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Martin Luther King Remembered, Public-Housing Not Remembered, New Orleans Economic Immunity, More
Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Apr 4th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: environment, hillary clinton, news, obama, barack obama, headlines, clinton, infrastructure, foreclosure, architecture, green, homeless, mortgage, boston, architects, katrina, foreclosures, beijing, japan, janet speyrer, oakland, bronx, new york mets, dr. janet speyrer, kyoto, new york yankees, boston red sox, martin luther king jr. | 0
America evaluates change since Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, democratic presidential candidates still ignoring key city issues, economist Janet Speyrer offers insight on how recession may or may not impact New Orleans, Kyoto passes new accord and more in today’s headlines.
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Hijinks in Beijing, Protests in Shanghai, Russia’s Islands, Freegans, MORE
Hayley Richardson | Mon, Jan 14th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, freegans, beijing, bronx, trains, paratransit, yankee stadium | 0
Beijing transforms into a self-declared world city in time for the Olympic Games in August, it is also rushing to complete its “conservation plan” for 25 historic areas.Tens of thousands of families have been forced to move when their ancestral homes have been razed ahead of the Beijing Olympics. This means knocking the buildings down, removing the occupants to more remote parts of the city, and creating in a couple of neighbourhoods an ersatz version of Olde Worlde…
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The Daily Report
Via Verde: Success in the New York Housing Legacy Competition
Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Jan 2nd, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, new york city, bronx, michael bloomberg, gotham gazette, cool town studios, new york housing legacy competition, via verde | 0
The grass is much greener on the other side of the East River, where the perks of affordable housing in the Bronx will now include an outdoor amphitheater, rooftop gardens, apartments designed for breezes, and a fitness center, thanks to Via Verde, the winner of The New York New Housing Legacy’s first juried design competition. The site, which is located on East 165th street, will be sold to PR Design Group, LLP for $1 as part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s New Housing Marketplace plan to…
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