th annual meeting of the Muncipal Art Society of New York.
Future Cities Family Workshop
This week’s free family workshop at the Queens Museum of Art offers a hands-on city building experience for children 5 through 12.
Is “solutionism” getting us nowhere?
It has become all-too-sexy to throw a few apps at a societal problem and hope that it goes away. But how do we make the jump from knowledge to real solutions?
A tribute to Andrew H. Green: New York’s forgotten visionary
The park planned to commemorate one of New York City’s forgotten heroes is at risk.
MAS Summit 2012: imagine a donut above Grand Central, and Park Ave with a park in the middle
Last month, the Municipal Art Society held its third annual summit on the theme of Density, Development, and Diversity. For two intense, jam-packed days, designers,…
Eds, meds, and environmental friendliness
New construction and renovation plans aplenty in NYC’s health and education sectors, but will the planners keep their promises for sustainable development?
Revisiting the Rising Currents solutions: creating buffer zones for the city
As a series of posts on City Atlas have shown, the storm that swamped New York on October 29th pushed climate change onto the national…
Put sustainable city development on the national agenda
After the storm, Kaizhong Huang’s take on sustainability in the national arena
Planning the future of NYC: sea gates and visions of LoLo
Could sea gates and “LoLo” be NYC’s solution to and protection against climate change?
A new cost-benefit analysis for storm protection
With powerful storm surges costing the New York Metropolitan Area more and more each year, it is clear that a new flood protection system is necessary. Has it now become economically responsible from a cost-benefit standpoint?
What if you could give the city a ticket? The “City Ticket Kiosk” and 2 mobile apps offer the chance
These applications have enormous potential to mobilize vast numbers of citizens to become engaged in their local communities.