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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | CONSTRUCTONOMICS MARCH 14, 2010  What Ever Happened With Those Crane Accidents in 2008? It was an especially bad year for the owner of New York Crane and Equipment Company Jimmy Lomma. Incidentally, a city crane inspector was found to have falsified inspection reports of the crane when in reality they never even visited the site. In 2007, the swivel portion of the crane was showing signs of cracking and the crane owner was required to fix it. 91st st. | ARIBRA MARCH 9, 2010 Habitat for Humanity Embraces Density, Makes History The Atlantic Avenue project may represent a new direction for Habitat. From NY Times | Making History In a Brooklyn Neighborhood When Habitat for Humanity New York City consulted an architecture firm on its new site in the Ocean Hill section of Brownsville, Brooklyn , it received a response that switched on a light bulb. The result, nearly three years and one entirely new development model later, is the largest creation in Habitat’s history, an $11.6 And the city’s branch of Habitat just learned last week that it will receive about $10.5 | | | | | |
| ARIBRA APRIL 2, 2010 Americans Rebuild for the 'New Urban Century' :: aribra :: sustainable, development Home about services contributors contact 02 April 2010 ~ 4 Comments Americans Rebuild for the ‘New Urban Century’ Green Building Infrastructure Urbanism Tweet Share Email Sharebar Tweet Share Email Many point to Charlotte has an example of good urbanism and city vision. Charlotte’s leadership understood decades ago that the city could not sustain it’s suburban growth and made proactive steps to create the economic engine it is today. Those snapshots from cities across America offer a glimpse of the future. | GREEN GODDESS APRIL 8, 2012  Plastic Surgery Anyone? And I read yesterday about a significant project in New York slated for destruction - The Orange County Government Center in Goshen, NY. This building seems to not suffer from a blight on a city scape but from construction defects that may or may not be the result of design issues. headquarters in Washington and Boston City Hall. Ahh the power of lobbying. Edward A. | GREEN GODDESS JUNE 7, 2011  This Land Is Your Land The farmer's markets that populate a city during the season are expanding but the vendors are not. Our suburban sprawl thanks to the unreal costs of housing in urban centers and the building boom has removed much farm able land that once was adjacent to our cities. reprint an Article from the American Prospect on the declining availability of land for our new urban farmers. | GREEN GODDESS JULY 9, 2009 Stimulate This!!! Today the New York Times found that this is just the case with many projects going unfunded and others simply not making any sense in relation to dollars and jobs in many states. Not shocking given our Mayor's disengagement from the larger picture outside the City of Seattle. Cities have been relying on property taxes booming during the last few years but with declining values, foreclosures and people simply losing work or wages who will request re-evaluation of their property assessments. said his city “did pretty terrible” when it came to getting money. | | | | | | | |
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GREEN GODDESS | MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2009 Tales of Three Cities/Bears/Men
The Dot com bust seems very minor league in reflection now but a storm warning for the future 2007. 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. By 2007, it had jumped to $11.5 MORE >> -
GREEN GODDESS | SATURDAY, 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. Last year, nearly 25,000 workers filed age discrimination complaints, a 29 percent jump over 2007, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. As a freshman, I had an interview for a magazine internship in New York City. 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. MORE >> -
GREEN GODDESS | TUESDAY, 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. Reducing such overflows is a priority, city officials say. MORE >> -
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 >>
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