Tag Archives: New York City

Bike Touring the Aftermath of the Riverbank Sewage Meltdown

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Philip Orton

You likely heard the news, that a fire at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant, which lies beneath Riverbank State Park, disabled the facility Wednesday afternoon.  As a result, the city cannot treat sewage from roughly half of Manhattan, and … Continue reading →

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Jamaica Bay Restoration for JFK Airport Expansion?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Philip Orton

Would you consider a trade-off of JFK Airport expansion for billions of dollars in funding to improve the environment of Jamaica Bay and surrounding neighborhoods? What is the expansion of JFK Airport worth to New York City, State, and the … Continue reading →

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Jamaica Bay: What Restoration Steps would you Propose?

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Philip Orton

In an earlier post, I argued that Jamaica Bay is not New York City’s “crown jewel” and has many problems, such as sewage spills, low-oxygen dead zones, and disappearing marshes and islands.  Hundreds of thousands of people living in neighborhoods … Continue reading →

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Creating a Climate-Resilient Jamaica Bay

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Alan Cohn

It can start with a rain barrel.  The renewal of the idea of water as a resource –an obvious concept to a farmer, but one that has escaped the consciousness of many city dwellers whose water starts at the faucet … Continue reading →

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Keeping Cool in the Heat Wave

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Philip Orton

The New York City Office of Emergency Management has put out a heat wave warning and opened up cooling centers for today and Thursday the 9th.  This is a good example of the sort of emergency we should all be … Continue reading →

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Urban Air Conditioning On the Piers of Manhattan

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Philip Orton

I am spending the afternoon working from Pier 45 of Hudson River Park, just across from Christopher and 10th Streets.  Not only is the temperature a comfortable ~75 degrees, but there’s a clean-air breeze (though sometimes a bit strong), cool … Continue reading →

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Rising Waters and Coastal Floods: Living with Sea Level Rise in NYC, Part 2/2

Posted on May 26, 2011 by SeaAndSkyNY

[This is the second of a pair of guest blog posts from Dr. Vivien Gornitz, a geologist and special research scientist with the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research.  The first post … Continue reading →

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Fleet Week’s Parade of Ships on the Hudson

Posted on May 26, 2011 by SeaAndSkyNY

This week is Fleet Week in New York City, and my colleague Alex Sedunov captured hundreds of photos of the march of military vessels up the Hudson yesterday. The weather was crisp, warm and clear, making for a wonderful welcome … Continue reading →

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Jamaica Bay: Pollution, Flooding and Human Vulnerability

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Philip Orton

Jamaica Bay is often referred to as New York City’s “ecological crown jewel”, and it is indeed a spectacular location to view migrating birds or catch large sport fish like striped bass, among other positives.  However, the bay has some … Continue reading →

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Rain-Wind-Tide Flooding Trifecta

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Philip Orton

Though it will in no way compare to the ongoing flooding problems in other regions of our continent, we’ll likely be hearing about our own sogginess at some flood-prone parts of the region from now through Thursday.  Any flooding that … Continue reading →

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