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Roundup — Armory on Ice, Turnstyling, Connected Trains, Sandy Debris, the Great Saunter, and Emerging From The Ruins
by Urban Omnibus • April 26th, 2013
ARMORY ON ICE The massive Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx is one step closer to becoming the world’s largest indoor...
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Eco-Visualization: Aesthetics for Sustainability
by Juliet Helmke • April 10th, 2013
Juliet Helmke traces the origins and prospects of a genre of art that aims to educate and more effectively influence consumer behavior through the reinterpretation of ecological data.
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Roundup – Co-op City, A Cloud of Bottles, Parking and Culture in Downtown Brooklyn, Atlantic Yards Prefab, Post-Sandy Updates and Upcoming Events
by Urban Omnibus • November 30th, 2012
KEEPING CO-OP CITY AFFORDABLE This week, Governor Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg and US HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced a $621.5 million...
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The Omnibus Roundup – On Aging, Penn Station Protesting, MetroCard Advertising, Bike Sharing Speedbumps and Velodrama
by Urban Omnibus • August 3rd, 2012
OLD YORK According to a report released this week from the California-based Milken Institute, the New York metro area comes...
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The Omnibus Roundup – Commutes Revealed, Teachers Housed, Prisons Recycled, Design for Governors Island, Paint a Mural and Pet a Robot
by Urban Omnibus • June 1st, 2012
GLOWING COMMUTER ROUTES The inherent elegance of New York City's transportation network might not be obvious to everyone. So, we're lucky that creative minds, like those of the animators and designers at 422 South, can make us marvel at the complexity of our urban systems. For the PBS series...
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The Omnibus Roundup – NYC Solar Map, +Pool, Urban Camping, City Glimpses and More
by Urban Omnibus • June 17th, 2011
NYC SOLAR MAP A new interactive map was launched by New York City Solar America City Partnership, led by Sustainable CUNY, to show the potential NYC has for solar panel placement. Showing both existing solar...
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Want to be a Mapper? Help OASIS Test its Community Layer
by Steven Romalewski • March 24th, 2011
New Community Data Features on OASIS We are testing some new features on OASIS (the Open Accessible Space Information System),...
Detail of the Institute for the Future's "Planet of Civic Laboratories."
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The Future of the Crowdsourced City
by Cassim Shepard • December 17th, 2010
Yesterday, a group of urbanists, technologists, designers and urban planners gathered at the offices of the Rockefeller Foundation to discuss...
Hudson River Park & West Harlem Piers
Forum • Roundup
The Omnibus Roundup – Din5 Bike Tour, 311, Ballot Design, Tracing Trash and Swimming Cities
by Urban Omnibus • November 12th, 2010
PARK TOUR AND BIKE RIDE This Saturday, Architectural League group Design in 5 is hosting a park tour and bike ride of Hudson River Park and the West Harlem Piers, two of...
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The Omnibus Roundup – Hurricanes, vulnerable infrastructure, Situ Studio and Map Your Moves
by Urban Omnibus • September 3rd, 2010
Hurricane Earl is coming! Or at least passing by. Though early reports stated that the storm might hit New York...
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