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Long Island City, NY/Queens: Waterfront Concept Plan

February 18, 2021

Rebecca Sasson Advanced Graphics Communications for Planners, Fall 2019 View Portfolio Long Island City, situated south of the Queensboro Bridge and east of Roosevelt Island, is a neighborhood rich with history and culture. Maximizing the potential of this 22.2 acre...

Long Island City, NY/Queens: Waterfront Concept Plan

February 18, 2021

Miranda Madrazo Undergraduate Graphical Communiations for Planners, Fall 2019 View Portfolio Long Island City, situated south of the Queensboro Bridge and east of Roosevelt Island, is a neighborhood rich with history and culture. Its roots are in manufacturing, the...

Strategically Virtual: Offering wellness activities in a virtual environment

February 18, 2021

Service providers can consider offering an array of wellness services that or refer customers to engage with these services privately.

Germantown Avenue Conceptual Site Plan Redevelopment

February 17, 2021

Bloustein Planning and Design II, Fall 2019 Proposal 1 Proposal 2 Proposal 3 An approximately 80-acre site in the heart of the North Philadelphia neighborhood was reimagined to discover strategies for redevelopment. All three proposals made recommendations to lower...

Camden, NJ: Camden Waterfront

February 17, 2021

Harsheeta Gupta Advanced Graphics Communications for Planners, Fall 2018 View Portfolio The Camden Waterfront is a waterfront neighborhood which is mixed-use development. The neighborhood sits right across the river providing a spectacular view of the Philadelphia...

‘Help Wanted’ — four strategies to fix America’s jobs crisis

February 16, 2021

Last week, the Congressional Budget Office projected record-breaking growth in 2021, but it is premature to celebrate this rosy macroeconomic projection because the rest of their report contained the alarming prediction that the U.S. labor market will not...

Bringing pork back won’t unclog Congress

February 16, 2021

The practice of earmarking ended in 2011, an action driven by public outrage, now policy wonks say it should return. That idea should be rejected, says Linda Stamato, director emerita of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Edward J. Bloustein...

Liberty Harbor North – Atre

February 15, 2021

Jersey City, NJ: Liberty Harbor North Mrunmayee Atre Advanced Graphics Communications for Planners, Fall 2017 View Portfolio Mixed Use development (residential, commercial, retail)located in Jersey City with a view of Lower Manhattan across the river, intended to...

Jersey City, NJ: Liberty Harbor North

February 15, 2021

Susana Gonzalez Rodriguez Advanced Graphics Communications for Planners, Fall 2017 View Portfolio When complete, the neighborhood of Liberty Harbor North will be the most thorough exemplification to date of the principles of the New Urbanism. Due to its high-density...

Research: Bikeshare usage change in New York City due to COVID-19 pandemic

February 15, 2021

Bikeshare use in NYC dropped during the early months of the pandemic, but had largely recovered by the summer.

Did you retire too soon? How to get back in the workforce

February 12, 2021

Unsure what kind of work might appeal to you? Expand your network and strike up conversations. “Use social media tools to see what’s out there and what has changed,” said Maria Heidkamp, director of program development at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development...

2021: 2/11 Art Practice and Urban Planning as a Tool for Social Transformation

February 12, 2021

2/11 Art Practice and Urban Planning as a Tool for Social Transformation click to play Arts and culture are not luxuries, but central to the central task of urban development: improving people’s lives. Many times artistic expressions are seem separated from the work...