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Could this vibrant green waterfront community make Staten Island the hip new place to live?

Bye bye, Brooklyn? It's been over two years since former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg broke ground on Stapleton,...

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Construction of Water-Filtering Gowanus Canal “Sponge Park” Will Finally Begin in 2014

The exciting project will attempt to clean up the sewage-laden Gowanus Canal, which has been consistently polluted...

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The Lefebvre-Smyth Residence in British Columbia Minimizes Footprint but Maximizes Sustainability

The CEI Architecture team, which has offices located in Vancouver, Kelowna, and Victoria, was led by Nick Bevanda...

TAMING TYPHOONS: Incredible Storm Water System in Japan

If you think that’s a computer rendering, guess again. The incredible engineering masterpiece pictured above...

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