All Posts Tagged With: "Dattner Architects"

David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens: First Green Exclusively Affordable Housing Development in Harlem

On Monday, Jonathan Rose Companies and the Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement (“HCCI”), co-developers of David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens, opened the $19.5 million, 85-unit green building at 263 West 153rd Street, just across the Harlem River from Yankee Stadium between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Macomb Place. The project is named for former New York City Mayor David Dinkins and his wife- Mr. Dinkins is the only African-American to serve as mayor in Gotham’s history- and the development is part of Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to build 165,000 units of affordable housing for 500,000 New Yorkers over the next ten years.

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1Apr2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 4 comments | Continued

GreenHomeNYC’s 2007 Green Buildings Open House

If you’re looking for something to do this coming Saturday, October 6- and the weather here in New York City should be fabulous for it- check out GreenHomeNYC’s Green Buildings Open House. The organization is offering bus, bike, and walking tours in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx (though the East Village walking and Brooklyn bike […]

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5Oct2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued

LEED Silver for Bronx Library Center & Local Law 86 Primer

The New York Public Library’s Bronx Library Center was awarded LEED Silver certification from USGBC last summer, but USGBC President Rick Fedrizzi officially presented the honor in person at a ceremony last Thursday, January 11th up in The Bronx. The Center is the first publicly-funded green building in New York City to receive LEED certification […]

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22Jan2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued