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Mega-Rich Go Green, Bloomberg’s Global Warming Task Force, MTA’s Green Escalators, & Randall’s Island Green Roof
gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of August 10, 2008, including developer Joseph Moinian’s 1500-foot-deep geothermal well on Park Avenue, Mayor Bloomberg’s Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, difficulties as the MTA turns on its new green escalators, the installation of a 7000-square-foot green roof on Randall’s Island, and more green legislation for both New York City and New Jersey.
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17Aug2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: MTA Selects Related Companies to Develop Hudson Yards
Tishman Speyer’s loss is now the Related Companies’ gain. The MTA announced today that it has selected Related and Goldman Sachs to develop Hudson Yards into a $1 billion mixed-use neighborhood that will revolve around a central nine-acre grand plaza similar in concept to Tishman’s proposed “New York Steps.” Related will seek LEED Gold for the project (pursuant to the MTA’s RFP), though no specific details are available regarding whether that rating will be for individual towers or a broader LEED-ND application for the entire project.
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19May2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
The MTA: What Are You Going to Do, Walk?
The MTA, the people who brought you “The Next Brooklyn-bound L Train Will Arrive in Two Minutes” announcements only a decade or two after such systems became standard in the Old Country are not letting the Euros beat us in recycling, either. From Paris to Shanghai, most major transit systems in the past 10 years have installed separate bins for paper, glass, plastic, and even organic vs. non-organic waste. A few weeks ago, large stickers appeared on every single one of the black bomb-resistant garbage cans lining the platforms. “Can it for a Greener Planet!” they read. Could it be Apparently the stickers, the number or printing cost of which the MTA did not disclose, were a public service reminder – that they already recycle.
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8May2008 | Alex Padalka | 1 comment | Continued
MTA’s Limited Edition MetroCards to Celebrate Earth Day
The MTA announced yesterday that five million green MetroCards will be issued starting on Earth Day, April 22. The limited edition cards will have a list of environmental facts on the back and will be dolled out via MTA vending machines. Ironically, the MetroCards themselves won’t be recyclable, though the MTA did admit at a news conference Monday morning at Grand Central Station that it may be time to move to a more earth-friendly material for the cards. The green MetroCards are meant to draw attention to the MTA’s new sustainability initiatives, which are the result of recommendations from a panel on renewable energy.
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14Apr2008 | Meredith Taylor | 0 comments | Continued
Media Campus at Brooklyn Navy Yard, LEED-EB Platinum in Buffalo, & Tough Green Real Estate Market
gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of February 3, 2008, including a film and entertainment district at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York State’s first LEED-EB certification in Buffalo, and further details on criteria for development proposals at Hudson Yards. As always, descriptions and links are after the jump.
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10Feb2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Community Calls on the MTA to Require Sustainable Development at the West Side Rail Yards
The community-based Hudson Yards Community Advisory Committee (HYCAC) released their response to the West Side Rail Yards proposals today in a letter to the MTA. Among the highlights:
(1) HYCAC requests that the MTA require a commitment to sustainable construction from whichever developer is awarded the project. Currently, three of the development teams (Brookfield, Durst-Vornado, […]
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8Jan2008 | Meredith Taylor | 0 comments | Continued
Corona Maintenance Shop & Car Washer Facility, Corona, Queens
Just to follow up on my most recent post on the greening of New York City’s subway infrastructure (and ignoring for the time being Wednesday’s fiasco), the Corona Maintenance Shop & Car Washer Facility landed at #10 on New York Construction’s Top Projects Completed list for 2006-07 (image to left via MTA). The $208 million, […]
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10Aug2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued-
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