
Solar-powered home embraces Hudson River views and aging in place
Wanting to reconnect with the outdoors after decades of living in Manhattan, a couple nearing retirement asked...

Barn-inspired home offers back-to-nature living with a crisp, contemporary twist
Reconnecting with rural roots has never looked better than at Silvernails, a beautiful hillside home fashioned...

Energy company ditches plan to install a possible tar sands oil facility in New York
Environmentalists celebrated a victory in New York state after an energy company tossed out a 5-year-old plan to...

Olin Studio announces plans to turn Pier 26 into a vibrant park
The pier sits in Tribeca between Hubert and North Moore, where it has been unused for years. The new designs show...

There's a humpback whale living in the Hudson River
Ahoy, there’s a whale living in the Hudson! According to the New York Times, an increasing number of witnesses...

Come eat free food from this floating edible forest before it sets sail again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzs3XpkXTS0 Part artwork, part farm and part educational tool, Swale was designed...

INTERVIEW: Inhabitat talks with NYC's 9/11 Memorial designer Michael Arad
No other event stands out in America's recent collective memory as clearly as the attacks on the World Trade Center...

Pier 55 elevated island park finally gets the go-ahead for construction
The $130 million Pier 55 park, which was designed by landscape architect Signe Nielsen, will be largely funded...

Proposed floating island with pyramids connects the High Line to the Hudson River
Set on high-capacity caissons anchored into bedrock, Hub on the Hudson opens the High Line and neighboring developments...

New York City's nuclear power plant leaking 'uncontrollable radioactive flow' into Hudson River
New York governor Andrew Cuomo recently called for an investigation after Indian Point, a nuclear power plant on...

'Uncontrollable radioactive flow' from Indian Point continues to contaminate the Hudson River
No matter where you live, "uncontrollable radioactive flow" is not a phrase that you want to hear in relation to...

How a 15,500-pound door protects the Whitney Museum against the effects of climate change
New York's art world elite came out to ooh and ahh over the new Whitney Museum earlier this month, but The Atlantic's John...

City Beach NYC Wants to Bring a Fake Floating Beach to Manhattan by 2016
Beach-loving New Yorkers typically have to travel outside of Manhattan to get their fix of sparking white sand,...

High Line Reveals Giant, Garden-Filled Bowl for Its Third Section
Overlooking West 30th St. and 10th Avenue, the Spur's bowl-shaped structure will mark the visual gateway to the...

How NYC Colleges Are Leading the Charge for PlaNYC Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals
Some of New York’s colleges and universities have been quietly making every day Earth Day with a series of...