gbNYC selects green news items of note that were reported across the New York City area during the week of July 6, 2008, including alterations to the Times Tower in light of yet another climber, with which Renzo Piano is “okay,” the potential for an increased number of local, European-style bike share programs, groundbreaking at Serviam Gardens in the Bronx, and a push towards green building codes in Southampton on Long Island.
July 13th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Renzo Piano"
Daredevil Scales Times Tower “In Honor” of World Environment Day
Unfurling a banner reading “global warming kills more people than a 9/11 every week,” daredevil climber Alain Robert ascended the 52-story New York Times Tower on 8th Avenue yesterday and was arrested upon reaching the top. Robert later claimed that he chose the tower for his climb because of its green features; the stunt was performed on the United Nations’ World Environment Day.
June 6th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Restaurant Leases Last Remaining Retail Space at N.Y. Times Tower
The New York Times Tower on 8th Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets, which earned a spot at #2 on gbNYC’s list of the top five Gotham green buildings from 2007, has secured a tenant for the fifth and final retail block in the non-LEED-certified green building. The 3,200-square-foot space will house a new restaurant concept from Andrew and Jonathan Schnipper, the brothers whose Hale & Hearty Soup chain is now ubiquitous here in Manhattan. The eatery will offer a casual American menu that will be “an evolution of the roadside stand we all knew growing up,” according to Andrew Schnipper.
January 30th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued