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AT&T Street Charge to Open 8 New Solar-Powered Phone Charging Stations Today

Read the rest of AT&T Street Charge to Open 8 New Solar-Powered Phone Charging Stations Today testing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: AT&T, brighton beach, coney island, eco...

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The Taco Truck Serves Up Tasty Organic Mexican Goodness On-the-Go

The Taco Truck chain was born in Hoboken, NJ and combines delectable organic Mexican food with environmentally-friendly design.  Their tasty tortas and tacos can be enjoyed from one of their mobile...

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NYPD Releases Perfluorocarbon Gas into NYC Subway System to Better Understand...

Image ©Nouhailler This morning, the NYPD began the first day of the Subway-Surface Air Flow Exchange program, an urban airflow study conducted with the Brookhaven National Laboratory, and funded by...

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Breadbox Cafe Boasts a Facade of 1,600 Rolling Pins in Long Island City,...

Read the rest of Breadbox Cafe Boasts a Facade of 1,600 Rolling Pins in Long Island City, Queens (PHOTOS) testing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bread box cafe, breadbox, Breadbox...

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New Domino Sugar Site Urban Farm and Mountain Bike Course Opens Today in...

The temporary park space that Two Trees Management announced back in March for a vacant lot near their Domino Sugar Refinery housing complex site opened to the public today. The previously empty land...

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Slightly Disturbing 3D-Printed Faces Are Constructed Using DNA from Found...

Read the rest of Slightly Disturbing 3D-Printed Faces Are Constructed Using DNA from Found Hair and Gum testing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 3d printed art, 3d printed faces, art...

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“Magic Carpet” Exhibit Hangs 36 Shipping Containers Over Guests’ Heads at...

Read the rest of “Magic Carpet” Exhibit Hangs 36 Shipping Containers Over Guests’ Heads at Pier 57 testing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: cargotecture, Churtichaga and...

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See Photos of NYC’s New Flood-Proof, Prefab Beach Buildings in the Rockaways

Read the rest of See Photos of NYC’s New Flood-Proof, Prefab Beach Buildings in the Rockaways testing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bklyn designs, eco design, environmental...

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NYC to Test Out Prefabricated Post-Disaster Housing Prototype in Brooklyn

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Four Finalists Selected in FAR ROC Competition to Design Storm-Resistant...

Read the rest of Four Finalists Selected in FAR ROC Competition to Design Storm-Resistant Rockaway Housing testing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Architecture, eco design, FAR ROC,...

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RAPID RE(F)USE: Could New York City Be Rebuilt from Its Own Trash?

Read the rest of RAPID RE(F)USE: Could New York City Be Rebuilt from Its Own Trash? testing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: garbage new york, green design, green new york, new york...

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Green-Roofed Ample Hills Kiosk Scoops Up Local Ice Cream at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Read the rest of Green-Roofed Ample Hills Kiosk Scoops Up Local Ice Cream at Brooklyn Bridge Park testing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: ample hills, ample hills brooklyn, Ample...

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Today Will Be the Last Day NYPD and Brookhaven Labs Release Perfluorocarbon...

Image ©Nouhailler Earlier this month, Inhabitat reported that Brookhaven National Laboratory and the NYPD would be releasing trace amounts of perfluorocarbon gas into the subway system as part of the...

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Unique “Marche” Concept Reimagines Abandoned Post Offices as Local Supermarkets

Read the rest of Unique “Marche” Concept Reimagines Abandoned Post Offices as Local Supermarkets testing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: abandoned buildings converted into markets,...

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Would You Live in a Wooden Box in NYC for $1,367 a Month?

New York City is notorious for its exorbitant cost of living, but could it be so bad that rent for a literal wooden box goes for over a grand per month? Although now defunct, this listing on Airbnb...

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NYC Officials Ask EDC to Help Push Lowline Underground Park Project Ahead

The Lowline, an initiative to create an underground park for the Lower East Side, has been progressing slowly but surely over the past few years, and now local officials have also joined in to push...

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NYC’s Colorful “Recycle Everything” Ad Campaign Encourages New Yorkers to...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office is launching a colorful new ad campaign to encourage New Yorkers to recycle. Called “Recycle Everything,” the series of eye-catching adverts will also promote the...

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Shark Fin Sales to Be Banned in New York Starting in 2014

There’s little debate that cutting the fins off of living sharks and selling them as food is cruel and inhumane, but the state of New York is finally acknowledging its disapproval of the practice by...

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New York’s “Greenest” Tower (1 Bryant Park) Isn’t So Green After All

Read the rest of New York’s “Greenest” Tower (1 Bryant Park) Isn’t So Green After All testing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 1 Bryant Park, Al Gore's company, Bank of America Tower,...

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Mayor Bloomberg Announces RFP for New Seaport City Neighborhood That Would...

Could a new neighborhood be coming to NYC? Seaport City, an idea for a man-made parcel of land on the east side of Manhattan that would also double as a storm surge protector, was first introduced to...

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