Month: November 2012
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Above the Flooded Plain – Did New Waterfront Developments Fare Better?
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20121125/REAL_ESTATE/311259973
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Rethinking Building Code, Post Sandy
From the Times, some opening thoughts on revamping the building code in a post-hurricane city. The focus for now is on how to build better in a rising-sea level world, versus just not building in Zone A at all (as a rather silly recent “resolution” from Community Board 1 wants). As the Times notes, some…
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Getting to Work
The L train is still out, but getting to Manhattan from North Brooklyn should be a little bit easier tomorrow. The M and the J trains are both going over the Williamsburg Bridge. The J will only go as far as Essex Street, but the M will have its full route through midtown reinstated. The…