Tag: Brooklyn
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Tiny NYC half-bedroom converted into elegant chamber (Video)
Check out this video on how one interior designer transforms a teeny half-bedroom into a tasteful, multifunctional space.
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Jargon Watch: Hipsturbia
Alex Williams coins the term in the New York Times, describing Brooklyn hipsters moving to the 'burbs. You haven't heard the last of it.
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World's Largest Modular Prefabricated Tower Will Be Built at Atlantic Yards In Brooklyn and I Eat My Words
I had my doubts that this would ever happen, and I appear to have been wrong.
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Designer Lives and Works in 271 Square Foot Brooklyn Apartment
It's based on Disneyland's Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. Really.
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5 Public Gardens Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
These 5 gardens lost ancient and historic trees, and are in need of donations and volunteers to recover from Hurricane Sandy.
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TreeHugger Volunteers For Occupy Sandy
Want to volunteer for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts? Here's an inside look at one.
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12 Ways to Help Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts
How to volunteer, where to donate, and more handy post-Hurricane Sandy info.
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A Picture Is Worth... Waiting for the Bus in Brooklyn
The line is six blocks long!
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The Week in Design, From Reykjavik to Williamsburg
We're on the move, with Petz in Brooklyn and Lloyd in Iceland
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ETSY Employees Haul 600lb of Compostables Each Month By Bike
Taking responsibility for their own waste, ETSY team members haul biodegradable trash to their local community farm by cargo bike.
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Brooklyn's Newest Pool Should Be Copied by Cities Everywhere
I took a trip to the newly opened public pool to take a look.
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Swap-O-Matic Vending Machine Lets You Trade But Not Buy
A novel vending machine lets users take and leave objects, but no money is involved.
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Massive 100,000 s.f. Greenhouse Planned for Brooklyn Rooftop
A former Navy warehouse in Brooklyn is to become a home for the largest rooftop farm in the world.
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Urban Farming Supply Store to Open in Brooklyn
Hayseeds Big City Farm Supply store in Brooklyn, NY., will service urban farmers, and productive vegetable gardeners across NYC.
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Are These the Tiniest Microfarms of Them All? New York City Artist Grows Food Inside Furniture
From chard on a chair to tat soi in a suitcase, artist Jenna Spevack is cultivating a tasty variety of organic microgreens in her furniture farms -- and visitors to her upcoming gallery show will be able to reap the harvest.
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Rugged, One-Of-a-Kind Furniture is "Made Worldwide & Recycled In Brooklyn"
Finding coffee sacks, wood, paint and even hardware wherever he goes, this Brooklyn-based designer is turning these discarded materials into eclectic furniture.
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Incredible Video Shows the Beauty of Urban Beekeeping
The Made By Hand video series returns with a stunning portrait of a Brooklyn beekeeping pioneer.
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New York Fixers Collective Breaks the Mold by Fixing Stuff Together
The Fixers Collective in New York is one of the most established "fixerspaces," where repair experts and hobbyists gather once a month to fix stuff together.
