Superstorm Sandy

Workers fixing the East River Tunnel

Amtrak reopens New York’s East River Tunnel

The reopening marks the halfway point of rehabilitation efforts at Penn Station in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

August 19, 2026 - ABC7

Texas Flood

Are Tall Buildings Safer When It Floods?

Conventional wisdom is that the most resilient city is that keeps high-density housing out of flood zones. But if flooding can happen miles inland, is that still true?

September 13, 2021 - Michael Lewyn

Robert Moses Field 4 Deserted Beach

New Hurricane Protections Leave New Yorkers Wanting More

"Glorified sandbags," costing $3 million, will be installed in New York City.

May 9, 2019 - CBS New York

Hurricane Sandy

Army Corps Proposes Sea Barriers to Protect New York from Rising Seas

A massive infrastructure project is on the table in New York, after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a new feasibility study.

July 10, 2018 - The Architect's Newspaper

Manhattan

New York's Post-Sandy Resilience Plans Have Lost Momentum

New York, like every other city in the United States, isn't more prepared for a major storm event than it was on October 29, 2012.

October 29, 2017 - WNYC

Flooding in Howard Beach

New York Updating its Flood Resilience Zoning

New York City intends to make sure that zoning codes are a tool for preventing the risks of flooding.

September 27, 2017 - NYC Planning

Rockaway Beach

Long Island Developers Taking Storm Risk Seriously

Tree-huggers many of them are not, but there's consensus among Long Island developers that storm resilience is an investment worth making.

September 13, 2017 - Newsday

Staten Island

New Staten Island Zoning Rules Would Prohibit Most Development in Flood-Prone Areas

An article in Crain's Business New York calls the new zoning rules proposed for neighborhoods in Staten Island a "back to nature" scheme.

July 10, 2017 - Crain's New York Business

Rockaway Beach

The New Boardwalk at Rockaway Beach Showcases Coastal Resilience

The new boardwalk at Rockaway Beach shows how sea level rise is requiring new design and infrastructure decisions for the resilience of coastal communities.

June 6, 2017 - Climate Central

The Rockaway Beach Boardwalk

Money Leftover from Superstorm Sandy Repairs Now Funding Parks in Queens

A boardwalk reconstruction project in Roackaway Beach, funded by FEMA after Superstorm Sandy, has money leftover. The public is invited to help decide how the money gets used.

December 29, 2016 - DNAInfo

New Jersey Coast

A Big, Expensive Legal Battle Over Coastal Dunes in New Jersey

A small group of residents in Ocean County, New Jersey have lawyered up to resist a state and federal project to build 22 miles of sand dunes to protect the New Jersey coast.

August 5, 2016 - The Record

Report Reveals Broken Commitment to Green Building at the World Trade Center

An investigative report by James West finds that the developers of the World Trade Center sacrificed a commitment to green building to retain a key tenant after damages wrought by Superstorm Sandy.

December 11, 2014 - Mother Jones

Penn Station Access Plan Has Long Island Legislators Worried

While MTA’s East Side Access project, which will bring Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) trains directly to Grand Central Terminal by 2019, has received much attention, less well-know is a complementary plan to bring Metro-North trains to Penn Station.

August 5, 2013 - City & State

New Signs for New York City Beaches in Sandy's Wake

New York City is marking its continued recovery from Superstorm Sandy with redesigned beach signs.

June 14, 2013 - Atlantic Cities

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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City of Wisconsin Rapids

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