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Urban Industry Redefined: The Brooklyn Navy Yard
by Caitlin Blanchfield • September 19th, 2012
Caitlin Blanchfield looks at how a historic shipbuilding facility is fostering a new culture of industry in New York, one informed by a sophisticated understanding of local dynamics, regional economics, and global challenges.
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Recap | American Dream: A Tour of the Meadowlands
by Allison Carafa • September 4th, 2012
On Saturday, August 11th, Matthew Coolidge, Director of The Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), presented to a packed room at...
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Making Buildings Work: the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center
by Urban Omnibus • May 16th, 2012
The CEO of the city’s first non-profit industrial developer discusses how his organization creates space for a new generation of urban manufacturing in New York City.
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BLDG 92
by Katie Stapleton • December 14th, 2011
BLDG 92, the new museum and visitors center for the Brooklyn Navy Yard that opened last month, offers the general...
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From the Archives: Brooklyn Army Terminal
by Urban Omnibus • September 7th, 2011
Since 1919, a former military depot in Sunset Park has seen three million troops, the US Post Office, refugees, biotechnology, Elvis Presley and, later this month, the League's Beaux Arts Ball.
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Vertical Urban Factory
by Nina Rappaport • May 18th, 2011
Architectural historian Nina Rappaport analyzes the evolution of factory design and calls for the reintegration of urban industry into the fabric of our cities.
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Stephen Mallon: Reframing the Machine
by Urban Omnibus • May 11th, 2011
Photographer Stephen Mallon talks about the surreal beauty of engineering and how photography can provoke contemplation of industry and our natural environment — and their unexpected convergences.
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Portfolio: The Quiet City
by Douglas Ljungkvist • July 12th, 2010
I started photographing in Industrial Business Zones (IBZs) after moving to Brooklyn in 2006.  I was intrigued by the transformation,...
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Made in Midtown Proves New York’s Garment District is Alive, Well, and Imperative
by Frank Gargione • June 24th, 2010
Earlier this month the Design Trust for Public Space and the Council of Fashion Designers of America released an initial...
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Call for Fellows: Made in Midtown
by Cassim Shepard • October 22nd, 2009
Alright, we know that many among you are journalists, filmmakers, urban designers or (if you’re like us) you fit somewhere...
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