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Description: "The 161 Street Business Improvement District is committed to improving the community for those who live, work, visit and shop on 161 Street in the Bronx. Our goal is to keep the streets clean, promote commerce and enrich the area through special events and cultural projects. 161 Street is an exciting area for tourists, residents and employees alike. It is a neighborhood best known for Yankee Stadium, but it’s also filled with great restaurants, recreation sites, municipal resources and unique shops and services."
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Subject: Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: 161 Street Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "A news and information resource dedicated to transparency, accountability, community-based planning & consultation, and the health and public safety of visitors and employees in New York City's public park and recreation system."
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Subject: Parks
Group: Open and public spaces
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Bronx County Historical Society, founded in 1955, is a private, non-profit, educational and cultural institution chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. The BCHS, the historical agency for The Bronx, a county of New York State and a borough of the city of New York, is dedicated to the collection, preservation, documentation and interpretation of the history of The Bronx and lower Westchester County from its earliest historical references in the 17th century through the present."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Bronx County Historical Society
Coverage: Bronx (New York, N.Y.), Bronx County (N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: Blog opposing reductions in New York City public library budgets and real estate deals involving library buildings
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Subject: Public libraries, Historic preservation, Historic buildings--Preservation and restoration
Group: Blogs/Individuals
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: Founded in 1986, City Lore's mission is to foster New York City--and America's--living cultural heritage through education and public programs. We document, present, and advocate for New York City’s grassroots cultures to ensure their living legacy in stories and histories, places and traditions. We work in four cultural domains: urban folklore and history; preservation; arts education; and grassroots poetry traditions."
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Subject: Public art
Creator: City Lore (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "We promote and protect affordable homeownership in New York so that middle- and working-class families can build strong, thriving communities."
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Subject: Housing, Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Center for New York City Neighborhoods
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Neighborhood planning, City planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Municipal Art Society of New York
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "A community-oriented, volunteer-run organization, GreenHomeNYC’s mission is to promote an energy efficient and sustainable built environment and to support green professional development in New York City. The organization provides sustainability information to the general public and technical education to advance sustainability careers through a diverse array of programming, events, peer-to-peer mentoring and networking opportunities."
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Subject: Sustainable architecture, Sustainable development
Group: Sustainable and resilient design
Creator: GreenHomeNYC (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Move NY is a region-wide grassroots campaign that seeks to build support for a master transportation plan for the New York metropolitan area. Our mission is to bring faster, safer, fairer transportation to all New Yorkers -- drivers, riders, cyclists, and pedestrians alike."
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Subject: Transportation, Toll roads, Toll bridges, Transportation--Fares
Group: Transportation
Creator: Move NY (Campaign)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Natural Areas Conservancy is a champion of NYC’s 20,000 acres of forests and wetlands for the benefit and enjoyment of all. Our team of scientists and experts promote nature’s diversity and resilience across the five boroughs, working in close partnership with the City of New York."
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Subject: Open spaces, Urban forestry, Wetlands, Parks
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Natural Areas Conservancy (N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "New York YIMBY says 'Yes In My Backyard' to new development. The site covers architecture, construction, and real estate in the New York City region. With this in mind, not all development is good development; YIMBY supports projects that meet both pedestrian and aesthetic standards that will improve the city."
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Subject: Real estate development, Skyscrapers, City planning, Land use
Group: Urban development
Creator: Fedak, Nikolai
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Mobility in New York City: The Factbook explores how New Yorkers move, now and in the past, using 28 transportation modes. Two modes were excluded due to a lack of reliable data: delivery bikes and motorized delivery bikes, which are evident on streets and often illegally parked on sidewalks, but unreliably measured."
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Subject: Local transit, Transportation, Pedestrians, Cycling, Subways
Group: Transportation
Creator: Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Neon signs
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Queens, Manahattan, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: Blog about visiting all NYC parks
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Subject: Parks
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Sobel, Jon
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Since 1992, Friends of Pelham Bay Park has worked with Parks & Recreation to ensure that Pelham Bay Park is used for recreation, education and conservation by present and future generations."
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Subject: Parks, Pelham Bay Park (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Friends of Pelham Bay Park
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "As a department within Pratt Institute, Pratt Center for Community Development works closely with faculty and students from multiple disciplines, leveraging the Institute's architecture, planning, and design resources, in support of community-driven plans for a more sustainable and equitable New York City."
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Subject: Sustainable urban development, City planning, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Pratt Center for Community Development
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "RISE : NYC is a Superstorm Sandy business recovery and resiliency program that helps New York City small businesses adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change through the use of innovative technologies. The competition funds projects at Sandy-impacted small businesses to prepare their buildings, energy systems, and telecom networks for extreme weather. RISE : NYC launched in January 2014 and received over 200 applications from over 20 countries around the world."
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Subject: Economic development, Hazard mitigation, Coastal zone management, Climate change mitigation, Hurricane Sandy, 2012
Group: Community development
Creator: New York City Economic Development Corporation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: The CECPP is a watchdog group monitoring the work of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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Subject: Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Citizens Emergency Committee to Preserve Preservation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "South Bronx Unite is a coalition of South Bronx residents, organizations, and allies working together to improve and protect the social, environmental and economic future of the South Bronx."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: South Bronx Unite
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Urban Omnibus is an online project of the Architectural League to create a new kind of conversation about design and New York City ... The Omnibus features multi-media content to showcase design innovation, critical analysis and local expertise across a broad range of topics and locales, creating bridges between various communities of interest."
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Subject: City planning, Design, Public spaces
Creator: Architectural League of New York
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance is an alliance of over 800 organizations with ties to our regional waterways. Together we are working to transform the waters of New York and New Jersey Harbor into clean and accessible places to learn, work and play, with inviting parks, dependable jobs and reliable, eco-friendly transportation for all."
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Subject: Waterfronts, Planning
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) is a community development organization founded on the radically simple idea that all people deserve healthy, vibrant communities. We build award-winning, sustainable, affordable homes--but our work is not over when our buildings are complete. WHEDco believes that to be successful, affordable housing must be anchored in strong communities that residents can be proud of."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "At Breaking Ground, we believe that everyone deserves a home. That's why, since 1990, we have been providing permanent affordable housing for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Beginning with a single building, we are now New York City's largest provider of supportive housing. We own and/or operate 19 properties with a total of 3,530 transitional and permanent apartments in New York City and beyond."
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Subject: Shelters for the homeless, Housing
Group: Community development
Creator: Breaking Ground (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The mission of the Belmont Business Improvement District is to promote and expand the economic well being of the business community, and the community at large, by promotion of the “Little Italy in the Bronx” brand, our strong ethnic heritage and leadership in the culinary marketplace, and by leveraging the mercantile, social, political and cultural assets within and around our community."
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Subject: Economic development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Belmont Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Since its incorporation in 1980, the Bronx Shepherds Restoration (BSR) has been a leading force bringing much needed services to the residents of the Bronx. Our membership today consists of approximately 40 member churches, 99% of which consist of minority congregations."
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Subject: Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corporation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC) is dedicated to meeting the needs of a diverse Brooklyn community. FDC identifies and responds to these needs by creating programs, campaigns, and partnerships through economic development, housing, youth, immigration and other initiatives that promote enhanced quality of life, safety, and preservation of our community."
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Subject: Housing, Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Flatbush Development Corporation (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Fort Independence Park Neighborhood Association is a community group dedicated to preserving and improving the quality of life for residents of our historic community."
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Subject: Neighborhood planning, Community development, Parks, Fort Independence Park (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Fort Independence Park Neighborhood Association
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Green Guerillas uses a unique mix of education, organizing and advocacy to help people cultivate community gardens, sustain grassroots groups, grow food, engage youth, and address issues critical to the future of their gardens."
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Subject: Community gardens, Urban agriculture, Neighborhood planning
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Green Guerillas (Organization : New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Historic preservation, Historic sites
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Historic Landmarks Preservation Center
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "We, the undersigned residents of New York City, call for an end to the violence that real estate developers have inflicted on our skyline, parks, public areas, and cityscape with the proliferation of dramatically over-scaled buildings that ignore the historic context of our city."
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Subject: Historic preservation, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration, Real estate development, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Human-scale NYC (Organization)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Managed by MPC, the Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District (JGHBID) gives support to over 200 businesses within its catchment area, which runs along Jerome Avenue between Mosholu Parkway and East Gun Hill Road and East Gun Hill Road between Jerome and Webster avenues."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Kingsbridge BID was founded in 2001 and signed into law by Mayor Giuliani. The mission of the Kingsbridge BID is to improve the shopping district for merchants, property owners and visitors. The BID provides daily sanitation services, monthly graffiti removal, street banners, holiday decorations, shopping maps, advertising, bus shelter posters and landscaping."
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Subject: Economic development, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Kings Bridge Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Founded in 1981, the Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corporation (KRVC), a not-for-profit organization, aims to encourage and support local initiatives that will build and enrich our community through social, cultural, environmental, health, housing, educational and business enterprises. Our target area is the business and residential community comprised of Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Marble Hill, Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Fieldston, Woodlawn and Van Cortlandt Village. KRVC expands our work to other programs and communities when appropriate."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corporation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic sites, Historic districts, Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "MORENYC--the Metropolitan Organization for the Real Expansion of New York City--works to expand the population and built environment of New York City in order to create jobs, lower housing costs and save the environment by encouraging more people to live in an urban environment of lower per capita energy use."
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Subject: Housing, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Metropolitan Organization for the Real Expansion of New York City
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: This database will soon house printable PDF files of the entire collection of NYC Landmark Designation Reports. Reports are entered based on the year a property was designated as a Landmark and the earliest reports are now available. NOTE: Archived reports accessible only through "view all" link.
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Subject: Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Neighborhood Preservation Center (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: The Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency that is responsible for identifying and designating the City's landmarks and the buildings in the City's historic districts. The Commission also regulates changes to designated buildings. Some landmark designation reports are available at this site--many others are available at the Neighborhood Preservation Center site.
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Subject: New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The NYC Landmarks50 Alliance has been formed to create an appropriate commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the New York City's Landmarks Law in 2015, and to ensure that the preservation community, as well as the wider New York City public, reflect upon and embrace the significance of the role of historic preservation in shaping the City. The goal of this project is to broaden the appreciation of, and commitment to New York City's admired architecture, and to develop a new audience and a new generation of future preservationists, who will take responsibility for protecting the continuity of the New York Cityscape."
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Subject: Historic preservation, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: NYC Landmarks50 Alliance
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Historic preservation, Historic sites, Transgender people, Lesbians, Gay men
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy (Harbor Conservancy) is the primary nonprofit partner of the National Parks of New York Harbor (NPNH)--a division of the National Park Service that stewards 10 national parks with 22 destinations in the NY/NJ Metropolitan Area. Our shared goals are natural and cultural resource protection, improving access to parks, enhancing the visitor experience and expanding park funding through philanthropy and earned revenue."
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Subject: Parks, New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in 1980 to support the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission as well as to foster public awareness of preservation through educational outreach. The Foundation sponsors the Bronze Plaque, Historic District Markers and Street Sign programs, denoting historic districts in the five boroughs of the City."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Parkways parklets are flexible interventions that reclaim and beautify underutilized vehicular hardscapes for plants and people. Using permaculture as a model we integrate holistic approaches to create ecosystems that increase health and happiness in urban areas."
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Subject: Parks
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Parkways (Firm)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The White Plains Road District Management Association (WPRDMA) doing business as the White Plains Road Business Improvement District (BID) was established May,1994, as a not-for-profit community economic development organization with a mission to maintain and enhance business conditions in a four-block area in the Bronx with over 100 stores. The area extends from Bolton Street east along Pelham Parkway South to White Plains Road and south for three blocks to Brady Avenue."
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Subject: Economic development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: White Plains Road Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Places connect us to the past, host community and cultural traditions, and keep local environments distinctive. City Lore and the Municipal Art Society founded the Place Matters project in 1998 to identify, promote, and protect such places in New York City."
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Subject: Historic sites--Conservation and restoration, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Place Matters (Project)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit planning, design and educational organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities."
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Subject: City planning, Public spaces
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Project for Public Spaces
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Riders Alliance fights for reliable, affordable, world-class public transit in order to build a more just and sustainable New York. We organize subway and bus riders to develop grassroots power across racial, economic and neighborhood lines."
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Subject: Transportation, Subways, Bus lines--Ridership, Subway stations
Group: Transportation
Creator: Riders Alliance (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "#SaveNYC is a grassroots, crowd-sourced, DIY movement to raise awareness and take action for protecting and preserving the diversity and uniqueness of the urban fabric in New York City."
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Subject: Small business, Rent control, Gentrification, Chain stores, Chain restaurants
Group: Community development
Creator: #SaveNYC (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan, Bronx , Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance is a coalition of community-based and city-wide organizations who wish to see a vibrant community in the place of the Sheridan. Through consensus building among community stakeholders, SBRWA works toward a vision of the southern Bronx River watershed that includes a healthy environment, a prolific economy and a community that reaps the benefits of the river as a rich natural and recreational resource."
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Subject: Bronx River Watershed, Transportation, Parks, Community development, Land use, Waterfronts
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance
Coverage: Bronx River (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The mission of the HUB Third Avenue Business Improvement District, (BID) is to promote the growth, vitality and visibility of our local business community. The BID’s cost effective public safety and sanitation program services has not only developed a strong working partnership with city agencies, elected officials and local organizations but has also helped to improve quality of life conditions throughout the business district. The BID extends from 148th Street to 153rd Street on Third Avenue and also included areas on Willis Avenue between 148th Street and 149th Street. Also included are areas on 149th Street and Westchester Avenue between Third and Bergen Avenues and Elton Avenue between Third Avenue and 180 feet north of a 153rd Street. The district is comprised of 47 properties and 107 businesses ranging from major chains to locally owned Mom & Pop establishments." Succeeded by: https://thirdavenuebid.org/
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: HUB 3rd Avenue BID (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx) works to address economic and environmental issues in the South Bronx--and throughout New York City--through a combination of green job training, community greening programs, and social enterprise."
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Subject: Vocational training centers, Sustainable urban development, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Sustainable South Bronx
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: Home page for the Straphangers Campaign, which was founded in 1979 by the New York Public Interest Research Group to serve as a public advocate for subway and bus riders. Offers information on mass transit system, reports and opinion polls, and links to other related resources.
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Subject: Transportation, Buses, Subways
Group: Transportation
Creator: New York Public Interest Research Group. Straphangers Campaign
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Tri-State Transportation Campaign is a 501(c)(3) non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to reducing car dependency in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut ... In the 20 years since our founding, the Campaign has enjoyed a strong record of accomplishment. Among our most notable victories are halting highway widenings, fighting fare increases and service cuts, encouraging smart growth approaches at state departments of transportation, and calling for millions of dollars of investment in public transportation, pedestrian, bicycle, and transit-oriented development initiatives."
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Subject: City planning, Transportation
Group: Transportation
Creator: Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Conservancy identifies programs that contribute to park stewardship and education, and ensure the long-term well-being of its 1,146 acres of natural areas and recreation venues including a widely used cross country trail that attracts athletes from across the state and is over 100-year-old. To this end, The Conservancy has mobilized the park's vast natural and professional resources to create Urban Ecology Teen Internship (Urban Eco-Teens). Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy hosts free programs that reach thousands of people each year: Barefoot Dancing, Summer Stage Kids, weekly Birding, Drawing and Painting, and Seasonal Happenings."
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Subject: Parks, Van Cortlandt Park (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The mission of the Westchester Square Business Improvement District (WSBID) is to make the Westchester Square district cleaner, safer, more beautiful and to undertake enhancement projects. We focus our efforts on the supplemental sanitation, promote and market the area's diverse business and cultural offerings."
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Subject: Economic development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Westchester Square Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Originally released in 2007 under the name "PlaNYC," One New York: The Plan for a Strong and Just City (OneNYC) is a groundbreaking effort to address New York City’s long-term challenges: the forecast of 9 million residents by 2040, changing climate conditions, an evolving economy, and aging infrastructure."
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Subject: Sustainable urban development, City planning
Creator: New York (N.Y.). Mayor's Office of Sustainability
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Established in 1978, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the largest municipal housing preservation and development agency in the nation. The agency's mission is to make strategic investments that will improve and strengthen neighborhoods while preserving the stability and affordability of our existing housing stock."
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Subject: Housing, Low-income housing, City planning, Urban development
Creator: New York (N.Y.). Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD) is the umbrella organization of 100 non-profit affordable housing and economic development groups, serving low- and moderate income residents in all five boroughs of New York City. Since its founding in 1974, ANHD has been key in making NYC’s community development sector among the most effective in the US, providing comprehensive training, robust capacity-building and apprenticeship programs, and high-impact policy research. In the past 25 years, ANHD’s non-profit members have built over 120,000 units of affordable housing in our city’s most distressed neighborhoods."
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Group: Community development
Creator: Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Public spaces
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Advocates for Privately Owned Public Space
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Urban archaeology
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan, Bronx , Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The mission of the Architectural League is to advance the art of architecture. The League carries out its mission by promoting excellence and innovation, and by fostering community and discussion in an independent forum for creative and intellectual work in architecture, urbanism, and related disciplines."
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Subject: Architecture, City planning
Group: Architecture professional organizations
Creator: Architectural League of New York
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "ArtBridge empowers emerging artists to transform urban spaces. New York City currently has a staggering 192 miles of street-level construction scaffolding. This ubiquitous construction eats away at the fabric of our neighborhoods. ArtBridge transforms this eyesore into a canvas for local, emerging artists. These exhibitions result in incredible exposure for artists, while artfully reinvigorating our urban landscape."
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Subject: Public art, Scaffolding
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: ArtBridge Projects
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: Society to foster public appreciation and understanding and support the preservation of Art Deco works in New York City.
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Subject: Art deco (Architecture), Historic preservation, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Art Deco Society of New York
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative (BCDI) is a community-led effort to build an equitable, sustainable, and democratic local economy that creates wealth and ownership for low-income people of color—what we call economic democracy."
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Subject: Community development, Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Architecture and energy conservation, Sustainable development, Sustainable urban development
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA) is the network for the field of community development venture capital (CDVC) investing. CDVC funds provide equity capital to businesses in underinvested markets, seeking market-rate financial returns, as well as the creation of good jobs, wealth, and entrepreneurial capacity."
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Subject: Community development, Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Center for Active Design is the leading non-profit organization that uses design to foster healthy and engaged communities. We take a multi-disciplinary approach to translating research into practical design solutions. We guide the creation and implementation of initiatives that respond to unique community priorities, and result in measurable outcomes. Our mission is to transform design and development practice, ensuring equitable access to vibrant public and private spaces that support healthy communities."
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Subject: Community development, Housing and health, Urban health, Evidence-based design
Group: Community development
Creator: Center for Active Design
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "For over 80 years, CHPC’s research has helped to shape public policy to improve the City’s housing stock and quality of life in NYC’s neighborhoods. Our methodologies combine data analysis, policy analysis, case studies, and interviews."
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Subject: Housing, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Citizens Housing and Planning Council (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The City Club of New York promotes thoughtful urban land use policy that responds to the needs of all New Yorkers. We provide a forum for public discussion of development issues affecting the urban environment and advocate vigorously for solutions that best serve the greater good."
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Subject: Community development, Land use
Group: Community development
Creator: City Club of New York
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "City Parks Foundation (CPF) is the only independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to offer programs in public parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City. At CPF, we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through sports, arts, community development, and education programs for all New Yorkers. Our programs and community building initiatives--located in more than 350 parks, recreation centers, and public schools across New York City--reach 425,000 people each year."
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Subject: Community development, Parks
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: City Parks Foundation (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Fordham Road BID focuses on sanitation, marketing and promotions and capital improvement projects for the Fordham Road area. Our sanitation services include both street cleaning and snow removal services seven days a week, graffiti removal for street furniture, and community beautification projects, including tree plantings, banner installation and annual holiday lighting."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Creator: Fordham Road Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Fordham Road BID focuses on sanitation, marketing and promotions and capital improvement projects for the Fordham Road area. Our sanitation services include both street cleaning and snow removal services seven days a week, graffiti removal for street furniture, and community beautification projects, including tree plantings, banner installation and annual holiday lighting."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Fordham Road Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Forest for All NYC is a broad and diverse coalition formed to demonstrate the vast support for the New York City urban forest."
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Subject: Urban forestry, Trees
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Forest for All NYC (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City (CEANYC) strengthens and expands community-led, democratically-controlled initiatives — from worker, financial and consumer co-ops to community land trusts and gardens, mutual housing, and low-income housing co-ops. Our goal is to build an economy based on values of social and racial justice, ecological sustainability, cooperation, mutualism, and democracy."
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Subject: Community development, Housing
Group: Community development
Creator: Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City (CEANYC) strengthens and expands community-led, democratically-controlled initiatives — from worker, financial and consumer co-ops to community land trusts and gardens, mutual housing, and low-income housing co-ops. Our goal is to build an economy based on values of social and racial justice, ecological sustainability, cooperation, mutualism, and democracy."
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Subject: Community development, Housing
Group: Community development
Creator: Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "This blog is the online companion to the book Hidden Waters of New York City, published by WW Norton. The book’s author, Sergey Kadinsky, is a staffer at the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and an adjunct professor of history at Touro College."
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Group: Open and public spaces
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Welcome to the Hunts Point Slave Burial Ground Project. Throughout this website you will find information about the history of Hunts Point, the slave burial ground as well as what it looks like today."
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Subject: Joseph Rodman Drake Park & Enslaved African Burial Ground (New York, N.Y.), Parks, Slave cemeteries, African American cemeteries
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Hunts Point Slave Burial Ground Project
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research
Description: Blog by Matt Green describing his multi-year project to walk every block of every street in New York City, including parks, cemeteries and other open spaces.
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Subject: Walking
Group: Blogs/Individuals, Open and public spaces
Creator: Green, Matt (Walker)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Living Lots NYC was built by the 596 Acres Team. It is based on best practices identified through a pilot project they built and used from August 21, 2011 to March 1, 2015. In that time, a combination of accessible information and committed facilitation led to the official transformation of 32 NYC vacant lots into community spaces. Living Lots NYC is a clearinghouse of information that New Yorkers can use to find, unlock and protect our shared resources. 596 Acres started with vacant lots and remains committed to helping fill these holes. "
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Subject: Public lands, Vacant lands, Land use
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: 596 Acres (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "This project, and this site, is the work of Mary French, an anthropologist and museum & archives professional who has been exploring and researching the city’s cemeteries since moving to NYC in 2006. The project has collected information for about 350 cemeteries that is gradually added to this site, intended as a resource for researchers, genealogists, urban explorers, and other curious-minded folk."
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Subject: Cemeteries
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: French, Mary (Cemetery historian)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Center for an Urban Future is a public policy organization dedicated to improving the overall health of New York City and serving its long-term interests by targeting problems facing low-income and working-class neighborhoods in all five boroughs."
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Subject: Community development, City planning, Planning, Quality of life, Community organization
Group: Community development
Creator: Center for an Urban Future (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The New York Landmarks Conservancy is dedicated to preserving, revitalizing, and reusing New York's architecturally significant buildings."
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Subject: Historic preservation, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Architecture--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: New York Landmarks Conservancy
Coverage: New York (State)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "OneNYC 2050 is a strategy to secure our city’s future against the challenges of today and tomorrow. With bold actions to confront our climate crisis, achieve equity, and strengthen our democracy, we are building a strong and fair city. Created under the requirements of Local Law 84 of 2013, OneNYC 2050 is New York City’s long-term strategic plan."
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Subject: City planning, Sustainable design, Housing, Education, Transportation
Group: Community development
Creator: New York (N.Y.). Office of the Mayor
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn, Bronx , Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Status on live web: Unavailable
Description: "Places connect us to the past, host community and cultural traditions, and keep local environments distinctive. City Lore and the Municipal Art Society founded the Place Matters project in 1998 to identify, promote, and protect such places in New York City."
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Subject: Historic sites--Conservation and restoration, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
Creator: Place Matters (Project)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island, Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "This website is a means of sharing ideas, information, photos, maps and research related to planning, architecture and urbanism. We hope that the exchange of perspectives on planning, housing, transportation, architecture and the built environment will enhance the understanding of planning principles and practices and how they affect the lives of urban dwellers."
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Subject: City planning, Urban development, Transportation
Group: Transportation
Creator: Region NYC
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx , Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: The Regional Plan Association website offers information and resources on community design, open space preservation, transportation, the economy, and housing in the tri-state-region (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut), as well as on the Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York.
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Subject: Regional planning
Group: Urban development
Creator: Regional Plan Association (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York Metropolitan Area
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Street Riders NYC is a group of new friends, activists and protesters who met and connected over the past few weeks. We collectively shared an interest in riding while providing cycling support and protection to protest groups across the city focusing on issues of justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, as well as police reform and racial equality."
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Subject: Cycling, Demonstrations
Creator: Street Riders NYC
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx , Queens
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "TakeRoot Justice provides legal, participatory research and policy support to strengthen the work of grassroots and community-based groups in New York City to dismantle racial, economic and social oppression."
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Subject: Community development, Housing, Legal aid
Group: Community development
Creator: TakeRoot Justice (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Point Community Development Corporation is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. We work with our neighbors to celebrate the life and art of our community, an area traditionally defined solely in terms of its poverty, crime rate, poor schools and substandard housing."
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Subject: Hunts Point (New York, N.Y.), Historic districts--Conservation and restoration, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: The Point Community Development Corporation (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Trees New York was founded in 1976 as a volunteer response to New York City’s devastating cutbacks in forestry and tree-related community services. Trees New York has 40 years of experience in community tree planting, stewardship and education projects. Since its founding, Trees New York has trained over 12,500 Citizen Pruners and 8,000 youth in tree care and stewardship. Since 2005, Trees New York has planted over 5,000 trees in underserved communities throughout New York City."
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Subject: Open spaces, Community development, Trees--Pruning, Tree planting
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Trees New York (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC is a two-stage design competition for small-scale, urban infill housing. The competition is organized by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the American Institute of Architects New York (AIANY), and seeks to address the challenges associated with the design and construction of affordable housing on underutilized City-owned land."
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Subject: Housing, City planning, Design--Competitions
Group: Urban development
Creator: New York (N.Y.). Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Van Cortlandt Park Alliance preserves, supports, and promotes the recreational, ecological, and historical value of Van Cortlandt Park."
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Subject: Parks, Van Cortlandt Park (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Van Cortlandt Park Alliance
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "She Built NYC is a public-arts campaign that honors pioneering women by installing monuments that celebrate their extraordinary contributions to the City and beyond. Through these commissions, She Built NYC also addresses the absence of female statues in the city’s public spaces, ensuring that New York’s full story is told for generations to come."
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Subject: Women--Monuments, Statues, Parks, Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005, Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959, Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901, Rodríguez-Triás, Helen, Walker, Katherine, 1838-1941, Johnson, Marsha P., 1944-1992, Rivera, Sylvia, 1951-2002
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: New York City Economic Development Corporation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "505BX is a community space for work and play located in the heart of the Riverdale/Kingsbridge community at 505 West 236th Street."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corporation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Center for Zero Waste Design helps to develop and implement design strategies within the built environment to help cities achieve zero waste."
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Subject: Sustainable urban development, Sustainable design, Waste disposal, Recycling industry
Group: Urban development
Creator: Center for Zero Waste Design
Borough: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx , Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Our mission is simple: to help New Yorkers —especially those in low-income areas— come together and improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. "
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Citizens Committee for New York City
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Coalition for the Homeless is the nation’s oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless individuals and families. We believe that affordable housing, sufficient food and the chance to work for a living wage are fundamental rights in a civilized society. Since our inception in 1981, the Coalition has worked through litigation, public education and direct services to ensure that these goals are realized."
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Subject: Homelessness, Housing
Group: Community development
Creator: Coalition for the Homeless (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Design Trust for Public Space is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization committed to improving New York City's parks, plazas, streets, and public buildings."
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Subject: City planning, Public spaces
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Design Trust for Public Space (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "In August 2023, Mayor Adams signed legislation that will create the largest--and best--permanent outdoor dining program in the United States. The permanent program--Dining Out NYC--builds upon lessons learned during the temporary Open Restaurants program and will make outdoor dining more accessible, safe, and inviting."
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Subject: Streeteries, Street life, Restaurants, Social distancing (Public health)
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: New York (N.Y.) Department of Transportation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Friends of Four Parks Alliance was formed in May 2016 by a group of community minded residents with a goal of enhancing the quality of the parks in our neighborhood -Joyce Kilmer, Franz Sigel, Macombs Dam and Mullaly parks. The organization advocates for protecting the environmental quality of our parks and is committed to maintaining our parks as accessible, family-friendly resources for all." Mullaly Park was renamed Reverend T. Wendell Foster Park in 2021 as part of the second phase of NYC Parks’ initiative to expand the representation of African Americans honored in parks. Reverend T. Wendell Foster (1924-2019) was a civil rights advocate and the first Black elected city official in the Bronx.
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Subject: Parks, Joyce Kilmer Park (New York, N.Y.), Franz Sigel Park (New York, N.Y.), Macombs Dam Park (New York, N.Y.), Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Friends of Four Parks Alliance (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Green Roofs NYC was developed in 2018 by New School students who saw a need to amalgamate various resources and research on the current state of green roofs in the city. Working with the Green Roof Researchers Alliance, which is funded by a grant from The New York Community Trust, GreenRoofsNYC.com is a clearinghouse of accurate, up-to-date information on all things green roofs in the city."
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Subject: Sustainable development, Sustainable architecture
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Green Roof Researchers Alliance
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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