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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: 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: "The Forest Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) was formed to support businesses along Forest Avenue between Broadway and Hart Boulevard. Since it’s founding in 2004, the Forest Avenue BID has played a key role in maintaining a clean, safe and inviting environment for it’s community. With creative budgeting for sanitation, graffiti removal, public safety, landscaping, marketing and advocacy, the BID continually strives to enhance Forest Avenue’s position as Staten Island’s premiere neighborhood."
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Subject: Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: Forest Avenue Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Freshkills Park Alliance supports the transformation of the Fresh Kills Landfill into an extraordinary 2,200 acre urban park that will be a model for sustainable waterfront land reclamation, a source of pride for Staten Island and New York City, and a gift of open space for generations to come."
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Subject: Parks
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Freshkills Park Alliance (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Freshkills Park (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
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: Website for the New York Wheel; "New York Wheel promises to become one of the city's - and the world's - great landmark attractions, located in St. George on the New York Harbor."
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Subject: New York Wheel (Project)
Group: Urban development
Creator: New York Wheel
Borough: Staten Island
Status on live web: Unavailable
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: "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
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Subject: Parks, Greenbelt, The (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Greenbelt Conservancy (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Protectors is committed to increasing the stewardship of Staten Island's existing parkland, bluebelt corridors and nature preserves and to continuing the effort to preserve Staten Island's natural areas."
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Subject: Natural areas, Parks, Greenbelts
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Protectors of Pine Oak Woods
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The South Beach Civic Association of Staten Island, NY is a group of neighboring, non-partisan citizens acting together to solve community problems. We strive to spark discussion and inspire civic achievement in order that everyone may enjoy their homes, families and quality of life."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: South Beach Civic Association (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
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: "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: "Historic Richmond Town was founded as the Staten Island Historical Society in 1856. The institution still uses both names but is more popularly known as Historic Richmond Town. The museum's focus is to create opportunities for the public to explore the diversity of the American experience from the colonial period to the present."
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Subject: History--Societies, etc., Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Historic Richmond Town
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
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
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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
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Subject: Moravian Cemetery (New York, N.Y.), Cemeteries
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Moravian Cemetery (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: 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: "NSWC is a community based grass roots organization. Our mission is to advance and promote increased safe and sustainable public access to the waterfront. To build healthier, greener communities along the Kill Van Kull. To advance public policies and laws to be inclusive of the needs of Staten Island's North Shore environmental justice communities and waterfront communities."
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Subject: Waterfronts
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: North Shore Waterfront Conservancy of Staten Island
Coverage: Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
Status on live web: Unavailable
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: "Ocean View Cemetery is a non-sectarian cemetery serving the needs of people of all religions and nationalities. We have been serving these needs for over 100 years and our cemetery is the resting place for over 50,000 loved ones."
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Subject: Cemeteries
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Ocean View Cemetery (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: 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: "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 St. George Civic Association works for managed growth and development, for improved schools, for public safety, for better transportation both public and private, including the Staten Island Ferry, and for increased recreational and retail amenities in our neighborhood and throughout Staten Island."
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Subject: Neighborhood planning
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: St. George Civic Association
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Richmond Hill Historical Society endeavors to preserve the past and promote the future of Richmond Hill through fostering a better appreciation, understanding and enjoyment of its historic heritage as embodied by its architectural legacy and the contributions of its past and present residents. The Richmond Hill Historical Society takes an active leadership or collaborative role in preserving and revitalizing historic Richmond Hill through education and resource exchange to the community on historic preservation, restoration and rehabilitation of its historic homes, churches and commercial buildings."
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Group: Historical societies
Creator: Richmond Hill Historical Society (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: 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: 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 Mud Lane Society for the Renaissance of Stapleton is a non-profit neighborhood corporation that exists to promote and improve the village of Stapleton, located on the Northeast coast of Staten Island, N.Y."
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Subject: Economic development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Mud Lane Society for the Renaissance of Historic Stapleton
Coverage: Stapleton (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Tottenville Historical Society, a nonprofit, membership-supported, educational institution, was chartered in 2005 by the New York State Education Department Board of Regents. The Society focuses on the geographical area that includes Great Kills, Eltingville, Annadale, Huguenot, Prince's Bay, Pleasant Plains, Rossville, Charleston, Richmond Valley, and Tottenville. It is the only historical society and repository on Staten Island dedicated to a specific regional area."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration, Tottenville (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Tottenville Historical Society
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Tottenville (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: 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: "In May 2012, Staten Island Economic Development Corporation (SIEDC) was selected by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) to assist in developing a new industrial business improvement district on the West Shore of Staten Island. Since its inception in July 2015, the West Shore Business Improvement District (WS-IBID) has provided much needed services including private maintenance, private security, signage and wayfinding, advocacy on behalf of property owners and important infrastructure improvements. The ultimate goal of the WS-IBID is to transform the West Shore into a premier industrial corridor for Staten Island and the City."
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Subject: Economic development, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: West Shore Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Neighborhood planning, Community development
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Westerleigh Improvement Society (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Westerleigh (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
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: "A non-profit Jewish cemetery located in Staten Island, established by Maurice de Hirsch."
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Subject: Jewish cemeteries
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Baron Hirsch Cemetery (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
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: Official site maintained by Trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral for six Catholic cemeteries in and around the New York City area: Ascension Cemetery (Airmont, NY); Calvary Cemetery (Woodside, NY); Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, NY); Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island, NY); St. Ann's Cemetery (Kingston, NY); St. Mary's Cemetery (Rye Brook, NY).
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Subject: Ascension Cemetery (Airmont, N.Y.), Calvary Cemetery (New York, N.Y.), Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, N.Y.), Resurrection Cemetery (New York, N.Y.), St. Ann's Cemetery (Kingston, N.Y.), St. Mary's Cemetery (Rye Brook, N.Y), Cemeteries
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Calvary & Allied Cemeteries
Borough: 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: "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: "The Harbor Ring Committee is a partnership of organizations and individuals working collaboratively to promote bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure encircling New York Harbor, including the main missing link, a pathway across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge."
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Subject: Walking, Cycling, Bicycle lanes, Bicycle commuting, Transportation, Greenways
Group: Transportation
Creator: Harbor Ring Committee
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan, Brooklyn, 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: 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
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Subject: Free blacks--History., African Americans--History, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Sandy Ground Historical Society (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
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: "Sandy Ground is the oldest free black settlement in the nation with the descendants of the founding settlers still living in the community, Sandy Ground served as stop on Underground Railroad. Sandy Ground is listed on the National and NY State Register of Historic Places."
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Subject: Free Black people--History, African Americans--History, Historic districts--Conservation and restoration
Group: Historical societies
Creator: Sandy Ground Historical Society (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
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: "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: "Established in 1854, The Woodland Cemetery is located at the intersection of Victory Boulevard and Highland Avenue, and is one of the oldest cemeteries on Staten Island"
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Subject: Cemeteries
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Woodland Cemetery (New York, N.Y.)
Language: English
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
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: "Historic Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Inc., established in 1935, has recently undergone a total restoration. New York City’s only African American cemetery is located in the Oakwood Heights neighborhood of Staten Island and features rolling hills and a magnificent, serene park-like setting."
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Subject: African American cemeteries
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Frederick Douglass Memorial Park (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
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
Description: "Groundswell is a NYC-based organization that brings together youth, artists, and community organizations to use art as a tool for social change, for a more just and equitable world. In 1996, a group of New York City artists, educators, and activists founded Groundswell with the belief that collaborative art-making combines personal expression with the strength of community activism—and produces unique and powerful outcomes. Twenty years later, 500 murals have been completed by Groundswell, working with youth and teaching artists in collaboration with hundreds of community-based organizations, neighborhood groups, and government agencies throughout New York City."
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Subject: Community arts projects, Street art, Mural painting and decoration
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Groundswell (Organization : New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Our mission is to improve New York City's quality of life through environmental programs that transform communities block by block and empower all New Yorkers to secure a clean and healthy environment for future generations."
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Subject: Environmental education, Farmers' markets, Community gardens, Recycling centers
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: GrowNYC
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Hebrew Free Burial Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that every Jewish person is entitled to a Jewish Burial. For more than 100 Years, we have been helping Jews in need and their families in their saddest hours. Since 1888, we have arranged burials for nearly 60,000 poor Jewish people."
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Subject: Jewish cemeteries, Mount Richmond Cemetery (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.), Silver Lake Cemetery (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.)
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Hebrew Free Burial Association (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: The Municipal Art Society of New York is a private, non-profit membership organization that champions excellence in urban design and planning and the preservation of the best of New York's past.
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Subject: Historic preservation, City planning, Art, Municipal
Group: Architecture professional organizations
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: "The Metropolitan Council on Housing is a tenants’ rights membership organization made up of New York City tenants who believe in our motto of “housing for people, not profit.” We formed 60 years ago to fights for a city where everyone has access to safe, decent, affordable housing. We organize tenants to stand up not only for their individual rights, but also for changes to our housing policies."
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Subject: Housing, Apartment dwellers, Landlord and tenant
Group: Community development
Creator: Metropolitan Council on Housing (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: "For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks has built, protected and promoted parks and open spaces in New York City. Today, NY4P is the citywide independent organization championing quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers in all neighborhoods."
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Subject: Parks, Open spaces
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: New Yorkers for Parks
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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