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The Omnibus Roundup – Awards, Apps, Floods and Stuff To Do
It's awards season... and while the worlds of design and urbanism may not be able to claim anything as glamorous as the Oscars or the Grammys, the Municipal Art Society manages to bring a mix of style and substance to a range of awards in the urban realm. One of these is the...
The Omnibus Roundup – Infrastructure, Railways, Parking Apps, Brownfield Fail and Calls for Submissions
Tickets are still available for next Tuesday's Urban Omnibus Party and Auction -- don't miss it! Tickets start at $25; $30 at the door. Buy yours today. Stay tuned for a preview of the works included in the silent auction... INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE Also next week, an impressive collection of minds from technology, government, architecture and academia will convene...
The Omnibus Roundup – Energy Report, Kill Switches, Throwdown Revisited, Omni-content Updates and Gong Xi Fa Cái!
THE ENERGY REPORT Continuing on their Roadmap 2050, AMO teamed up with WWF and Ecofys to envision a world completely run by renewable energy in the next forty years. Today, the organizations collaboratively launched The Energy Report – a comprehensive plan to harness...
The Omnibus Roundup – Taking Vision 2020 to Task, Definitive Central Park Guide, NYC’s Chief Digital Officer and Infrastructural Opportunism
LACK OF VISION 2020? Diving deep into the politics behind the "sixth borough," Tom Angotti takes Vision 2020 to task in a Gotham Gazette editorial questioning the bucolic wetland preservation and public recreation envisioned in the waterfront plan. "Behind the frothy rhetoric designed to garner public support, Vision...
The Omnibus Roundup – State of the City, Powerless in Brooklyn, Bluebelt Talk, Musical Maps and the Sixth Borough
STATE OF THE CITY Mayor Bloomberg delivered the State of the City address on Wednesday. His focus was on neighborhood specific issues, including various changes ranging from livery cab policies to urban technology innovations. "Transformation" -- economic, technological, physical, social, and otherwise -- and "simplicity" were the words of the day. The Staten Island Navy..
The Omnibus Roundup - Greatest Buildings, Pruitt-Igoe, Park Design, Moses in Song and Digging Up Brooklyn
GREATEST BUILDING EVER What is the greatest building in New York? New York Magazine asked that question to a panel of noted architectural thinkers, including the League's very own executive director Rosalie Genevro and board members Robert A.M. Stern and Gregg Pasquarelli, for its recent feature The Greatest New York Ever. The "arguers" weigh in on what...
The Omnibus Roundup – Fatbergs, Canal St, Astor Place, Art Cab and Urban Policy
FATBERGS "A nice working environment" is not how most would describe a city sewer system, but to Rob Smith, "head flusher" at Thames Water, traversing the bowels of London has its upsides. Smith and his team of 39 flushers are responsible for unclogging sewer tunnels of "fatbergs"– congealed deposits of cooking oil and flushed waste that look as disgusting as they sound. Fatbergs are typically formed of...
Holiday Roundup – Sensory overload, memorable moments, solving the city, train of thought and an Omnibus pause
HOLIDAY-INSPIRED SENSORY OVERLOAD One of the City's most well known displays of extreme festivity is a block of homes in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn where you can find dazzling lights and oversized holiday decor, inflatable, animatronic, or otherwise. Check out Gothamist for a slideshow of some of this year's highlights. Another NYC holiday classic: the midtown...
The Omnibus Roundup – ACS Maps, Redistricting, City Concealed, Swoon’s Walki, People and Buildings
CENSUS MAPS This week, the Census Bureau released its first 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates, based on data about economic and social trends collected from 2005-2009. The ACS is an annual survey that gathers information from a sampling of US citizens to evaluate of economic and social...