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The Omnibus Roundup – Earth Day, urban mobility, murals, billboards and subway etiquette


Up There
from Mekanism on Vimeo.

Yesterday was Earth day. It was also the three-year anniversary of Mayor Bloomberg’s announcement of PlaNYC 2030. Financial and political obstacles have impeded progress on many of the 2009 goals — of the 127 initiatives proposed on Earth Day 2008, only 51 have been…

The Omnibus Roundup – water, cow tunnels, neighborhoods and parks parks parks

In this week’s feature, Kate Zidar focused on the importance of designing for stormwater management. Careful consideration of the use, management and conservation of our water resources is a topic being discussed both locally and globally. The Urban Land Institute has released a new publication, Infrastructure

NYC Uncapped

Adrienne Cortez explores the social, physical, and environmental implications of uncapping fire hydrants and proposes an alternative strategy for beating the heat.

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One Size Doesn’t Retrofit All

Like most of my colleagues, I tip my hat to Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council for devising a plan to make landlords retrofit older buildings. And like the cleantech advocates who stood beside me on a Rockefeller Center terrace to hear the mayor…

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