Getting There From
Here
Improving Mass Transit a Priority
for Thriving New York Area
About $1 billion work of transportation construction is planned
over the next three to four years within a mile radius in
Lower Manhattan, and that's just the beginning. Full
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West Midtown Ferry
Terminal
Growing
Ridership Spurs Demand for New Terminal
To help ease the city's transportation
burden, the New York City Economic Development Corp. and NYC
Department of Transportation are encouraging commuters and
visitors to head for the water. Full Story >>
Green's Just Grand
Bus Facility to Benefit Commuters
and the Environment
What is 500,000 sq. ft., worth $217 million and green?
The new central maintenance facility and bus depot to be constructed
on Grand Avenue in Maspeth, Queens.
Full Story >>
Hudson Valley
Transportation Management Center
A Smart Building for Intelligent
Roads
As John J. LiMarzi describes it, the new Hudson Valley Transportation
Management Center, which opens in July in Hawthorne, N.Y.,
is like an air traffic control tower, only without the airplanes
and or tower. Full
Story >>
Seeing Green
Concrete
Industry Seeks Ways to Foster Sustainable Development
Like others in construction, the concrete industry is seeking
ways to introduce green building principles. Full Story
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2004 World of
Concrete
An estimated 60,000 attended
this year's show in Orlando
The 30th annual World of Concrete may have been in Orlando
for the last time, but the Central Florida venue sent the
concrete industry's leading annual event out on a positive
note. Perfect, sunny weather greeted the show's estimated
55,000 to 60,000 attendees - an increase over the event's
attendance for its previous Orlando stop in 2000. Beginning
with the 2005 show, World of Concrete is scheduled to become
an annual Las Vegas event. Full
Story >>
Jazz at Lincoln
Center
No Improvisation at House
of Swing
The new Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle in Manhattan
celebrated its grand opening in February, but one portion
of the building remains closed to the public.
Full Story
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Joan Weill
Center for Dance
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation
Gets a New Home
The journey began in October 2002 when the company danced
from its existing facility on 61st Street to the public groundbreaking
of its new home a few blocks south at 55th Street and Ninth
Avenue. Full
Story >>
Taking the
LEED
Heimbold Visual Arts Center
to Feature Green Elements
It had a tight budget, a LEED certification and an owner that
put a tree at the top of the priority list, but F.J. Sciame
Construction Co. Inc. doesn't have an unkind word to say about
the process of developing the new arts center at Sarah Lawrence
College in Bronxville, N.Y. Full
Story >>
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