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Haven Project – release the funds

Saturday, October 27th, 2018 Posted in Define the Issues, Front Page News, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Harlem River Working Group, Lower Concourse North, mill pond park, nyc, NYC Parks Department, Pier 5, Pier 5 Pop Up Wetland - first of its kind, Projects, Resiliency and Sustainability, sustainable parks | Comments Off

We have seen this happen before. This is how we lost our parkland at Pier 5 to the favorite building in the city. But I divert from this story. You may remember the Producers? Well, here we go again. Our friends ...

Living Ecological Green Infrastructure Tools

Thursday, October 25th, 2018 Posted in Communications Work, Define the Issues, Front Page News, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Low Impact Development, Project Green, Resiliency and Sustainability, sustainable parks, Water Committee | Comments Off

Thanks to our friends at USGS, we have collected some interesting links on this page. We plan to list and update this topic on nature based ways to view water and how it moves through the soil. - Library on different ...

Gateway to the South Bronx – Pollution

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 Posted in Bronx Point, Committees, Communications Work, Define the Issues, EDC, Educational Environmentalists, Environmental Reviews, Front Page News, Harlem River BOA, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Harlem River Working Group, Harlem River Yards Park Greenway, Lower Concourse North, mill pond park, NYC Parks Department, Parks Committee, Pier 5, Pier 5 Pop Up Wetland - first of its kind, sustainable parks, Water Committee, Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off

This video, created by Gregory Ginsburg, is an eye opener for what is needed - green-open space-parkland to breathe clean air and relax in a quiet environment. Not more density! https://drive.google.com/a/bxscience.edu/file/d/1oRLlbF6mEi6BlIqDJ0o_3kn1e2ZN0z48/view?usp=drive_web

Parking Lots for Housing not Parks

Sunday, May 14th, 2017 Posted in Define the Issues, Environmental Reviews, Front Page News, Harlem River BOA, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Harlem River Working Group, Harlem River Yards Park Greenway, Low Impact Development, Lower Concourse North, Permits, Pier 5, Pier 5 Pop Up Wetland - first of its kind, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off

At the May 10, 2017 monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, the issues concerning the City's proposal to build housing and other mixed uses on parkland and what it means. The Board ...

Alternatives — Parking Lots for Housing Not Parks

Sunday, May 14th, 2017 Posted in Define the Issues | Comments Off

The map was designed to show that there are other alternatives to the proposed 4-acre site. The surface parking lots are underutilized during the 80 Yankee Home Games. Moreover, they are not even used most of the year. Below find ...

Mapped Parkland Double Dipping

Sunday, May 14th, 2017 Posted in Define the Issues | Comments Off

The application (C 060057 MMX) for an amendment to the City Map was filed by the Department of Parks and Recreation, pursuant to Sections 197-c and 199 of the New York City Charter on August 9, 2005. It involves: the establishment of ...

Recent Studies and District Needs about the Harlem River Waterfront

Sunday, May 14th, 2017 Posted in Define the Issues | Comments Off

Borough President Ruben Diaz Report on the Bronx Waterfronts (see pages for Pier 5 and the Harlem River) waterfront-vision waterfront-vision-notes hilite page 6-17 waterfront-vision-notes hilite page 2 Community Board 4 in the Bronx did their 2016 District Statement of Needs District-Needs-2016main BCEQ Presented the problem to the ...

Pier 5 BCEQ Pop Up Wetland Work approved by PARKS

Sunday, May 14th, 2017 Posted in Define the Issues, Environmental Reviews, Lower Concourse North, Permits | 1 Comment »

This goes to the use of the park. The Bronx Council for Environmental Quality applied for a grant and built this project. We needed to get approval from Parks, the owner of the land. Here are the permits, and below is ...

News Stories on Pier 5 aka Lower Concourse North

Sunday, May 14th, 2017 Posted in Define the Issues, Pier 5 | Comments Off

Below please find the latest stories on the issue of what the City plans for Pier 5. EDC calls it the Lower Concourse North but that is a misnomer as it is not on the Lower Concourse, or even the ...

25 Selected Studies of the Harlem River over 35 years

Sunday, May 14th, 2017 Posted in Define the Issues | Comments Off

The overarching vision for the Bronx waterfront of the Harlem River is a contiguous waterfront park. This is a fundamental consensus embraced by several generations of city and state agencies, elected officials, and their constituents. It has been outlined in ...

New York City ways to designate Parkland

Sunday, May 14th, 2017 Posted in Communications Work, Define the Issues, Environmental Reviews | Comments Off

New York City ways to designate Parkland NYC City Planning Commission Glossary of Terms - http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/zoning/glossary.page Public Parkland, page 17 of 27 A public park is any publicly owned park, playground, beach, parkway, or roadway within the jurisdiction and control of the New York City Commissioner ...

Environmental Impact Statement: assess, disclose, mitigate

Saturday, May 13th, 2017 Posted in Communications Work, Define the Issues, Environmental Reviews | Comments Off

Below please find a short and quick description of the Environmental Impact Statement or EIS. The excerpt is from the Procedures and Documentation article. If the agency identifies significant adverse impacts, the lead agency must consider alternatives which, consistent with social, ...