This Valentine’s Day, give your love something eco-friendly — a bouquet of artful recycled newspaper roses! While cut flowers are pretty for a fleeting moment, they are wasteful and die quickly. These delicate paper roses stay fresh forever, and they show

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The greatly anticipated One World Trade Center is now the most expensive new office tower in the world. An additional $700 million in estimated costs is bringing the total cost of 1 WTC to almost $3.8 billion. What’s more is that many of these extra millions

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As Giants fans crowd the streets today to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl win, the confetti that will sprinkle down upon fans and players will be made of 100 precent recycled paper! Offices and recycling companies around the city have donated over 50 tons

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If the Kickstarter campaign is funded, Ramsey and Barasch will create a larger prototype of the sunlight irrigation device for the Low Line park. The system, which evokes a sci-fi dystopian future where humans are driven underground, is being designed entirely

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New York City urban planners now have an important tool to help create energy reduction plans. An interactive map of New York has been developed by the Columbia University Engineering School to show the energy consumption of individual buildings across the

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JPMorgan Chase’s recently renovated global headquarters on Park Avenue in New York City has achieved LEED Platinum status! The newly greened building now holds the title of being the largest renovation in the world to achieve the USGBC’s highest certification.

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A plot of land that was once  used as the final resting place for 2,000 marines and naval shipmen will soon be transformed into a memorial park. The site is being developed as part of a larger plan by the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, which is developing

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A new proposal by the Department of City Planning would allow commercial buildings throughout the city to be topped with rooftop farms or greenhouses without increasing the building’s floor area ratio and height restrictions. According to a study by the Urban

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We caught some new work from Inhabitat favorite Jason D’Aquino. In addition to his famed matchbook miniatures, his signature black and white drawings were combined with vintage newspaper collages. Moira Fain’s modern collages fit somewhere in between

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The Museum of the City of New York’s latest exhibition celebrates Manhattan’s historic transformation from farmland into the highly organized street system it is today. “The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011,” takes visitors on the journey from the former rocky terrain to our current city streets. Through extensive historical maps, photographs, and paintings, the story of how Manhattan came to be comes alive before your eyes.

 

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The two bedroom, 1,800 sq. ft. apartment is packed with gears, nautical pulleys, parachutes, knobs, horns, chains and other vintage machinery that evokes Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” There’s no need to bring your own art or décor

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The Ground Up Designers have an innovative proposal for the Crow Hill Community Garden. Capped by a canopy of colored plastic cuffs that donors can buy at local businesses, the public art garden will help the community join together and bring awareness to

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The all-encompassing retreat has everything a foodie could ask for. Inside you can learn to cook, host a fabulous party, buy goodies for yourself and friends, or simply enjoy a cup of La Colombe coffee and an organic scone. The kitchen is stocked with local

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Calling all New York furniture designers! Third Ward, Build it Green NYC and Sawkill Lumber Company have launched the 12 x 12 design contest, a unique opportunity to repurpose a piece of New York’s past. Twelve lucky designers will be chosen to recycle

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Not far from the New Fulton Fish Market in the Bronx neighborhood of Hunts Point, Christopher Toole is doing a little fishing of his own. Leaving behind a life of financial planning, Toole and his girlfriend Anya Pozdeeva have set up shop as urban fish farmers.

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Boards and Beans recently opened their showroom doors, to support their thriving online business. Believing that affordable furniture doesn’t have to come from IKEA, they created their line of eco-friendly, sustainable furniture, that is artisanally designed

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Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent 2012 State of the State address put an emphasis on boosting renewable energy resources this year, and his initiatives are already being put into action. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and

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Like a true pack rat, Premo has accumulated and archived many objects throughout his life, which called his studio home. When deciding to move to a smaller studio, the artist realized he’d have to get rid of many of these prized items. Rather than throw

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The lot once slated for a Jay-Z-owned hotel along side the High Line will soon be home to a LEED Platinum office building.  Designed by Cook + Fox, the nine story tower will be developed by the Albanese Organization. The building will feature ample terraces,

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Lower Manhattan is home to a new baby boom. According to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, downtown has seen the highest birthrates in 2010 and 2011. This rise in births may cause issues in the coming years, creating a higher demand for new pre-schools

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As the project progresses, the components of Holding Pattern are making their rounds through PS1’s neighborhood.  While designing the project, Interboro Partners reached out to organizations in Long Island City, meeting with community leaders to learn what

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Cuomo’s proposed plan would create a 3.8 million square foot facility in Queens, adjacent to the Aqueduct Racetrack and casino run by Genting’s Resorts World Casino. In fact, the new convention center is spurred by Malaysian-based Genting Group’s pledge

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Last year, the Tribute of Light symbolically commemorated the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, but those same celestial beams caused flocks of migrating birds to become severely disoriented. Over 10,000 birds were drawn to the beams of light,

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The four storey structure will glitter like a jewel in lower Manhattan, reflecting myriads of sunlight in its glass and steel façade. Perched on the corner of Broadway and Fulton Street, the 26,000 square foot space will house a shopping center of retail

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The long overdue World Trade Center Performing Arts Center may be getting back on track. The Frank Gehry-designed complex is slated to have two theaters, rehearsal space, classrooms and a café. Last week, Mayor Bloomberg named five new board members for the

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