Green Buildings In New York

10 April 2005 - 7:00am

From high-rises to low-income housing, New York City is seeing a growth in green building projects.

"...a spike in green building [is] underway in the city. It runs the gamut from eco-friendly high-rises and low-income housing to homeowners who choose nontoxic building materials for their renovations...ne thing that's changed since the Earth movement of the 70s is that a growing number of these products are available at nontoxic prices, and the quality of the best ones is increasingly high. "

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Source: New York Post, April 9, 2005
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