Launch of UrbanReviewer.org
OFFICIAL LAUNCH: urbanreviewer.org URBAN REVIEWER: A New Tool Examining the Legacy of Urban Renewal in NYC Reviewing Past Urban Plans > Discovering Present Impact > Supporting Future Actions Brooklyn, New York – June 17, 2014 – Urban Reviewer is New [...]
Report Back from the Vacant Acres Symposium: Advocates From All Over the World!
On April 22nd and 23rd, 596 Acres and the Tishman Environment and Design Center at the New School co-hosted the first ever Vacant Acres Symposium, bringing together knowledgeable and passionate (and badass!) urban vacant land advocates from around the [...]
596 Acres Testimony In Support of NYC OpenFOIL Law
There’s a great bill making its way through NYC City Council that would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to create a streamlined and centralized system through which people can request to see government documents: an OpenFOIL bill. [...]
A Free MapPLUTO Makes Us All Information Rich
MapPLUTO is a mashup of geographic information and real estate data about New York City, the most powerful and comprehensive data set about the real New York that any government agency maintains. For ten years, until July 2013, the Department [...]
Bronx Got Labeled – March 2014
Yesterday we labeled 7 lots in the South Bronx with the help of two wonderful volunteers. We chatted with neighbors passing by and have already received several phone calls and emails in response to the signs! More photos and [...]
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