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A City Built on Dredge
by Tim Maly • December 12th, 2012
Tim Maly takes us on a tour of New York City's landscapes of dredge, and explores how the city's past, present and future are shaped by technologies and processes of what he calls "the greatest unrecognized landscape architecture project in the world."
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Field Trip: Gerritsen Beach and Marine Park, Brooklyn
by Daniel Rojo • August 7th, 2012
On a pleasant weekday afternoon at the end of July, I hopped on my bike and headed to the far...
Writing the City
Flatbush Start to Finish
by Gabrielle Esperdy • August 1st, 2012
Architectural historian Gabrielle Esperdy takes us on a journey from the Manhattan Bridge to Jamaica Bay, revealing the layers of urban history in one of Brooklyn's oldest and most important streets.
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The Omnibus Roundup – Jamaica Bay Parks, High Line Phase 3, Sleek City Lights, Back-up Tokyo, Selling Housing and Poem Forest
by Urban Omnibus • November 4th, 2011
IMPROVING JAMAICA BAY PARKS Mayor Bloomberg, along with representatives of the US Department of the Interior, the US Environmental Protection...
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The Oyster Restoration Research Project
by Urban Omnibus • July 20th, 2011
A broad partnership dedicated to restoring oysters to New York Harbor is using science, policy and community engagement to improve the health of our waterways and stabilize our shorelines.
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Forum • Roundup
The Omnibus Roundup – summer in the city, public art and parks, new subway map, the census, and Manhattanhenge
by Urban Omnibus • May 28th, 2010
Now that the Times Square pedestrian plazas are a permanent fixture, the Department of Transportation has selected a temporary installation...
Writing the City
Floyd Bennett Field: Recreation in the Wasteland
by FASLANYC • May 26th, 2010
FASLANYC visits Floyd Bennett Field and finds an example of park use that references the site’s unique history and demonstrates the changing nature of recreation.
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Restoring Jamaica Bay’s Landfills
by Travis Eby • January 27th, 2010
Tuesday night at Metropolitan Exchange, John McLaughlin, Director of Environmental Services for the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, presented the...
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