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By Victoria Vele and Rich Greene, LCBG Interns All cities are not created equal. Each is designed, developed, and actually constructed at different points in time. This affects architecture, building stock, and even the people who live there. Urban transformation is inevitable because people have evolving needs. We are challenged with maintaining a balanced ecosystem through every urban development (new or old). The video I’ve decided to post this week is by Lilium Urbanus, Read More By Victoria Vele, Social Media and Water Intern The history of New York as a cycling city extends back to 1884 when the first bicycling path in the country was developed: the Ocean Parkway bike path in Brooklyn, which begins near the southeast corner of Prospect Park and ends in Coney Island. In the 20th century, however, parkway and bridge construction increased while the construction/use of bicycle lanes decreased. The truth of the Read More By: Vanessa Meer, Manager of Water, Energy and Environmental Services and David Krieger, Community Director What is Living City Block doing in Gowanus? Where is Gowanus anyway? The Gowanus region of Brooklyn is one of New York’s oldest settlements, originally built around the pristine Gowanus Bay and Creek watershed, and once one of New York’s great wetland oases. With the industrialization of the Brooklyn waterfront in the 1800’s the Gowanus Creek became the Read More |
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