Jerrold Nadler’s office just announced that he has gotten a $2.4 million appropriation written into the House’s energy and water appropriations bill for next year.
The money is intended to go towards a project that would slow beachhead erosion on Coney Island by building… T-Groins.
I think we’ll let them explain this one. Read on Read More
A parking lot and a box on the waterfront.
According to the Brooklyn Eagle (pdf), Swedish superstore-star Ikea is gaining steam in its quest to transform the Brooklyn waterfront into a big blue box.
The cheap-yet-cute furniture chain received approval last Friday from the Army Corps of Engineers to develop its store Read More
A 1995 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study—now being revised—mapped out a frightening scenario about what would happen if a Category 3 hurricane hit New York:
“Not only could building occupants be endangered, but debris falling onto the streets from high above could create an extreme hazard to pedestrians. As high winds begin to damage Read More
A 1995 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study—now being revised—mapped out a frightening scenario about what would happen if a Category 3 hurricane hit New York:
“Not only could building occupants be endangered, but debris falling onto the streets from high above could create an extreme hazard to pedestrians. As high winds begin to damage Read More
The struggling NY Waterway ferry company, which was, to the delight of punning headline writers, bailed out of bankruptcy as recently as last December, is–we can’t help ourselves–wading into unchartered waters.
Earlier this month, a subsidiary named Port Imperial Duck Charterers LLC submitted an application to the Army Corps of Engineers for a Read More
Chris Ward, Mayor Bloomberg’s commissioner of the city Department of Environmental Protection, recently received an urgent e-mail message from the department’s top officer in charge of protecting the watershed. A truck that had been carrying a massive shipment of cyanide when it was hijacked 100 miles north of Mexico City had just been recovered by Read More
