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Saturday, October 31 at 2:00pm - Atlantic-Pacific station meet-up
4th Avenue & Pacific Street, northw...
Wednesday, September 30 at 6:30pm - Goo Gone
The Old American Can Factory
Tuesday, July 7 at 7:00pm - Meet-up #2: The Grand Concourse
Walking Tour: Meet at 171st Street ...
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Urban Omnibus We wish you a happy holiday season with one last roundup for 2009
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The Omnibus team is off to deck some halls and ring in the new year, but not without one more batch of links for you to peruse. If you are new to our site, we would like to take this opportunity to encourage ...
Urban Omnibus "Ultimately, architects, planners, landscape architects, and engineers are only single players with finite resources."
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With the internet, all the information that we need for a design can be found online, yes? With the right software and training an individual designer can make a difference, championing the environment, fostering sustainability, and forging anew the zeitgeist of the day. ...
Urban Omnibus Calling all architects: your community board needs you!
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As we look forward to 2010, it seems that we are getting signals of more austerity ahead. Recently, the MTA approved a series of fairly drastic service cuts. There is a sense that Albany will add strain ...
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Check out Vishaan's bold vision for a more coordinated, city-focused national strategy to tackle climate change, health care and unemployment: http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/12/being-de
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This essay is the second in a series of opinion pieces by Vishaan Chakrabarti, an architect and planner who believes passionately that dense urban environments are engines of sustainability, justice and ...
Urban Omnibus Ben from SeeClickFix responds to Letting Off Some Steam
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I was intrigued by the post, Letting Off Some Steam, and would like to take a shot at answering the question, “What other infrastructures do you think are ripe for public involvement?”
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Hey Architizer fans - Urban Omnibus is now part of the community. Check it: http://www.architizer.com/en_us/firms/vi
Firm Profile - Urban Omnibus - Architizer - Empowering Architecture: architects, buildings, interior
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Urban Omnibus Jeff Maki checks out NYC’s steam system and thinks about how citizens can engage in the maintenance of infrastructure.
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Every winter, a typically unseen machine becomes visible in the streets of Manhattan: ConEd’s district steam operation. Seen from the street as steam leaking from manholes, or more safely vented through ...
Urban Omnibus Tickets still available for tomorrow night's Arch League talk with James Corner. Freshkills. High Line. 7pm.
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James CornerIntroduced by Kate OrffDiscussion following the lecture with James Corner, Kate Orff, and Ken SmithWednesday, December 9, 20097:00 p.m.The Great HallThe Cooper Union7 East 7th Streetadd to calendar
Urban Omnibus Rachel tells us about the Fulton Street Revitalization Plan: http://bit.ly/8vmyzp and then roundup time: http://bit.ly/54pKoV
Urban Omnibus » The Omnibus Roundup – eminent domain, NYC commissioners, affordable housing, and Bro
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As you’ve probably heard by now, a state appeals court has barred the use of eminent domain for parts of a 17 acre site intended for development by Columbia University, ruling the condemnation unconstitutional. ...
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in 5: Sketch120 - young designers tackling design problems and having fun: http://bit.ly/7AoP8Y
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“The popular feeling among the body of architectural workmen, especially the younger members of the profession, has recently been inclining strongly toward the opinion that an opportunity to reach a higher ...
Urban Omnibus Early Happy Thanksgiving round-up: http://bit.ly/4Qgyc7
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Happy Thanksgiving Eve everyone! Instead of our usual Wednesday feature, today we send you off into the holiday weekend with an early edition of the weekly Omnibus roundup. To get in the spirit for the ...
Urban Omnibus Sirens Taken for Wonders http://bit.ly/65A2IF
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As the plaintive wail of an ambulance drifted up 2nd Avenue last Friday night, a group of about 30 people at the corner of East 10th Street paused to listen to the siren as it passed by. I had joined a ...
Urban Omnibus Roundup! Grimshaw on Tuesday (NYC street furniture, Fulton Transit Center, Queens Museum expansion), cab stands, bike racks, creek clean-up, Armory controversy, and floorplan porn
Urban Omnibus » The Omnibus Roundup – Grimshaw, cab stands, bike racks, creek clean-up, Armory contr
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Next Tuesday, the Architectural League will host a talk by Andrew Whalley, who heads up the New York Office of the international architecture firm Grimshaw Architects. Many of this firm’s current ...
Urban Omnibus 4 takes on Main St., Flushing, and thoughts on political rhetoric and collaborative media by the Mapping Main St. team http://bit.ly/4FaOOl
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Not too long ago we introduced you to a new project conceived by Omni-collaborator Jesse Shapins and a group of dedicated media artists – namely Kara Oehler, Ann Heppermann and James Burns – called Mapping Main Street. ...
Urban Omnibus First-rate recap of the Arrested Dev't symposium on the future of megaprojects: http://bit.ly/Uv6Yq
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If economic troubles haven’t already prompted us to reassess current development trends, a panel that assembled November 7 at Cooper Union’s Great Hall certainly could. That’s the hope, at least, for Olympia ...
