Coalition Calls On NYC Leaders To Kick Cars Off 25 Percent Of City Streets
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A diverse coalition of more than 80 advocacy groups and nonprofit organizations is asking the next generation of city leaders to imagine what it would take to install 500 more miles of bike lanes, 1,000 miles of year-round open streets, and one block of car-free streets in front of every public school in New York City.
On Monday, the group Transportation Alternatives issued a challenge it calls “NYC 25x25.” The advocacy group is asking the next mayor, city council and borough presidents to commit to converting 25% of streets currently used by vehicles into other purposes, by 2025.
Governors Island welcomes four new tenants
Timothy Schneck
While some businesses may be fleeing New York City, Governors Island’s list of yearlong tenants just grew by four.
The Billion Oyster Project, Beam Center, the Institute for Public Architecture and Shandaken Projects will take up residence in three buildings on the island’s Nolan Park section, the city announced Tuesday. The new tenants are part of a program to turn the island s collection of historic buildings into a zone for year-round art, public policy and environmental activity.
“Governors Island is poised to serve as an even greater hub for cultural exploration, research and public programming,” said Clare Newman, president and CEO of the Trust for Governors Island.
Name droppers: Two Davis High School grads earn fellowships in architecture
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Karen Kubey co-taught “Rebuilding Cornerstones: Toward Spatial Justice for Portand’s Black Diaspora” at the University of Oregon with local artists Cleo Davis and Kayin Talton Davis. This image depicts “AfroLab” by student Jade Danek.
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Support Local Journalism Karen Kubey (DHS ’98) and
Galen Pardee (DHS ’07) were invited to present in the “Projecting Fellows” virtual lecture series, hosted by the University of Virginia School of Architecture.
The event series brings together the 2019-20 class of fellows from American architecture schools to explore a cross-section of emerging interests in the discipline. Kubey will present on “Publics” at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, and Pardee will speak on “Infrastructures and Ecologies” at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. Kubey was a 2019-20 Faculty Fellow in Design for Spatial Justice at the University of Oregon. Pardee