The Bronx
NYC Brokers Back Affordable LEED Housing Development in Brooklyn
Brokers Build is a campaign spearheaded by New York City’s real estate brokers to raise $1 million in order to help build a forty-one unit, three building affordable condominium development in Brooklyn in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity- double the number of homes that Habitat constructs in New York during a typical year. Designed […]
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8Jun2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | ContinuedBack to the Bronx: Green Restrooms Open at Zoo
There’s another green project at the Bronx Zoo that I neglected to mention in yesterday’s post. Crain’s reports this week that the Zoo has installed New York City’s most expensive bathroom facility at its Bronx River Entrance, calling it “the future of restrooms in the [C]ity.” The project cost $2 million and took eighteen months […]
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4May2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedGreening The Bronx: Historic Renovation of Zoo’s Lion House Seeks LEED Gold
If you haven’t been paying much attention to The Bronx lately (and after the Yankees’ miserable April, I wouldn’t blame you), there’s quite a bit of sustainable construction taking place throughout the borough that’s definitely worth your while.
I’ve written here before about Via Verde, winner of the New Housing New York Legacy Project’s first design […]
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2May2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 3 comments | ContinuedAIA and Google Team Up to Add Layers to Google Earth
At the risk of meandering off topic a bit- I haven’t used Google Earth in a while, but a new partnership between the AIA and Google had me up late last night using the program in awe once again. As part of a variety of initiatives commemorating the AIA’s 150th anniversary, the organization has joined […]
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27Apr2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedNew Housing New York Legacy Project Winners to Seek LEED Gold for Affordable South Bronx Development
The New Housing New York Legacy Project, a joint effort between the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the New York Chapter of the AIA, announced the winner of its first design competition for affordable and sustainable housing back on January 17th. The competition is part of Mayor Bloomberg’s New Housing […]
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3Feb2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
