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Harlem River Community Revitalization Plan Showcases New Vision of Bronx Waterfront

The Harlem River Working Group, the Trust for Public Land, the Pratt Center for Community Development, and students in a planning studio at Pratt Institute's PSPD and CommD Departments, have put forward a comprehensive plan to redevelop and enhance the waterfront of the Harlem River in the Bronx. The Working Group, a coalition of almost 50 community groups, agencies, and elected officials, presented findings from three Community Visioning Sessions, incorporating suggestions from residents with a litany of designs and master plans conceived during previous studies of the area. The results of these visioning sessions were unveiled at a public meeting at the Bronx Museum of Arts, opening the discussion for the plan's refinement to local residents.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Gets $40 Million Donation to Build Indoor Velodrome Field House

photo by Jessica Dailey for Inhabitat

Yesterday, competitive cyclist Joshua P. Rechnitz single handedly made the largest monetary gift to the NYC park system and made the widely longed for dream of an indoor velodrome within NYC come true. Rechnitz, the

What is a Sustainable City? Four Influential Green Mayors Discuss During the Festival of Ideas

It’s a question we think about a lot here at Inhabitat: what is a sustainable city? Is it LEED certified buildings? Efficient public transportation? An abundance of green space? This past Friday, we had the pleasure of attending The Sustainable City Mayoral

Bloomberg Calls for a Greater, Greener NYC Waterfront with Vision 2020

With Vision 2020, Mayor Bloomberg plans to revitalize and restore New York City’s waterways and shorelines.

The Greenest Points from Mayor Bloomberg’s State of the City Address

Yesterday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out his vision for New York during the annual State of the City Address. He discussed the cost-cutting goals, economic growth, and the on-going physical transformation, which largely consists of greening our fair city and moving towards a more sustainable future.

National Grid to Turn Excess Methane from Brooklyn Wastewater Plant into Energy

National Grid has teamed up with the city to build a gas processing facility that will convert excess methane from the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant into utility-grade natural gas. In other words, they want to turn your farts into fuel and sell it back to you.