The New York Press' 'Brooklyn Issue' features commentary from 11 authors on the evolution of each neighborhood in the borough.
Stories include "The Dogs of Gowanus", "Red Hook: Wounded by good intentions", "Park Slope: Brooklyn becomes myth", "DUMBO: Is Slumbo fast becoming the new Tribeca?", "Sheepshead Bay: 'You want a flower?'", "Brooklyn Heights: Author's paradise", "Boerum Hill: BoCoCa -- cokey bobos get old", "Prospect Heights: Future prospects", "Fort Greene: A real melting pot", "Crown Heights: A dissenting perspective", "Williamsburg: Virginia or Queens?"
Read the full story: The Brooklyn Issue (second header on page)
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California plans to bury El Niño’s downpour
If the state plays its cards right, it may be able to store a billion acre-feet of El Niño’s water in aquifers.
Desperate measures: Advocates weigh draining Lake Powell to fill Colorado River
Draining the reservoir could reduce evaporation losses by a couple hundred thousand acre-feet.
Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax survives legal challenge
A panel of judges found that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate injury as a result of New York City's implementation of the tax.
Eastern Nebraska is running out of electricity
Data centers and electrification are straining eastern Nebraska’s grid, throttling economic development.
Seattle passes record-breaking transit services expansion
Proposition 1 will double the city’s transit tax to add 95,000 more bus trips and preserve 180,000 bus trips annually.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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