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The Omnibus Roundup – Stuy Town, H2O, BQE, HSR and PS1
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…
The Omnibus Roundup – Atlantic Terminal, Domino, Spa Castle and 2020
Those of you that came along for our walk through the Atlantic-Pacific Subway Station a few months ago might want to swing by the transit hub again -- the new LIRR Atlantic Terminal Pavilion is now open. The terminal, which links the LIRR, 10 subway lines, and 5…
Mapping Main Street: Flushing, Queens
Mapping Main Street heads to Flushing for some audio-video explorations of Main Street produced by neighborhood students, providing a local snapshot of the nation-wide project.
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Red Lines Tour next week!
On September 24, don’t miss an opportunity to tour Red Lines: Housing Crisis Learning Center with the artist who conceived and designed the exhibit, Damon Rich, and with Queens Museum curator Larissa Harris. The tour, presented by the Architectural League, will be at 3:30 p.m. at…
“Any place can become a park” – thoughts from Adrian Benepe
Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe shares with Alec Appelbaum some thoughts on several recent and upcoming additions to the city's collection of parks created on unlikely sites.
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The Omnibus Roundup – science barge & waterpod, Concourse, Queens Plaza, moving walkways
Urban agriculture meets the Floating Pool: GOOD Magazine visits the Science Barge, a floating farm and environmental education center where produce is grown through sustainable hydroponics, and visitors are taught how to implement the practice on their own rooftops. No rooftop access? Didn’t stop these
Turning Lemons into Learning Gardens
Many of you have been getting into work by Marpillero Pollak Architects, info about East New York, and all the interesting happenings over at the Architectural League. If you fall...
The Omnibus Roundup – Coney, infrastructure, BRT, taxi sharing & global street food
The Roundup keeps you up to date with topics we’ve featured, and other goings on at the intersection of design and New York City’s built environment. After public consideration of competing visions for Coney Island's future, the City's plan for the iconic seaside
Queens Plaza:
Infrastructure Reframed
Sandro Marpillero, Linda Pollak and Margie Ruddick share perspectives on their transformation of Queens Plaza, recasting the relationship between ecology, art and infrastructure.
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The Omnibus Roundup – rooftop, High Line, Reef, Bronx River, insects & traffic,
The Roundup keeps you up to date with topics we’ve featured, and other goings on at the intersection of design and New York City’s built environment. First off, a reminder of our two rain dates: we were looking to be washed out for our Bronx
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