Practical questions of engineering standards, project delivery, freight transportation demands, congestion, community development and environmental impact all converge when considering what the highways of the future will look like. The NYC Media Lab Summit 2020 is an online conference from Oct 7-9 that will bring together 1,000+ virtual attendees from NYC Media Lab’s core community to explore the future of media and tech in New York City and beyond. In this conversation, Martin Melosi, perhaps the most distinguished historian of waste today, speaks about the various ways New York has tried to solve this growing problem, drawing on his giant new study Fresh Kills, about the notorious Staten Island dump, which served for many years as the city’s main junkpile (arguably, the world’s largest). Sharon Zukin, Graduate Center/Brooklyn College, CUNY sociologist; author, The Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New EconomyDavid Ehrenberg, CEO, Brooklyn Navy YardJohn Frankel, Founding Partner, ff Venture CapitalModerator: Greg David, columnist, The City, and Director, Business and Economics Reporting Program, CUNY School of Journalism. We already have this email. How can journalists keep the public informed about the world around them in the midst of a lock-down and with social distancing in place? Jun 1, All Day Event. Experts and practitioners Nina Lemmens and Daniela Kaisth discussed the ways in which civil society is coping with the current crisis and how the philanthropic community is responding. Since the days of Robert Moses, communities throughout New York City have navigated a legacy of highways that divided neighborhoods from one another and complicated access to other parts of the city. How has the public responded to the work? What are the challenges to international city cooperation? Below is a list of the top Tampa Event Calendars (external websites). Thought leaders in the fields of AI and the impact of digitalization Gesche Joost and Mona Sloane talked about the benefits and barriers created through digitalization in this unprecedented time. Catholics, Jews, and Protestants peppered the borough with sanctuaries great and small. read more, Peace, Love & Happiness was created in Spring 2020 by Scott Gerber, artist and founder of Tube Dude. Together they will delve into how sound functions as a monument to memory, whether it can heal and restore. Photo: Lucas Millard, Frido Mann’s grandfather, German author Thomas Mann, addressed the American audiences with a series of rousing lectures “The Coming Victory of Democracy” at the cusp of WW2, warning of the dangers of fascism for liberal democracies. Major events to look forward to this time of year include The Village Halloween Parade, Oktoberfest and the best places to see fall foliage in the city. Are autocracies better positioned to fight pandemics than democracies? read more, The Today Show's studio is on ground-floor level at the corner of 49th and Rockefeller Center overlooking Rockefeller plaza.
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God in Gotham portrays a city where people of faith engaged modernity rather than foundered in it.