The Washington Post revealed this week that new houses in the U.S. are bigger than ever. The look is only at new construction, and showed that the average new house in America is over 2,300 square feet. Amazingly, new abodes […]
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From Abandoned Power Plant to Adaptive-Reuse Project
Read about how a power plant on the Hudson River, closed for 50 years, is being transformed into arts-focused mixed-use destination in Yonkers in this New York Times article. [Photo courtesy of hudsonvalleyruins.org] […]
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Little Falls: Cascading Results-A great example of how smal…
Little Falls, New York — a city of 5,000 people located 70 miles west of Albany — might have died. This formerly robust industrial city straddles the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal at the site of a picturesque 40 […]
continue readingSmart Growth Roundup (3 June 2014)
Storm projects chosen for New York, New Jersey… Thousands of comments have been submitted in response to the state’s draft energy plan…. And a partnership forms to develop a casino near Binghamton in this weeks SGR! Local Midtown Rising Development […]
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NYS Transcentral Post May 28, 2014
Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured The Future of Evacuations in the Climate Change Era CityLab New […]
continue readingCNU 22: Promoting sustainable communities
Today, The Buffalo News has highlighted the 22nd Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU 22) event in Buffalo next week (June 4-7). This event brings people from different disciplines to discuss the best approaches to land use and development. And […]
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Dangerous by Design 2014 illuminates sobering situation
Smart Growth America has just released Dangerous by Design 2014, its latest look at the state of pedestrian safety across the nation. Its in-depth analysis not only shows where in this country walking is safe and perilous–it also provides an online opportunity […]
continue readingSmart Growth Roundup (22 May 2014)
Headlining this week’s Roundup: Smart Growth America reveals sobering statistics on pedestrian safety; casino issue heats up even further; Schenectady rising; and much more! Local Schenectady Metroplex awards contracts for downtown improvements New York transportation infrastructure did well in […]
continue readingHarsh climate change forecast for the Empire State
The Saratogian reports on an ominous future climate forecast for New York State. Read the article […]
continue readingPresident Obama uses Tappan Zee Bridge as backdrop for speec…
With the Tappan Zee Bridge looming in the background, President Obama made a clarion call for Congress to focus laser-like on infrastructure funding. See the full transcript of the President’s speech at lohud.com […]
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