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Columbia’s Manhattanville Campus is First LEED Platinum Neighborhood Plan in NYC
Columbia University’s 17-acre Manhattanville campus in West Harlem just announced that it has achieved LEED Platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s standards for neighborhood development. Located just north of Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus in what used to be an industrial neighborhood, the area bordered by 129th and 133rd Streets, Broadway and 12th Avenue, in addition to three properties east of Broadway between 131st and 134th, will feature pedestrian-friendly streets and open spaces while connecting West Harlem to the new Hudson River waterfront park. The Manhattanville campus is the first project in New York City to score the LEED platinum rating for an entire neighborhood plan.
20 Years Of Bryant Park Photo Exhibit
View photographs of Bryant Park’s dramatic transformation from the Bryant Park archives. More than 50 images covering the park’s dynamic and rich history will be adorning the park’s perimeter fence, so stop by for a free history lesson on this beloved space.
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HWKN Creates a Green Hill on an NYC Rooftop for BMW MINI
Verdant PicNYC Table is Topped with Living Growing Grass
12×12 Designers Transform Reclaimed NYC Lumber Into Fresh Modern Furnishings – PHOTOS
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Renegade Pop-Up Park Planned to Protest City’s Inaction in Chelsea
What do you do when you’ve been lobbying for a neighborhood park for years to no avail? How about creating your own pop-up park in protest? That’s what a group called Friends of 20th Street Park is planning to do at an area in Chelsea on West 20th Street that has been home to an unused Department of Sanitation lot for years. The organization, which has been advocating to transform the unused space into a park for years, says they are are going to make a pop-up renegade park in protest of the city’s inaction. The peaceful protest will gather hundreds of green-wearing locals this Sunday on the vacant lot at 136 West 20th Street.
IKEA Extends Free Water Taxi Service to Midtown Location
We have some good news for Midtown Manhattaners who have been waiting for a greener and easier way to get to IKEA in Brooklyn. The Swedish furniture giant is testing a new ferry stop at the East 35th Street Terminal in Murray Hill, and if all goes well, they’ll be extending their free weekend service to that location. The partnership with New York Water Taxi will run every forty minutes from 11:20 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Lower East Side’s Creative Little Garden Wins Daily News Best Community Garden Title
The Daily News has awarded its prize for best community garden in NYC, and we’re excited to say it’s one that’s near and dear to our hearts – the Lower East Side’s Creative Little Garden. Located on Sixth St. between avenues A and B, the tranquil space beat out many larger city gardens for the title, proving that when it comes to garden design, size doesn’t matter. True to its name, the urban oasis has many out-of-the-box features including a distinctive red birch-chip path that is anything but on the beaten one.
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City Proposes Plan to Make Bowling Green Sidewalks More Pedestrian-Friendly
The streets of the tourist-heavy tip of Lower Manhattan become crowded and unnavigable during the summer months (as we’re sure you know all too well if you work in the area), so the Department of Transportation has come up with a proposal that it hopes will ease up some of that pedestrian congestion. The DOT’s plan calls for widening the sidewalks around the Bowling Green area, and could make for a more friendly commute for visitors and New Yorkers alike. We think the idea makes perfect sense and fits in well with the city’s other initiatives to make itself into even more of a pedestrian-friendly town.
The Landmarked Museum of the City of New York Goes Green With a LEED-Seeking Renovation
Henry Street Settlement to be a Model for Green Landmarked Buildings in NYC
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Take Your Tots to the New Amsterdam Early Childhood Center’s Annual Spring Fair this Saturday, April 28
Kick off the spring season by treating your kids to a fun-filled festival in a Lower East Side community garden. The New Amsterdam Early Childhood Center is hosting its Second Annual Spring Fair, a three-hour event packed with games, craft-making, face painting, and special surprises for kids and their families, including a silent auction offering prizes like local restaurant gift vouchers, preschool camps at the Chelsea Piers, and sustainably-made toys. The event starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, and it is guaranteed to be a fun time for kids ages 2 to 6.
Photos: Katharine Harvey’s Glittering Plastic “Chandelier” is Made from 1,000s of Pieces of Garbage
Curious Irish Hunger Memorial is a Green-Roofed Monument in Battery Park City
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Park Avenue Tower Set to Get a LEED Renovation in Hopes of Becoming NYC’s Next Iconic Building
A New York City developer has created a competition to enliven the Park Avenue skyline. L&L Holding Co. is asking distinguished architects, including Jean Nouvel and Norman Foster, for design proposals to transform the boxy building of 425 Park Avenue into a LEED-certified skyscraper. The company wants to give the building a modern edge in the style of iconic buildings such as the Lever House and the Seagram Building.
New York Flower Show: 30 Greenery-Topped Tablescapes Fill a Manhattan Ballroom with Blooms
54 NYC Bike Share Locations Revealed For Manhattan’s West Side
The nation’s largest Bike Sharing program, scheduled to launch in NYC with 600 stations and 10,000 bikes this July, recently revealed a plan for 54 of the bike sharing stations, most of which will support more than 30 bicycles each. The locations were reveal by the NYC Department of Transportation during a Manhattan Community Board 4 meeting. Also introduced during the meeting were the local requirements for the stations and the strategy for placing 100+ bikes at some of the world’s busiest transportation hubs, Pennsylvania Station and Port Authority Terminal.
The Green Festival Lands in New York City for Earth Day
The Green Festival hits the Big Apple for the first time this weekend, April 21-22 at the new LEED-certified North Wing of the Jacob Javits Center. The eco-conscious event is perfectly timed for Earth Day festivities and will feature talks from 125 authors, activists and green movement leaders including Amy Goodman from Democracy Now! and Russell Simmons. You can hitch a free ride to the fest with Revolution Rickshaws pedicabs and show your support for sustainability and social justice by attending the THREADS Eco-Fashion Show, a DIY workshop, or checkout more than 300 exhibitors at the Green Business and Urban Go Green Pavilions. You can also sip organic beer and wine, eat local food or shop the Green Marketplace.
Axis Mundi Re-Imagines A Concrete Lace Network for the Whitney Downtown Museum
Massive Artificial Mountain Could Make Skiing Possible in the Lower East Side
Let There Be Light: Low Line Exhibit Now Open at Mark Miller Gallery in the Lower East Side
PHOTOS: Macy’s Flower Show Features Giant Toucan Topiary Covered in 25,000 Flowers and Leaves
Residents Do Not Want SPURA to Bring Big Box Retailers to the Lower East Side
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Last year, Inhabitat reported on the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA), a massive redevelopment project in the Lower East Side for one of the city’s largest underdeveloped plots of land centered on Delancy and Essex. While official plans revealed earlier this month promised new housing, retail space, and a 10,000 square foot park, these may come at a price that many residents are unwillingly to pay: the construction of big box retail stores.
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