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Yolanne Almanzar|The New York World | Jan 9th, 2012 | Topic: Governance, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
A taxpayer-funded affordable housing development in a racially divided section of Brooklyn has been halted by a lawsuit alleging the project will benefit the area’s Hasidic Jewish community to the detriment of other residents in the area. (
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Sarah Fine | Nov 16th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Economy, Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: |
Chances are you heard about Occupy protestors in Oakland and Washington, D.C. being struck by cars two weeks ago—a Mercedes and a Lexus, respectively. But did you hear about the Hummer in Oakland? Or the Toyota truck that drove through a general assembly at the port? (
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Theodore Brown | Sep 3rd, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Economy, Built Environment | Region: East Coast, South | Cities: New York |
Hurricane Irene was predicted to be once-in-a-generation bad. Cities were evacuated and panic was widespread. The nation kept an especially focused eye on New York’s preparations in a city that has seen less than a dozen major storms since 1821. (
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Mary Jones | Jul 2nd, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Brooklyn Bridge Park has been a community goal since the mid-1980s when the Port Authority property ceased its shipping operations on the site. Today’s park is the result of dedicated advocacy and planning by community members, elected officials and civic organizations. (
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Next American City | Jun 28th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: Central, East Coast, Midwest, West Coast | Cities: Chicago, Dallas, New York, Phoenix |
Established in 1986, the Rudy Bruner Award has recognized more than 65 projects that demonstrate excellence in urban placemaking. The award is unique for its focus on the interplay of process, place and values in creating enriching urban environments. (
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Ben Adler | Mar 15th, 2011 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
As a native of the neighborhood at the center of the bicycle lane controversy now tearing apart the New York intelligentsia, Ben Adler has watched the drama unfold with conflicted bemusement. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Mar 4th, 2011 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco |
Urban agriculture in action, from Chicago to San Francisco to London. (
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Sarah Amandolare | Jan 3rd, 2011 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
An interview with Nathan Kensinger, a photographer and filmmaker with a fondness for New York City’s abandoned industrial fringe. (
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Katherine Don | Jul 8th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Trailer Park—a mobile park and work of art housed inside a trailer—represents one artist’s vision for adaptive reuse and urban creativity. Learn more about the project and its July schedule in New York City. (
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Hamida Kinge | Mar 16th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Nowhere is Brooklyn’s industrial past more evident than in the Gowanus Canal, which the EPA has just named a Superfund site. Hamida Kinge interviews Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Tia Lessin about the designation’s impact on the neighborhood where she works. (
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A taxpayer-funded affordable housing development in a racially divided section of Brooklyn has been halted by a lawsuit alleging the project will benefit the area’s Hasidic Jewish community to the detriment of other residents in the area. (keep reading…)
Chances are you heard about Occupy protestors in Oakland and Washington, D.C. being struck by cars two weeks ago—a Mercedes and a Lexus, respectively. But did you hear about the Hummer in Oakland? Or the Toyota truck that drove through a general assembly at the port? (keep reading…)
Hurricane Irene was predicted to be once-in-a-generation bad. Cities were evacuated and panic was widespread. The nation kept an especially focused eye on New York’s preparations in a city that has seen less than a dozen major storms since 1821. (keep reading…)
Brooklyn Bridge Park has been a community goal since the mid-1980s when the Port Authority property ceased its shipping operations on the site. Today’s park is the result of dedicated advocacy and planning by community members, elected officials and civic organizations. (keep reading…)
Established in 1986, the Rudy Bruner Award has recognized more than 65 projects that demonstrate excellence in urban placemaking. The award is unique for its focus on the interplay of process, place and values in creating enriching urban environments. (keep reading…)
As a native of the neighborhood at the center of the bicycle lane controversy now tearing apart the New York intelligentsia, Ben Adler has watched the drama unfold with conflicted bemusement. (keep reading…)
Urban agriculture in action, from Chicago to San Francisco to London. (keep reading…)
An interview with Nathan Kensinger, a photographer and filmmaker with a fondness for New York City’s abandoned industrial fringe. (keep reading…)
Trailer Park—a mobile park and work of art housed inside a trailer—represents one artist’s vision for adaptive reuse and urban creativity. Learn more about the project and its July schedule in New York City. (keep reading…)
Nowhere is Brooklyn’s industrial past more evident than in the Gowanus Canal, which the EPA has just named a Superfund site. Hamida Kinge interviews Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Tia Lessin about the designation’s impact on the neighborhood where she works. (keep reading…)
