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Journal Square Redevelopment Plan – Redux

In spite of a sorely needed vision and plan for the future of Journal Square, the latest version of the Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan remains deficient.

The plan is for our true downtown and the heart of the city, but it fails to reconcile its goal of pedestrian-friendly street life with building heights [...]

Teaching Green, Beyond Recycling

By MIREYA NAVARRO and SINDYA N. BHANOO
Published: January 10, 2010

Jose Chirino, a 10th grader in Brooklyn with shoulder-length hair and a thin mustache, says flatly that his high school was his last choice.

“They’re experimenting on us,” he said, recalling his first impression of the Green School in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which laces an environmental theme into [...]