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- The Great Green Fate of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree After the Holidays Are Over Fri, 20 Dec 13, 6:30amThe Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is the star of holidays in NYC, but what happens to it when the festivities are over? The awesome answer might surprise you...
- One Year After Hurricane Sandy, Scientists Warn of Even More Extreme Storms to Come Wed, 30 Oct 13, 4:58amIt's been one year since Superstorm Sandy battered New York, and though we're relieved to be enjoying dry weather today, experts are warning us not to become too complacent...
- Frank Gehry Says He Prefers a Fashionable Dictator to Democracy When it Comes to Creating Architecture Wed, 24 Jul 13, 4:00amCleveland Clinic photo from Shutterstock When it comes to architecture, it doesn't get bigger than Frank Gehry - the man is world-renowned, and his buildings are as famous as he is...
- Water Gains Popularity Over High-Calorie Soda in US Wed, 13 Mar 13, 3:04amPhoto via Shutterstock Mayor Bloomberg has gone on a crusade to wean New Yorkers off calorie-filled soda, but it seems the rest of the country is voluntarily snubbing the sugary stuff...
- Airbnb is Offering Free Housing for Victims of Hurricane Sandy Fri, 9 Nov 12, 3:28amNew Yorkers have been opening their homes to one another all week in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, and yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg and online accommodations marketplace Airbnb announced a way to make that process safer...
- Six Things You Can Do To Help Hurricane Sandy Victims Wed, 7 Nov 12, 8:35amRead the rest of Six Things You Can Do To Help Hurricane Sandy Victims Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Architecture for Humanity, Breezy Point, Charities, disaster recovery, Hurricane, hurricane...
- Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Cuomo Acknowledge Relationship Between Climate Change and Hurricane Sandy Thu, 1 Nov 12, 1:54amJust one day after Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the eastern coast of the US, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NY Governor Andrew Cuomo gave frank statements in which they acknowledged the relationship between...
- NYC Will Replace Taxis With New Driverless Google Cabs Mon, 2 Apr 12, 1:20amNews has just broke that NYC Mayor Bloomberg has signed a contract with Google to replace all the city’s yellow cabs with Google’s patented driverless cars...
- National 9/11 Museum Will Not Open in 2012 Due to Financial Dispute Tue, 3 Jan 12, 7:46amLast year thousands of people visited the National 9/11 Memorial as it opened in New York City, however it turns out that the accompanying 9/11 Museum will not be opening anytime soon due to a financial dispute between the...
- Summer Streets Returns to NYC Today, Banning Cars For 7 Miles of Manhattan! Sun, 7 Aug 11, 1:00amHey New York, go run in the street! Seriously, do it! Summer Streets returns to the city today, banning cars from seven glorious miles of Manhattan from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. The city will close Park Avenue and connecting streets...
- Toxic PCBs Leaking into NYC Schools Tue, 25 Jan 11, 4:59amNot long after the holiday break, a Staten Island mother received a shocking letter from her children's school: PCBs had been found on the floor tiles...
- NYC Launches Urban Technology Innovation Center for Green Buildings Sat, 22 Jan 11, 2:22amNew York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg just announced the launch of the Urban Technology Innovation Center which will help fast track sustainable building practices by connecting building owners looking to be more...
- NYC Mayor Bloomberg Looks to Danish Offshore Windfarms for Inspiration Wed, 16 Dec 09, 4:50amJohan Spanner for The New York Times As the world’s eyes zeroed in on this week’s COP15 climate change talks, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gazed on a much more placid scene – Denmark’s 209...
- NYC Mayor Bloomberg Cuts Back on Greener Greater Buildings Plan Thu, 10 Dec 09, 2:55amLast Friday, NYC Mayor Bloomberg announced that he would be dropping a measure that was a part of the ambitious Greener, Greater Buildings Plan (GGBP) which called for buildings over 50,000 square feet to undergo audits to...
- NYC Mayor Announces Broadway’s Final Curtain Call on Vehicles Wed, 27 May 09, 4:30amThis past Sunday, in New York City, the unthinkable happened: Broadway was officially closed… to cars that is. As part of Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to reduce traffic in the city, two sections of Broadway, from 47th...