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City of Dreams Pavilion Made of Thousands of Discarded Cups Coming to...
We may still be in the midst of winter, but the FIGMENT festival already has its sights set on this summer’s City of Dreams Pavilion on Governors Island. Chosen by a panel of judges, this year’s...
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Project Carton: FIT Students Showcase Sustainable Packaging Solutions
The Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan just launched an exciting exhibition highlighting innovative packaging designs that use sustainable materials. Project Carton was created with the help...
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Things Not Looking Good for Queensway High Line-Style Elevated Park
Bad news for nature lovers in Queens: the future of the proposed High Line-style Queensway park along the Rockaway Beach rail line is looking grim. The plan, which aims to transform the long disused...
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2014 Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Will Dazzle with 32,000+ LED Lights
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Top 6 Green NYC Stories of 2013 – Which Was Your Favorite?
From transforming furniture to micro apartments to shipping container homes, NYC had no shortage of innovative design stories in 2013. Was the underground house in an old silo your favorite, or did...
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Recycle Your Christmas Tree at MulchFest 2014!
New Yorkers looking to recycle their Christmas trees can do so the easy way at MulchFest 2014. On January 11th and 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the New York City Department of Sanitation and...
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SNEAK PEEK: Dirck the Norseman Transforms an Old Bag Factory into Brooklyn’s...
Read the rest of SNEAK PEEK: Dirck the Norseman Transforms an Old Bag Factory into Brooklyn’s First Brewpub testing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bars nyc, beer made in brooklyn,...
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One World Trade Center Slated to Open in 2014
After years of anticipation and various types of delays, One World Trade Center is finally poised to open in 2014. Developers have announced that the tower is almost complete, and will soon welcome...
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Mayor Bloomberg Signs E-Cigarette Ban on His Last Day in Office
Mayor Bloomberg signing bills on his last day in office. On his last day in office, Mayor Bloomberg flexed his authoritative muscle and signed a bill restricting the smoking of e-cigarettes. The new...
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New York Gears Up for Winter Storm Hercules
Bundle up New Yorkers – winter storm Hercules is on his way! Although snow has already started to fall in some areas, forecasts are reporting that an onslaught of a foot or more is expected to hit the...
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96-sq-ft Subway Pop-Up Space Available for Just $2,676 a Month
If you’re on the hunt for a retail space for your business, how about this cozy and quaint pop-up shop in DeKalb Avenue station in Fort Greene? The MTA and marketing company The Storefront are...
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Project H’s IF YOU BUILD IT Movie Premieres Next Week in NYC!
What if you could change the world with a vision and a hammer? That’s exactly what happened when a group of high school students living in rural Bertie County – the poorest county in North Carolina –...
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Picturesque Hudson Woods Eco-Neighborhood Will Offer a Green Getaway in the...
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See Times Square’s Giant Screens Play a Film on Ocean Sustainability Every...
Every night this January from 11:57pm to midnight, Laleh Khorrmian’s mystical film Water Panics in the Sea will take over the mega-screens of Times Square as part of Times Square Arts’ “Midnight...
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NYC’s $92 Million Flood-Resistant Pier 42 Project Moves Forward
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Red Hook-Based Mi Mesita Designs Handmade Furniture Perfect for Tiny Apartments
Brooklyn-based Mi Mesita creates sustainable wooden furniture designed especially for smaller spaces like New York apartments. Their handmade, thoughtfully-designed pieces are meant to be functional...
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Surplus Candy: Street Artists Graffiti-Bomb 4 Stories of Abandoned East...
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FILM REVIEW: IF YOU BUILD IT Examines Design as a Catalyst for Transforming...
“If I hadn’t have been a part of this program, I would have left school and I wouldn’t have given it a second thought,” explains Stevie Mizelle, a student featured in the new film IF YOU BUILD IT,...
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BKLYN Designs Now Accepting Applications for May 2014 Home Furnishings Trade...
ATTENTION ALL BROOKLYN-BASED DESIGNERS! The Kingsborough’s premier design tradeshow BKLYN Designs is back for 2014, and is currently accepting applications for exhibitors. If you’re a Brooklyn-based...
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Connected: Julie Peppito’s Eclectic Collages Call Attention to...
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