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  11/15/2013, November C2C Innovation Celebration

  6/15/2013, LUMEN Video & Performance Festival

  6/9/2013, Park Slope Dog Dash - Scavenger Hunt

  5/29/2013, Grape-Nuts "What's Your Mountain?" Rock Climbing Event

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    The XTOOL By Combo Collab Re-Imagines the Milk Crate as Interchangeable Storage and Furniture
    Combo Collab's stackable milk crate XTOOL chairs are manufactured locally using 80 percent recycled plastic and left over Baltic Birch plywood from manufacturing. The plywood seating seals in hideaway storage and is custom made to each crate. Architects Mateo
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    NYC Beaches Open Today After Post-Hurricane Sandy Restoration and Improvements
    Yesterday morning, Mayor Bloomberg and New York City Parks Commissioner Veronica M. White visited Coney Island to announce the opening of all New York City beaches for the 2013 season. The kick-off was even more special than in past years because it also included
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    Bronx Green Infrastructure Project Will Prevent Almost 2 Million Gallons of Stormwater from Entering Sewers
    The newly completed installation of a green infrastructure project in the Edenwald section of the Bronx will prevent nearly 2 million gallons of stormwater from entering the sewer system each year. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection invested
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    The Night Heron: Illegal Speakeasy Pops Up Inside a Chelsea Water Tower
    The Night Heron seems a bit like something out of a Law and Order episode. Creator and architect N.D. Austin located the abandoned shed by searching the Buildings Department for violations indicating a neglectful landlord, which indicated an opportunity

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    World's Largest LEGO Model: Massive Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter Unveiled in NYC!
    (Amy Sussman/AP Images for LEGO Systems, Inc.) As you can imagine, it wasn't easy building those proton torpedo launchers and laser canons piece by piece. The Starfighter replica took 32 master builders over 17,000 hours to complete. The gigantic X-Wing
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    Russell Simmons Wants to Open Quality Access Groceries to Combat Food Deserts in NYC
    Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons has his sights set on tackling food deserts in New York City by bringing quality food to low-income neighborhoods. Simmons has teamed up with Hajj Hasaun Muhammad and his partner Luanna Williams to launch “Quality Access Grocery,”
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    NYC's "Stop Idling" Campaign Cracks Down on Drivers at Schools with Highest Asthma Rates
    NYC is stepping up its commitment to reducing kids’ exposure to pollutants by implementing a “Stop Idling” campaign at some of the city's most trafficked schools. Commissioner Carter Strickland of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently
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    Antonin Forneau's Interactive Water Graffiti Display Lets You Paint with LED Light
    At the GROHE Celebrates NYDW party introducing their new Grandera collection, guests were given foam, paintbrushes, spray cans and sponges to draw their own hydro-digital art. The display was made up of a set of LED lights surrounded by a metal conductor that

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    School of Visual Arts Offering Co-Working Desks to Work from This Summer
    For the second year in a row, SVA is offering up space through its MFA in Products of Design for summer desk rentals. Summer Desks, is a co-working space lasting from the end of may through the end of August. The space was originally designed by ANDarchitects
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    NY Senate Approves Bill That Offers Big Tax Breaks on Environmentally Friendly Homes
    Yesterday, the New York State Senate approved a bill encouraging the building of more green homes in the state. Initially ntroduced by Senator Mark Grisianti in 2012, the bill would allow local municipalities to authorize a 35 percent tax exemption on
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    Joe Doucet's Electrifying Hadron Lamp Contains 20 Meters of Electroluminescent Wire
    The black Hadron Lamp is so electrifying that a jellyfish looking for a date might easily be fooled. The brainchild of designer Joe Doucet, the floor lamp is a translucent membrane filled with thin electroluminescent wire. The young NYC-based designer, who
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    ARTLANTIC Transforms Disused Atlantic City Lots Into Public Art and Green Space
    Less than a year ago, the seven-acre ARTLANTIC site was a disused gravel lot bordering Atlantic City’s famous boardwalk. Envisioned by Lance Fung and funded by the Atlantic City Alliance and the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, the space was taken

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  • 5/29/2013 - Grape-Nuts "What's Your Mountain?" Rock Climbing Event
    Broadway between W. 34th and W. 35th Streets, New York, NY  10001
  • 6/9/2013 - Park Slope Dog Dash - Scavenger Hunt
    321 5th Ave , Brooklyn, NY  11215
  • 6/15/2013 - LUMEN Video & Performance Festival
    Lyons Pool; 20 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY  10301
  • 11/15/2013 - November C2C Innovation Celebration
    IAC Building, 555 West 18th St., New York, NY  10011

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    Forest Hills Greenmarket
    One of the newest Greenmarkets in NYC, the Forest Hills farmers market boasts a variety of locally grown, fresh products. Throughout the season, the market will offer free cooking demonstrations, kids activities, and the opportunity to mingle with neighbors,
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    Village Preschool Center
    The Village Preschool Center's teaching approach utilizes the best of what is known today in the field of Early Childhood Education, including Montessori, Reggio Emilia and Bank Street. They emphasize the importance of observing the children and following
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    SHREDability
    Shredability is a unique secure document destruction company employing people with disabilities and working to keep our planet green by recycling all paper into post-consumer products. Shredability is a AAA NAID Certified business that understands the risks
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    Hale Organic Salon
    Hale is a new organic salon in the Tribeca neighborhood of NYC that's working to bring New Yorkers great hair styling in a chemical and attitude free environment. Founded by Joe Murray, formerly of John Masters Organics Salon in Soho, Hale has a sealed-off

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    Build it Green! NYC Gowanus
    Founded in 2004, Build It Green NYC claims to be the only NYC non-profit retail outlet that stocks salvaged and surplus building materials, in an effort to keep these items out of landfills. They offer large household appliances, lighting, flooring, windows,
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    Queens Botanical Garden
    While many New Yorkers don't even know of its existence, the Queens Botanical Garden's Visitor & Administration Building, designed by Manhattan-based BKSK Architects is one of the most accessible (not to mention absolutely lovely) examples of eco architecture
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    Ozone Park CSA
    Ozone Park CSA is a non-profit all-volunteer, neighborhood-based group, managed and organized by its members. Our mission is to bring fresh, local, organic produce to the neighborhood at a low cost. Each week our farmers in upstate New York bring seasonal
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    The Park Preschool
    The Park Preschool and The Barclay Street School serve children from two years of age to five years of age. The belief that children learn through play is the guiding principle The Park Preschool was founded on and has maintained since its inception in

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    Chelsea Day School
    The mission of Chelsea Day School is to nurture and guide each child's development, physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually, in an environment where learning unfolds through play and exploration. Creativity and artistic expression are highly valued
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    CP Kids Early Childhood at Chelsea Piers
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    The Downtown Little School
    The Downtown Little School offers a pre-school program for young children that emphasizes social and emotional growth, while giving careful attention to cognitive and physical development. They offer an individualized program that supports the strengths and
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    Sara Curry Preschool at Little Missionary’s Day Nursery
    Since nursery school is the child's first experience of belonging to a larger group, Little Missonary's feels this experience should be a positive one. The school uses creative strategies for encouraging children's adaptation to the group, such as discussion

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