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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | 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 APRIL 11, 2011  Down the Up Staircase New Boards and new Municipalities and new Government plans that change every few years also add to the mix. Teachers, their unions under attack, are becoming as replaceable as minimum-wage employees at Burger King. Yes I am a broken record when it comes to my harping on Education issues. left Education years ago for many reasons. The first financial. And its why I left. | | | | | |
| 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. And we have the "SLUT" or the trolley to well the high end restaurants of Lake Union. But cities and their surrounding regions are getting far less than two-thirds of federal transportation stimulus money. said his city “did pretty terrible” when it came to getting money. | 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 20, 2009 Are we there yet? I went to New York City this past week to tour some green buildings, hear a lecture and celebrate my milestone birthday. learned quite a bit and will post about the buildings of note that I saw and some reflections on conversations I had about where New York goes there goes the rest of the nation which is what this post is truly about. Now when you are in Manhattan you are used to crowded streets etc but usually I stay in Union Square area and find pockets of side streets and quiet oasis of calm even there. And then I looked around ground level. | GREEN GODDESS 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. And all the hysteria and attention toward Unions and Teacher tenure will not excuse the lack of families true investment in their child's intelligence and education. 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. The city is actually making progress. The answer is no. It will not happen. But even though Ms. | | | | | | | |
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GREEN GODDESS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 The Politics of Hate
Nuclear Arms Control For decades, presidents of both parties negotiated and signed treaties with the Soviet Union (later Russia) to reduce the nuclear arsenals of both nations. More recently, conservatives have panned President Obama's new START treaty, which would further reduce nuclear arsenals, and even questioned the importance of nuclear reductions in the first place. Labor unions have long been part of the progressive coalition, while conservatives have worked to limit their right to bargain collectively. Regular Fox segment: " Unions: Can America Afford Them?" MORE >> -
GREEN GODDESS | FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011  We Built This City on Rock N Roll
Friday, March 11, 2011 We Built This City on Rock N Roll I read an interesting review in Slate regarding a book by Edward Glaeser, Triumph of the City. have not yet read the book but from the review the author makes some interesting points which on cursory note I agree and some ideas on how to rebuild cities in this new millennial. And Glaeser seems to address these issues - affordability and accessibility - are key to a Citys survival. do think if he mentions Silicon Valley as an example of a City then on that mark he would be wrong. What Can You Do? MORE >> -
GREEN GODDESS | THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011  Change is Gonna Do Ya Good
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. more local manifestation of the reactionary worldview can be found in the opposition to New York Citys expansion of bicycle lanes. Being New York, the right wing is represented by the center-left (Sen. MORE >>
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