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Architecture / New York
08/07/2017

New Renderings Released for Brooklyn Army Terminal Campus Landscape Redesign

WXY Architecture and Urban Design and the NYCEDC has released plans to make the Brooklyn Army Terminal’s outdoor space more appealing for tenants and visitors.

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Architecture / New York
05/01/2017

“Citizen Jane: Battle for the City” brings Jane Jacobs’s Vision of the City to Life

Matt Tyrnauer’s new biographical documentary “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City” delves into the life of activist Jane Jacobs and her rivalry with Robert Moses.

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Architecture / New York
03/23/2017

A Preview of JFK Airport’s Under-Construction TWA Hotel

Mid-century modernist-loving jet setters have just under two years left before the opening of the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport’s refurbished TWA Flight Center.

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Arts & Culture / New York
03/06/2017

Cities 101: Kathryn Garcia, the NYC Sanitation Commissioner Speaks on the Future of Waste

Kathryn Garcia, the NYC sanitation commissioner wants to the city produce zero waste by 2030. If the DSNY can reach that goal, it will be a stunning turnaround.

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Architecture / New York
03/03/2017

Queensway Organizers Scramble to Break Ground Before Alternative Uses Considered for Site

Plans to turn an unused rail line into The Queensway plans are underway but the project needs significant public approvals before becoming a reality.

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Architecture / New York
05/16/2016

Preview of the Under-Construction Cornell Tech Campus on Roosevelt Island

A look at the Cornell Tech Campus on NYC’s Roosevelt Island, which broke ground in 2015. Designed by architecture firm SOM, the first phase will open in 2017.

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Architecture / New York
04/21/2016

Hidden Pocket Parks in South Slope, NYC Squeezed Between Expressway and Row Houses

Along the bend of the Prospect Expressway in South Slope, Brooklyn NYC are a series of pocket-parks, with narrow entrances hidden behind houses.

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New York / Transit
04/15/2016

Tesla Pushes Into Brooklyn With New Showroom on Red Hook Waterfront

With the opening of a new Tesla showroom on the Red Hook Waterfront in Brooklyn, NYC, see how the city responds and looks towards a future with electric vehicles.

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Food & Drink / New York
04/06/2016

What’s the Future of Food in NYC? Open House New York Concludes Year Long Series

Feeding NYC’s 8 million+ residents is a massive undertaking and is still in flux. OHNY explored the food system in a year-long program, The Final Mile.

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Architecture / New York
03/24/2016

Expanded NYC Ferry Service Is Officially A Go. But Where to?

Mayor de Blasio announced that tour boat operator Hornblower Inc. won NYC’s bid to expand the existing ferry service to six routes servicing 21 total landings.

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Arts & Culture / New York
03/21/2016

Fung Wah Biennial Is A Not-So-Serious Art Fair On A Bus Between Chinatowns

For three weekends, a bus departing NYC’s Chinatown for the Chinatowns of Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore was unlike the others – it was filled with artists.

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Arts & Culture / New York
03/15/2016

Manspreading in NYC and Around the World: NY Transit Museum Looks at Transit Etiquette

This past Saturday, the New York Transit Museum opened its latest exhibition, Transit Etiquette or: How I Learned To Stop Spitting and Step Aside in 25 Languages at its Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal. The exhibition features over 100 years of posters from around the world calling on transit riders to refrain from littering, give up …

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