inhabitat

rockaway beach

Queensway rail line, queensway park, abandoned railways, Architecture and Engineering, eco design, Forest Hills, forest park, Friends of the QueensWay, Glendale, green project, green space, greenway, high line park, High School for Construction Trades, Kew Gardens, Landscape Architecture & Architecture, Life Finds a Way, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, Queensway neighborhood, no way queensway, ozone park, Park, pedestrian walkway, Penn Station, Public School 233, Queens, queensway, Rego Park, richmond hill, Rockaway Beach, Song Deng, trust for Public Land, Woodhaven

MTA agrees to study resurrection of Rockaway train line

It looks like public transport might win out over green space this time. According to NY1, the MTA has agreed to...

abandoned railways, Architecture and Engineering, Dead Industry, eco design, Floating Forest, Forest Hills, forest park, Friends of the QueensWay, Glendale, green project, green space, greenway, high line park, High School for Construction Trades, Kew Gardens, Landscape Architecture & Architecture, Life Finds a Way, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School, nature, neighborhood, no way queensway, ozone park, Park, pedestrian walkway, Penn Station, Public School 233, Queens, queensway, Rego Park, richmond hill, Rockaway Beach, Song Deng, trust for Public Land, Woodhaven

QueensWay Team Unveils Plan for New 3.5-Mile Elevated Park in Queens

High Line lovers in NYC will soon have a new elevated park to enjoy if the QueensWay, a green space proposed for an...

abandoned railways, AIANY, american institute of architects, Carrie Wibert, Dead Industry, eco design, Emerging New York Architects Committee, enya, Features, Flickr, Floating Forest, forest park, Forrest Hills, Friends of the QueensWay, Glendale, green project, green space, greenway, high line park, Hyontek Yoon, Kew Gardens, Landscape Architecture & Architecture, Life Finds a Way, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, Make It! Grow It!, nature, neighborhood, no way queensway, ozone park, Park, pedestrian walkway, Penn Station, Public School 233, Queens, Queens Billboard, queensway, Queensway Steps, Rego Park, richmond hill, Rockaway Beach, Song Deng, trust for Public Land, Upside Down Bridge, Woodhaven, CFA, Civic Spirit: Civic Vision, 2014 AIA New York Chapter Presidential Theme, AIA New York Chapter

ENYA Invites You to Come See the Future of the QueensWay Elevated Park

The exhibition opens at 6PM and will showcase the top four designs, one honorable mention, and a slideshow of all...

at&t street charge, free phone charging nyc, where can i charge my phone nyc, AT&T, brighton beach, coney island, eco design, free AT&T chargers, free solar phone chargers nyc, Goal Zero, green design, nyc cell phone charging, nyc solar phone chargers, solar phone charger, solar phone chargers, solar power, street charge, where to charge cell phone in nyc

MAP: Where to Charge Your Phone for Free at AT&T’s Solar-Powered Street Charge Stations

"The beaches are the place to be when the weather gets warm and AT&T is excited to be able to offer even more solar...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, Camp Rockaway, glamping, Rockaway Beach

Camp Rockaway Could Bring Glamping to New York City Beaches

If you've ever wanted to try glamping (glamorous camping), here's your chance! Inspired by the tent communities...

abandoned railways, Architecture and Engineering, Dead Industry, eco design, Floating Forest, Forest Hills, forest park, Friends of the QueensWay, Glendale, green project, green space, greenway, high line park, High School for Construction Trades, Kew Gardens, Landscape Architecture & Architecture, Life Finds a Way, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School, nature, neighborhood, no way queensway, ozone park, Park, pedestrian walkway, Penn Station, Public School 233, Queens, queensway, Rego Park, richmond hill, Rockaway Beach, Song Deng, trust for Public Land, Woodhaven, linear path, visual buffer, giant slide, canopy walk, giant slide

New QueensWay Workshops Reveal Plans for Zip-Lines, Ping-Pong Tables and a Giant Slide

At the workshop, WXY Architecture and DLand Studios showed their designs for the project, which will renovate...

abandoned railways, Architecture and Engineering, canopy walk, Dead Industry, eco design, Floating Forest, Forest Hills, forest park, Friends of the QueensWay, giant slide, Glendale, green project, green space, greenway, high line park, High School for Construction Trades, Kew Gardens, Landscape Architecture & Architecture, Life Finds a Way, linear path, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School, nature, neighborhood, no way queensway, ozone park, Park, pedestrian walkway, Penn Station, Public School 233, Queens, queensway, Rego Park, richmond hill, Rockaway Beach, Song Deng, trust for Public Land, visual buffer, Woodhaven

New QueensWay Plan Reveals Zip-Lines, Ping-Pong Tables and a Giant Slide

Zip-lines, ping-pong tables and a giant slide could be in Queens' future if The Friends of the Queensway have anything...

abandoned railways, Dead Industry, eco design, Floating Forest, Forest Hills, forest park, Friends of the QueensWay, Glendale, green project, green space, greenway, high line park, Kew Gardens, Landscape Architecture & Architecture, Life Finds a Way, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, nature, neighborhood, no way queensway, ozone park, Park, pedestrian walkway, Penn Station, Public School 233, Queens, queensway, Rego Park, richmond hill, Rockaway Beach, Song Deng, trust for Public Land, Woodhaven, Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School, High School for Construction Trades, Architecture and Engineering

Friends of the QueensWay Unveils Preliminary Designs for a High Line-Style Elevated Park and Bike Path

Friends of the QueensWay and the Trust for Public Land have released new renderings illustrating their plan to...

Rockaway, Boardwalk, Rockaway Boardwalk, Arverne, Far Rocakaway, Rockaway Beach, Rockaway Park, hurricane sandy, parks department, reclaimed wood, recycled construction materials, sustainable construction materials, green building

Hurricane Sandy-Salvaged Wood Being Used to Rebuild the Rockaway Boardwalk

Over a year after Hurricane Sandy ripped whole planks away from its surface, the Rockaway Beach boardwalk is...

abandoned railways, Dead Industry, eco design, Floating Forest, forest park, Forest Hills, Friends of the QueensWay, Glendale, green project, green space, greenway, high line park, Kew Gardens, Landscape Architecture & Architecture, Life Finds a Way, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, nature, neighborhood, no way queensway, ozone park, Park, pedestrian walkway, Penn Station, Public School 233, Queens, queensway, Rego Park, richmond hill, Rockaway Beach, Song Deng, trust for Public Land, Woodhaven

Join Friends of the QueensWay for a Bike Tour Along the Proposed Elevated Park This Spring

We got a chance to walk the QueensWay for ourselves last fall, and soon even more people will be able to check...

AIANY, Emerging New York Architects Committee, ENYA, American Institute of Architects, abandoned railways, Dead Industry, Landscape Architecture & Architecture, eco design, Features, Flickr, Floating Forest, forest park, Forrest Hills, Friends of the QueensWay, Glendale, green project, green space, greenway, high line park, Kew Gardens, Life Finds a Way, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, nature, neighborhood, no way queensway, ozone park, Park, pedestrian walkway, Penn Station, Public School 233, Queens, queensway, Rego Park, richmond hill, Rockaway Beach, trust for Public Land, Woodhaven, Carrie Wibert, Queensway Steps, Queens Billboard, Queens Billboard, Make It! Grow It!, Song Deng, Hyontek Yoon, Upside Down Bridge

5 ENYA Competition Designs Show Us What a Beautiful Elevated Park the QueensWay Could Be

The winner of the competition was Carrie Wibert, a designer hailing from Paris, and her “Queensway Steps” concept....

Roackaway Beach Boardwalk, Queens, Piping Plovers, Endangered Species, Animals, Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Construction Delayed, Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Construction, Rockaway Beach, Rockaway Beach Boardwalk redesign, rockaway boardwalk

Endangered Birds Halt Reconstruction of Rockaway Beach Boardwalk

Work to reconstruct the Rockaway Beach boardwalk since it was destroyed over a year ago has still not begun, and...

Rockaway Beach, Concrete Boardwalk, Liam Kavanagh, Parks Department, $200 million boardwalk project, FEMA, blue stone, Rockaway Beach Boardwalk redesign, Rockaway Beach Boardwalk, National Environmental Policy Unit

New Renderings Show That Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Will Be Laced with Beautiful Blue Stones

After much deliberation and multiple redesigns, the NYC Parks Department has finally released new renderings showing...

QueensWay, abandoned railways, Dead Industry, DLANDSTUDIO Landscape Architecture & Architecture, eco design, Features, Floating Forest, forest park, Forrest Hills, Friends of the QueensWay, Glendale, green project, green space, greenway, high line park, Kew Gardens, Life Finds a Way, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, nature, neighborhood, no way queensway, ozone park, Park, pedestrian walkway, Penn Station, Public School 233, Queens, queensway, Rego Park, richmond hill, Rockaway Beach, trust for Public Land, Woodhaven, wxy, WXY Architecture + urban Design

Cross Country Skiing in Queens is One Idea for How to Use the Elevated QueensWay Park

As promised, Friends of the QueensWay has begun hosting workshops with the Queens community on how they want to...

Queensway, Eco Design, Friends of the QueensWay, green project, high line park, neighborhood, no way queensway, Park, Queens, queensway, Rego Park, trust for Public Land, Glendale, ozone park, queensway, Rego Park, richmond hill, trust for Public Land, Woodhaven, wxy, Kew Gardens, Forrest Hills, abandoned railways, Dead Industry, Life Finds a Way, Greenway, Pedestrian Walkway, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, Floating Forest, Rockaway Beach, Forest Park, Public School 233, Penn Station, WXY Architecture + Urban Design, DLANDSTUDIO Landscape Architecture & Architecture, Green Space, Nature, Features, Flickr

PHOTOS: Walk the Queensway, a Possible High Line-Style Park for Queens

The Queensway is an elevated railway that originally belonged to the Long Island Rail Road and fell to disuse after...

j. crew, new york fashion week, reclaimed wood, runway, hurricane sandy

J. Crew Salvages Hurricane Damaged Wood for Runway During Spring 2014 New York Fashion Week

While J.Crew's bold colors and tailored lines may have been wowing the audience during New York Fashion Week on...

AT&T, free AT&T chargers, free solar phone chargers nyc, Goal Zero, green design, nyc cell phone charging, nyc solar phone chargers, solar phone charger, street charge, sustainable design, where to charge cell phone in nyc

AT&T Street Charge to Open 8 New Solar-Powered Phone Charging Stations Today

AT&T's Neil Giacobbi, New York City Council Member Domenic M. Recchia, and Kevin Jeffrey, Borough Commissioner,...

Garrison Architects, Hurricane Sandy, nyc beach buildings, nyc prefab, post-Sandy construction, prefab beach buildings, sustainable design, hurricane sandy, nyc beaches open, when do nyc beaches open

NYC Beaches Are Now Open After Post-Hurricane Sandy Restoration and Improvements

Last week, Mayor Bloomberg and New York City Parks Commissioner Veronica M. White visited Coney Island to announce...

rockaway beach, hurricane sandy, moma, VW Dome, patti smith, kevin boyle, rick horan, expo 1 new york, the wave, open camera sessions, moma call for artists, rebuilding the rockaways

MOMA PS1 Erects Temporary Geodesic Dome in Rockaways to Discuss Rebuilding After Hurricane Sandy

MoMA PS1’s VW Dome 2 - the temporary cultural center created after Hurricane Sandy left Rockaway Beach severely...

Greenpeace, Rockaway Beach, New York City, Hurricane Sandy, Rolling Sunlight, solar power, solar array, energy, emergency relief

Greenpeace’s Rolling Sunlight is a Mobile Solar-Powered Energy Station Helping Hurricane Sandy Victims

Many volunteers, including US Army soldiers and State Police, are doing what they can to help the thousands of...

more popular stories >
more popular stories >

Inhabitat Videos