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Is This Working? A review of the WorkTech 10 conference

New Yorkers spend their waking lives in an assortment of boxes: studio apartments, elevators, subway cars, storage units and, of course, the office cubicle.

We rejoice in public, outdoor space – dragging chairs around Bryant Park, riding over inter-borough bridges, sitting on stoops, taking the stairs, paying six bucks for a latte…

05 28 10 • by Rachel Abrams, , ,
Manufacturing a Real Economy

Nicole Salazar talks to Adam Friedman, former executive director of NYIRN, about the importance of the manufacturing industry in New York.

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A Walk with Frank Duffy

Frank Duffy and Rosalie Genevro reflect on the buildings of Lower Manhattan, critically assessing what our use of commercial space can tell us about our changing city.

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Work and the Open Source City

Laura Forlano shares some examples of coworking in New York and discusses their implications for where, how, and with whom we work.

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Making Policy Public:
Vendor Power!

Candy Chang shares the process of working with the Center for Urban Pedagogy and the Street Vendor Project to demystify the regulations of street vending in New York City.

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New Environments
for Workers

Last Thursday, strategic design consultancy DEGW hosted a talk regarding “Work and the City,” how the changing nature of work is transforming our workplaces, buildings, and cities. DEGW Founder and past president Frank Duffy shared a panel with Downtown Alliance VP for Planning and Economic Development Nicole La Russo and mobile…

04 30 09 • by Rob Kelley, , ,
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