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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | GREEN GODDESS OCTOBER 27, 2011  The High Line In my tour of New York Open Houses in between Occupying Wall Street I toured the High Line Park. The new Tribeca. The New York Times today had an article discussing the most recent generous donation to the park's fundraising efforts to finish what is perhaps an elegant statement about the challenges and successes of public and private partnerships when done right. | GREEN GODDESS JUNE 15, 2011  Fab-tastic Today's New York Times has a great article on a Pre-fab project used for student housing. Squeezing Costs, Builders Take New Look at Prefab By RONDA KAYSEN New York Times, June 15, 2011 PHILADELPHIA — A package arrived on a shabby north Philadelphia block in January 2010, wrapped in Tyvek and measuring 55 feet long and 16 feet wide. And that is Fab-tastic! | | | | | |
| GREEN GODDESS MAY 23, 2011  Proposition B I found an interesting article via Reuters about a new concept in Business called a "B Corp." They say a new kind of corporate legal structure is needed to require companies to operate for the good of society, not just for their shareholders. We can't have a new economy unless we have a new type of corporation," Jay told me. And third, B Corps is pushing for new laws. | GREEN GODDESS AUGUST 31, 2009 Tales of Three Cities/Bears/Men Last week, in his first extended visit to New York in eight years, he said the $741 in his pocket was all the money he had in the world. He is one of the 10 most important people in the history of the Internet,” said Jason Calacanis, an entrepreneur of digital media who once chronicled New York’s tech scene in his publication, The Silicon Alley Reporter. His bunker, stocked with guns, was raided by city authorities on Jan. Since his return, Mr. Harris has been trying to start a venture called The Wired City. Part of me has almost become immune. 1, 2000. | GREEN GODDESS OCTOBER 24, 2009 The Struggle Continues found two articles in the New York Times today - one about the aging workforce another an editorial about the role of women in the workplace. As a freshman, I had an interview for a magazine internship in New York City. By the time I left the paper in 2005, more than a third of the paper’s editors were female. And when I moved on to create Portfolio for Condé Nast — the magazine company best known for titles like Vanity Fair, Vogue and The New Yorker — half of our top editors were female. that is not the real test. showing up and doing the job. | GREEN GODDESS NOVEMBER 24, 2009 Water Water Everywhere We are not the only city that suffers and currently our biggest problems are with again infrastructures that cannot handle the population, the change in climate and the simple fact they are OLD. Will they make a contribution to our City Light and Water Department for the increase in capacities that building will lead to? Are they taking measures to incorporate grey water and renewable energy sources as to not further deplete our cities municipal grids? Likely no and the City does not require such investment. home was damaged in 2005 by a sewer overflow. | | | | | | | |
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GREEN GODDESS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010 The War Against Brains
showed her an article I read in this mornings New York Times about the current state of our college bound students. But the New York City Department of Education acknowledges that despite rising graduation rates, many graduates lack basic skills, and it is trying to do something about it. This year, for the first time, it has sent detailed reports to all of its high schools, telling them just how many of their students who arrived at the city’s public colleges needed remedial courses, as well as how many stayed enrolled after their first semester. MORE >> -
GREEN GODDESS | THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011  Change is Gonna Do Ya Good
As the Department of Energy noted in a 2005 report: "In the United States, in contrast to other regions of the world, about 2/3 of all oil use is for transportation. The only prospect for reducing air and car travel between American cities is rail. Chris Christie in New Jersey canceled plans for a much needed rail tunnel across the Hudson River. Fair enough, but that proves not that we shouldnt invest in high-speed inter- city rail but rather that we must pair it with improved mass transit within cities. Anthony Weiner, and The New Yorkers John Cassidy). MORE >>
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