Sentences with phrase «city decades of time»

These solutions may buy the city decades of time, but they won't prepare it for 2 feet or more of sea - level rise, particularly when combined with the prospect of more powerful storm surges, according to Castro.

Not exact matches

The hollowed - out towns and cities in the northeastern corner of the state have fallen on hard times, as the manufacturing base dried up in recent decades, unemployment has climbed and jobs are hard to find.

As tax revenues have shrunk, the city's financial obligations have grown — mainly to an ever - expanding pool of 30,000 retirees, promised life - time pensions and health benefits by short - sighted government officials over decades who consistently failed to fund those future obligations.

The time was 3:18 a.m. local time on March 23, when, at 91, Lee, who was Singapore's Prime Minister for three decades, died in the 50th year of independence of the city - state that he molded into one of the most sophisticated places on the planet.

When he had to squeeze extra floors into a new building, he called Sandy Lindenbaum, a zoning - law guru who called himself «the last of the gunslingers»; when he needed the New Jersey Casino Control Commission to see things his way, he turned to Atlantic City fixture Nick Ribis; when he wanted to divorce Ivana (and, later on, her successor, Marla Maples), he retained Jay Goldberg, a self - described «killer» who says he can «rip skin off a body»; when it was tax time, he reversed decades of bragging about his billions and had tax attorneys say his properties were worth only a fraction of what he had publicly proclaimed (an ongoing tax appeal in Chicago declares Trump Tower Chicago «a failed business»); when he was in the market for a troubleshooter, he hired Michael Cohen, who has threatened journalists who've written about Trump with bodily harm.

The New York Times: City Urges Requiring Consent for Jewish Rite New York City health officials proposed on Tuesday that Orthodox Jewish parents be required to sign a consent waiver before they can take part in a circumcision ritual that is believed to have led to the deaths of at least two babies in the city over the past decCity Urges Requiring Consent for Jewish Rite New York City health officials proposed on Tuesday that Orthodox Jewish parents be required to sign a consent waiver before they can take part in a circumcision ritual that is believed to have led to the deaths of at least two babies in the city over the past decCity health officials proposed on Tuesday that Orthodox Jewish parents be required to sign a consent waiver before they can take part in a circumcision ritual that is believed to have led to the deaths of at least two babies in the city over the past deccity over the past decade.

«For more than two decades, Taste of Times Square has been an amazing venue for locals and visitors alike to experience the best of New York's culinary and cultural scenes in the heart of the city's town square,» said Tim Tompkins, President of the Times Square Alliance.

A few years back, I could applaud the city of Cleveland for winning a championship in a professional sport for the first time in decades because it felt like they were due.

At the time City looked capable of embarking on a trophy - laden decade in similar fashion to all those great United sides of years gone by.

But to be fair, they bought 8 - 10 player's with that money, whereas City, Chelsea and Utd normally spend 3 times that amount of money on 3 - 4 player's and it is them 3 clubs that have been the most successful in the past decade.

Liverpool are through to the semi-finals of the champions League for the first time in a decade, after beating Manchester City 2 - 1.

Peter Crouch made 11 Premier League appearances — only four of which were as a starter — for Stoke City last season, and failed to score a league goal for the first time in over a decade.

«Gustavo was part of the team that helped the Democrats in the New York State Senate win the majority for the first time in decades, and has managed field and political operations for campaigns at the local, city and state levels.»

And yet, by the time he threw himself into the crowded field of candidates running for mayor of New York in 2013, he had spent more than a decade honing his political skills, serving two terms on the City Council and one as public advocate, and he managed to outmaneuver higher - profile opponents like Christine Quinn, the New York City Council speaker (and Mayor Bloomberg's all - but - anointed successor).

In today's Times, Reinvent Albany executive director John Kaehny says there is a «General consensus that city and state agencies» compliance with the Freedom of Information Law «has been sliding over the last decade.

The number of people living in city shelters held steady last year for the first time in a decade — a victory, say New York City officials, given the difficulty of combating homelessncity shelters held steady last year for the first time in a decade — a victory, say New York City officials, given the difficulty of combating homelessnCity officials, given the difficulty of combating homelessness.

(Credit Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times) For decades, the cost of renting a regulated apartment in New York has been partly determined not just by annual increases approved by a city board, but also by the far bigger raises allowed when an apartment becomes vacant.

At age 79 and with more than two decades of service, Molinaro was entitled under the city's pension rules to collect two government checks at the same time.

This June, officials added $ 43 million in funding for New York City's three public library systems to the fiscal year 2016 budget, allowing for expansion of branch operating hours and a return to six - day service for the first time in nearly a decade.

Republicans, for the first time in decades, won a majority of seats on the Mechanicville City Council.

Mr. Silver had served for more than two decades as the Assembly speaker, imposing his will on matters large and small; he had a reputation as a staunch defender of New York City, a shrewd negotiator in budget talks and, at times, a recalcitrant opponent of anything he disliked.

«The call right now has to be to the next generation to recognize that we are at a moment in time when this administration wants to roll back decades and decades of progress,» remarked City Comptroller Scott Stringer of Trump's policies.

The spot slams Andrew Russo, a concert pianist, for failing to vote for more than a decade, and using the excuse that he was touring outside the district (in Europe and New York City) for much of that time.

The Times Union reports the council's support was won with a number of last - minute conditions added to the resolution, including a decade's worth of $ 1 million dollar payments to the city.

With New York relevant in the presidential primaries for the first time in decades and both major political parties coming into the state's vote with competitive races, much of Tuesday was dominated by problems with the New York City Board of Elections and criticism of New York State's antiquated voting rules.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio's latest $ 78.5 billion budget includes hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep city beaches open a week after Labor Day, extending the season for the first time in decades.

Now, parents and some state legislators think it is time the City of Buffalo pay a bigger part of the education bill, especially since the city has not increased its funding for schools in more than a decCity of Buffalo pay a bigger part of the education bill, especially since the city has not increased its funding for schools in more than a deccity has not increased its funding for schools in more than a decade.

«This is a special time in our city's history and we are going to continue the work we started together to all rise higher... it is onward to November another tremendous opportunity to bring our message to all the people of the city: Buffalo is in a far better shape today than it has been in decades,»

Both Bill and Doug are long - time community organizers and are exactly what Baltimore needs to break the stranglehold the Democratic party machine has had for decades as well as the pay - to - play system that benefits wealthy developers and political insiders and leaves the citizens of this city out in the cold.

«These text amendments will govern land use development for our city for decades to come and should not be adopted in such a short period of time.

I've spent time working and volunteering abroad and spent the last decade living in Miami, London, Hawaii, NYC and now in the great city of Boston!

I went for a modern 90's vibe today — it was one of my favorite decades for film and fashion the first time round (think Sex And The City, Clueless, Melrose Place and other cult classics!)

Since the start of the city's life, there have been amazing attractions for lovebirds of all feathers, from the natural beauty that has graced this part of the world since the dawn of time, to the ultra modern sights and scenes that people have built up over the corse of generations through the decades that followed.

Gangs has been a dream project for Scorsese for decades, and the effort and time spent on research shows through in each speck of dirt on Sandy Powell's period - perfect costumes and every loose shingle on every dilapidated building in production designer Dante Ferretti's uncanny recreation of 1863 New York City, specifically the neighborhood known as the Five Points.

Cities across America that have spent the past half - century sifting through the effects of decades of «White - Flight» from their urban cores, and in that time, their schools have struggled to meet the needs of the population that remained.

Overview Over the last decade, there has been a shift in the way many cities are approaching out of school time — moving from independent, isolated programming and funding to coordinated, citywide systems.

As reported by the New York Times, councilman Ras Baraka's win in the Newark mayor race signals «a likely shift in the direction that New Jersey's largest city had embarked upon for most of the last decade.»

The author F. Scott Fitzgerald whose novel, The Great Gatsby was one of the defining publishing events of the decade, labeled the Jazz Age so because jazz as a music form became increasingly popular during this time especially in big cities like New York and Chicago.

It would be more than three decades before the mystery of Marcia's disappearance was finally solved, and during that time, the case took a toll not only on the little girl's family and on several young men in the neighborhood who were falsely suspected of involvement in the crime — but, more broadly, on the city as whole.

The year 1789 was by no means the first time the city of Paris had experienced upheaval, but the Revolution and the decades following it were particularly tumultuous.

The 9/11 Memorial, on the site of the former Twin Towers, opened on September 12, 2011, in time for the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and was easily the most anticipated new project in the city for the past decade.

Home of Citi Field, Central Park, and Times Square — for decades this city has been a melting pot of different cultures, ventures, and lifestyles, and it shows.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2017 Ted Stamm / Gerrit Rietveld, OV Project, Brussels, Belgium 2017 Painting on the Edge: A Historical Survey, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London 2012 Times Square Show Revisited, Hunter College Art Galleries, New York, NY 2010 Black & White, Galleri Weinberger, Copenghagen, Denmark 1987 Recent Acquisitions, Guggenheim Museum, Brooklyn, NY 1987 Recent Acquisitions, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY 1985 Art Heritage at Hofstra, Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 1985 Constructures: New Perimetries in Abstract Painting, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Fourth Annual Anniversary Show, John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH 1984 Fifteen Abstract New York Painters, Susan Montezinos Gallery, Philadeiphia, PA 1984 Small Works, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 1984 Mail Art, Franklin Furnace, New York, NY 1984 Artists Call, Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY 1984 Process Black, LIU South Hampton, New York, NY 1984 A Decade of Art, Artists Space 105 Hudson, New York, NY 1984 Offset: A Survey of Artists Books, New England Foundation for the Arts, Wakefield, RI 1983 David Reed, Sean Scully, Ted Stamm; Zenith Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1983 Donald Alberti, Russell Maltz, Olivier Mosset, Ted Stamm; 1708 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 1983 Abstraction Two Views: Davis and Stamm, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH 1983 Second Anniversary Exhibition, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY 1983 Hundreds of Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY 1983 A More Store, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY 1983 Donald Alberti, Russell Maltz, Olivier Mosset, Ted Stamm; Condeso / Lawler Gallery, New York, NY 1983 Artists for Nuclear Disarmament, Colburn Gallery, Burlington, VT 1982 A Look Back: A Look Forward, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT 1982 Pair Group, Art Galaxy, New York, NY; travelled to Jersey City Art Museum, Jersey City, NJ 1982 Destroyed Prints, Pratt Manhattan Center, New York, NY 1982 Annual Holiday Invitational, A.I.A. Gallery, New York, NY 1982 Group Exhibition, Roy Boyd Gallery Chicago, Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 1982 Pair Group II, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ 1982 Black and White, Freeport Mc Mo Ran, New York, NY 1982 Faculty Exhibition, Hillwood Commons Gallery, C.W. Post, Greenvale, NY 1981 Drawings, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 1981 Abstract Painting: New York, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 1981 Arabia Felix, Art Galaxy, New York, NY 1981 Words and Images: Contemporary Artist's Books, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loreto, PA 1981 Love: Hate: Fear and Suicide, University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium 1981 New Directions, Commodities Corp..

At different times in the past decade, Sofía was director of the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City, and held curatorial positions at Art in General and Americas Society, the latter two in New York.

Beluga São Paulo proudly carries the city's name as part of its own and has opened in its old centre at a time of significant revitalisation — comparable to the last decade in the inner districts of many European cities, the previously abandoned old financial district is re-emerging as a surprising cultural hub.

Leben Mit Der Kunst (Group Show)-- Galerie Thomas, Munich multiplicity — Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Virginia Beach, VA If you're accidentally not included, don't worry about it — Galerie Zürcher — New York, New York City, NY Four Decades — John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA Hyper - Resemblances — Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery — Columbia University, New York City, NY Modern Icons — Malerei aus der Sammlung Ludwig — Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen Ilusión óptica — Museo de Arte Moderno de Mexico City, Mexico City Slow 206H — Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux Contemporary Masters — The Kirk Varnedoe Collection — Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences, Savannah, GA Aspects of the Self: Portraits of Our Times — Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg Vis - à - vis.

1990 Information, Terrain, San Francisco, California, US The 60s Revisited - New Concepts / New Materials, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, US Various Small Fires in the Gutenberg Galaxy, Galerie Maier - Hahn, Dusseldorf, DE Time Span, Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, ES Aquarian Artists, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, US Fragments, Parts, Wholes / The Body and Culture, White Columns, New York, US Che Fare: Concept Art / Minimal / Art Povera / Land Art, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, DE Kunstenaarsboeken uit de verzameling A.S.P.C., Provinciaal Museum Hasselt, Hasselt, BE Group Show, Mai 36 Gallerie, Germany: Art Frankfurt, CH MeaMemphis Collezione» 89, Art to Use, Frankfurt A.M., DE Group Show, Galeria Marga Paz, Madrid, ES 5 Galerien zu Gast bei Breuninger, Brigitte March Galerie, Stuttgart, DE The Readymade Boomerang - 8th Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU Saga 90, Eric Linard Editions, Grand - Palais, Paris, FR Concept Art, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, DE Dreams of Artists, A Metamemphis Collection, 121 Art Gallery, Antwerpen, BE Two Decades of American Art: The 60s & 70s, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, US RE: Framing / Cartoons, Loughelton Gallery, New York, US; Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio, US; Gallery A, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, US Robert Gober, Craigie Horsfield, Lawrence Weiner, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, US Wir Nehmen an der Art, Mai 36 Galerie, Basel Art Fair, Basel, CH Word as Image: American Art 1960 - 1990, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US; Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma, US; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas, US A Group Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, US Selected Prints and Multiples, Mai 36 Gallery, Lucerne, CH Red, Galerie Christine and Isy Brachot, Brussels, BE Un Choix d'Art Minimal dans la Collection Panza, ARC, Paris, FR Children's Aids Project, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, California, US Interventions / An Exhibition from the Collection of Delfryd Celf, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA Savoire Faire / Savoire Vivre, Centre International d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, CA Art Billboards in the Hague - Southwest, The Hague, NL The Readymade Boomerang Print Portfolio, Galerie Vorsetzen, Hamburg, DE Time Space Place, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, FR High Season I...

«Civil Progress: Life in Black America,» Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA, February 6 — March 30, 1997 «Blind Spot: Coming of Age,» White Columns, New York, NY, May 8 — 29, 1997 «Kimchi Xtravaganza,» Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, June 16, 1997 — January 10, 1998; catalogue «The Dual Muse: The Writer As Artist, The Artist As Writer,» Washington University Gallery of Art, St Louis, MO, November 7 — December 21, 1997; catalogue «Thirty - Third Annual Exhibition of Art on Paper,» Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, November 16, 1997 — January 18, 1998; catalogue «Heart, Mind, Body, Soul: American Art in the 1990's,» Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, November 26, 1997 — January 4, 1998 «La Biennale di Venezia, XLVII Esposizione Internationale d'Arte,» Venice, Italy, 1997; catalogue «A Decade in Collecting: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Drawing,» Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1997 «Coming of Age,» White Columns, New York, NY, 1997 «Identity Crisis: Self Portraiture at the End of the Century,» Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 1997; traveled to Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO; catalogue «Kinds of Abstract,» Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 1997 «Rhapsodies in Black,» Hayward Gallery, The South Bank Centre, London, UK, 1997; travels to Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK; The Mead Gallery, Coventry, UK; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; catalogue «Sunny Days / Critical Times,» The Bohen Foundation, New York, NY, 1997 «Un Bel Ete,» Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 1997

«The Paintings of Mike Cloud: In Celebration of Black History Month,» Lincoln Center Gallery, New York, NY, February 1 — March 3, 2007 «Not For Sale,» PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, February 11 — April 30, 2007 «Paper Trail: A Decade of Acquisitions,» Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, March 16 — September 23, 2007 «Simply Red,» The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, April 7 — May 19, 2007 «Collected Identities: Gifts from the Blake Byrne Collection,» Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC, April 19 — September 30, 2007 «For the Love of the Game: Race and Sport in America, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, June 9 — October 21, 2007 «Gallery Artists,» Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, July 7 — August 25, 2007 «Taking Aim: Selections from the Elliot L Perry Collection,» Clough - Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, August 31 — October 11, 2007 «ART PROTECTS,» Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France, September 8 — 9, 2007 «Modern Times: Alumni Collect,» Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME, October 14, 2007 — March 9, 2008 «Read Me!

Over four decades, Spano's experimental black and white photography focused on the city and its residents, and discontinuities of time and space.