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Post Hurricane Sandy: From New York City
Hurricane Sandy hit Monday night and dealt a devastating blow to New York’s mass transit, especially the subway system. Sea water rushed in from the lower tip of Manhattan and filled the subway tunnels from Bowling Green all the way uptown to 86 Street, and further north. However, there were parts of the system which…
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Hurricane Sandy – A picture (map) is worth a thousand words.
Hurricanes and cyclones are global weather events which require the mapping capabilities of weather satellites. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere. National Weather Service is part of the NOAA and it keeps track of hurricane activity on both coasts of the United…
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Disaster Prep
WRITTEN BY ALINE FADER Disaster Prep Had to share this – It is the most beautiful disaster planning guide I have seen. Nice job CUP!
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Hurricane Reading
WRITTEN BY ALINE FADER Since a Frankenstorm and related full moon events are likely troubling our New York area readership, I thought I would offer some Monday reading suggestions. For those looking to take their minds off of all the anticipated hurricane-crazed werewolf attacks… For those of you who prefer Utilitarianism to Pareto and are…
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150 Year Birthday of The London Underground
In 2013 The London Underground will be celebrating its 150 birthday. In a new book, London Underground: How Tube shaped London David Bownes, Oliver Green and Sam Mullins of the London Transport Museum put together an illustrated history of how the London Underground kept the city moving over the last century and a half. It is…
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Light and Public Art, revisited
WRITTEN BY ALINE FADER Recently, I wrote a post about a temporary art exhibit entitled “Open Air” in Philadelphia, PA by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. I had the good fortune to experience the exhibit at its tail end on Saturday, October 13th. It was a bit nippy out, but it was really a very lovely light display. Viewers…
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Paradise as a Garden – Al-Hambra, Spain
In April of 2012, I was in Spain, driving through towns and cities. It was a journey I was planning for some time, the list of places to see was long; from Toledo to Alcazar in Seville, from Cordoba to Al-Hambra, and from Valencia to the city of Gaudi, Barcelona. However, Alhambra was one place…
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NYCC and Proposed Convention Center
http://youtu.be/TCLHOEX8BuQ On October 11-14 the Javits center in Manhattan hosted the NYC Comic Con. I asked participants what they thought of the current convention venue at the Javits center, and what they think about Andrew Cuomos’ new proposed convention center/casino at the Aquaduct in Queens. If you haven’t heard of it it’s okay…. most of…
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BAT Opens Her Wings
Rising like a concrete castle at the southern end of Sunset Park, the Brooklyn Army Terminal gives new meaning to the term “military-industrial complex”. A 97-acre living monument to Brooklyn’s military past, it has recently gotten some good press as a symbol of what manufacturing can look like in New York today. Last weekend it was…
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