Tag: New York City - Page 3
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I Can Has Architect-designed Home? Feral Cats Get Big Digs
In New York CIty, feral cats get clever shelters to help them with life-threatening challenges.
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Don't Park Your Backup Generator in the Basement
Forget the party room and the concierge, the latest architectural accessory is the high and dry backup generator set.
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Architecture Critic Ada Louise Huxtable, Champion of Preservation, Dies at 91
She was the first full-time architectural critic in an American Newspaper.
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What Makes a Building Green? You Sure Can't Tell From Its Energy Star Rating
The LEED Bashers are out in force as a study of New York office buildings yields surprising results
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Happy Holidays: Biking Across New York City to Make a GPS Holiday Card!
Erik Trinidad decided to do something different for his holiday card this year...
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Applebee's Builds Green LEED Gold Certified Restaurant in Manhattan, Complete With Living Wall
Don't know about the food, but the setting is pretty dramatic.
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Dinner Parties, Guest Bedrooms, and Multiple Offices in a 420 Square Foot Apartment
LifeEdited is not about living with as little as possible. It's about living large, but doing it affordably and smartly.
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Safe Physically Separated Bike Lanes Finally Make Their Way to East Harlem
Congratulations to the locals who fought to get better and safer streets!
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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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Shipping Container Disaster Dorms For The Next Sandy
Sea Boxes may do the job, but do they have to be so ugly?
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Storm Surge Barriers May Save Wall Street, But Would Worsen Flooding in Outer Boroughs
A better approach to reducing flooding in future storms is to improve soft infrastructure, soften the coastline, working with nature.
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Transformer Apartment Has Pre-Programmed Height-Adjustable Kitchen Surfaces
From solid wood sliding walls to a table that is designed to adjust to pre-programmed heights depending on need, this Chelsea apartment is luxury living in a relatively small space.
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New York Governor Pledges to Lead on Climate Change - But What About on Fracking?
Andrew Cuomo pens an impassioned piece on the importance of reinforcing New York's infrastructure against extreme weather, but fails to mention how we can help slow climate change itself.
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5 Ways to Share Your Garden on Global Sharing Day
Global Sharing Day is coming up. Share your garden and knowledge to create a healthy, sustainable community.
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How Rockaway Beach Surf Club Became a Hurricane Sandy Relief Center
Last week was busy. I moved to Brooklyn, rode Out Hurricane Sandy and fell in Love with The Rockaways
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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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NYC’s Rockaway Beach in Shocking Disarray a Week After Sandy (Photos)
But guerilla, pop-up disaster-relief stations are boosting morale and saving lives.
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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.
