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Hunters Point shipyard housing: Fraud coupled with contamination discoveries fuel doubt, calls to test area
Navy may have stored radioactive chemicals and ran radiation lab on hilltop area that was long-assured to be clean—and where whistleblowers say they discovered toxic contamination.
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Almost half of toxic cleanup at Hunters Point Shipyard is questionable or faked, according to initial review
City’s goals for housing, affordable housing in doubt after fraud at city’s biggest redevelopment project "much worse" than thought.
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City accepted Hunters Point shipyard land that may still be radioactive
EPA, state health regulators approved transfer in 2015 despite awareness of fraud allegations.
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Surveying the NYC toxic sites owned by the Trump family
Ironically, several of the most toxic properties in New York City are currently under the control of Trump family members who stand to benefit from their remediation and development.
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Olalekan Jeyifous Is Imagining an Afrofuturist Brooklyn
The architectural storyteller finds inspiration in sci-fi.
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How I learned to stop killing houseplants
I grew up among Californian oaks and wildflowers; after the loss of my father, I developed a green thumb in a tiny Queens apartment.
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Everything you need to know about the Transbay Transit Center
Towering terminus humanizes neighborhood skyline by giving San Franciscans a rooftop park and event space.
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The world’s oldest design techniques might be the most radical
A new book explores what we can learn from people who have mastered living with the land for millennia.
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Exploring Staten Island’s newest park, a toxic dump turned wetlands habitat
The newly opened Brookfield Park brings manmade parkland and a wetlands habitat to what was once a toxic—and illegal—dumping ground.
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Ikea challenger Greycork expands flatpack furniture offering
About a year after its wildly successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, Greycork is debuting Felix, an upgraded and expanded living room collection. This week's launch also introduces faster shipping, plus an intriguing free Home Try-Out Kit tool.