infrastructure
Food, urban farming and policy are on our minds this week, (by the way -- Foodprint NYC is still on, snowstorm or no snowstorm), and it looks like the issues are peaking interest near and far: Architecture Lab reports on a project…
02 26 10 • by Urban Omnibus • food, infrastructure, parks, roundup, systems, technology, urban agriculture, waterfront
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For all the Pecha Kucha fans out there -- or for anyone interested in stepping out for a good cause -- Global Pecha Kucha Day for Haiti is tomorrow, Saturday, February 20th. Pecha Kucha events will be taking place in 200 cities worldwide, in the hopes of raising one million dollars, all of…
02 19 10 • by Urban Omnibus • bridges, coney island, evolution, haiti, infrastructure, public space, roundup, to do
App-lovers take note: the NYC Economic Development Corporation has presented the winners of its NYC BigApps contest. The winners, who received cash prizes ranging from $500 to $5,000, include the grand prize-winning WayFinder NYC, an augmented reality application that helps users find the nearest…
02 05 10 • by Urban Omnibus • art, broadway, climate change, excess capacity, infrastructure, iPhone, manhattan, maps, open source, photography, roundup, street, technology, traffic, transit
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This week brought news that Tishman Speyer and BlackRock Realty are handing over Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village to creditors to avoid bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal lists the estimated value of the properties at $1.8 billion, just three and a half years after the $5.4 billion deal to purchase the…
01 29 10 • by Urban Omnibus • infrastructure, manhattan, queens, rail, real estate, roundup, street, transit, waterfront
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