Sentences with phrase «green space the city»

It's nice to see how much green space the city has and we walked up through Royal Victoria park and the gorgeous Botanical Gardens (highly recommend a visit if you're ever in the city), and I had to see the iconic Royal crescent and «The Circus».

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It also has the greatest concentration of international banks in the U.S., and it's been called «America's Cleanest City» for its air and water quality, green spaces, and clean streets.

So, when street signs started popping up explaining cell - phone use was banned in the area last month in city parks and green spaces, some people took them seriously.

Some of the top attractions in the largest city in the Midwest include the Art Institute of Chicago, Shedd Aquarium, and Grant Park, a 319 - acre green space.

Beyond saving lives, consider the money saved (traffic accidents cause $ 500 billion in economic damage worldwide each year), the benefits to cities (parking lots become green spaces), the increases in productivity (commuters can work in transit; truckers can sleep without pulling over), and improvements in accessibility (the elderly, blind, and disabled get affordable robot chauffeurs!).

Landsdowne Park only opened in 2015, but it's become a major attraction in the city, mixing restaurants and entertainment venues with heritage buildings and green space.

Towne Park's environmental council, Towne Green, spent this year's Earth Day weekend working to ameliorate Annapolis in partnership with GreenScape 2013, a «City of Annapolis and community partnership invested in the beautification, clean - up and planting in public spaces throughout the city.&raCity of Annapolis and community partnership invested in the beautification, clean - up and planting in public spaces throughout the city.&racity.»

The city of Chicago, Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail, Chicago Park District and The Trust for Public Land have joined forced to convert abandoned railroad space along the once bustling Bloomingdale Line into much - needed community green space for residents and visitors.

Getting out of the city or into one of our green spaces this weekend to admire the beautiful colors is high on our list.

will hit the pavement to the sound of live music along the 5k East Boston course, traversing beautiful green spaces with views of the city.

Opponents of a plan to build a senior center in a park on Chicago's North Side said they are worried about losing open green space, but they also see the threat as the latest proposed development projects swallowing up parks throughout the city.

Opponents of a plan to build a senior center in a park on Chicago's North Side said they are worried about losing open green space, but they also see the threat as the latest in a string of development projects swallowing up parks throughout the city.

Many cities these days have predefined walking routes that showcase historic architecture; notable green spaces where you can stop so the kids can take a tag break; and fun places to eat or scope out attractions like rivers, zoos or merry - go - rounds.

That year, a study found that Logan Square had the least amount of green space per person in the city.

«It is a wonderful opportunity to increase green space in neighborhoods all over the city,» Claypool said.

In 1869, as part of a plan that laid out a system of green spaces connected by boulevards, three city park boards were chartered by the state, the Lincoln, South and West Park Commissions.

To me, the city is our garden and it is in exploring its green spaces together, walking its streets and learning about its history that I love to spend my time.

«I applaud the administration for creating more green spaces in our city,» said Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, chair of the Council Transportation Committee.

Ms. Olatoye is tasked with trying to find a way to make the New York City Housing Authority solvent again, and she'll seek to do so through the Next Generation NYCHA proposal, a controversial plan to lease green space on NYCHA property to private developers.

«For a moment I was a little afraid, because there was a serious monsoon of efforts to create community gardens and green spaces, none of which generate any revenue,» said Bey, referring to dozens of community gardens the land bank has established throughout the city.

In anticipation of its public meeting on the projects next month, the Department of City Planning is letting the public sound off online about their recommendations for developments ranging from Columbia University's Baker Field sports complex expansion project to a proposal to clean up the stretch of green space between the George Washington Bridge and Dyckman Street.

Buffalo's Green Code and federal law collided before the city Planning Board Tuesday in a dispute over planned commercial space on an old chemical plant site in South Buffalo.

Transforming the riverfront will help bring businesses to downtown, which is what young people are looking for, Warren said — they're already filling new residential offerings in the city, and more attractive commercial and green space options would only enhance downtown's appeal.

While sustainability features are ubiquitous in commercial office space, they are largely absent from the city's luxury condo market, with developers failing to invest in even the most basic green systems.

Our recent City Space Race report highlights a dilemma that most growing cities are currently facing: they need to build more houses and offices, but regulations and local political pressures restrict them from expanding (particularly when it comes to green belt development).

Moreover, the green belt does not just restrict housing supply around London, it also results in housing development leapfrogging the green belt, and being built in areas far away from London — as demonstrated by the map below from our recent City Space Race report.

NYC Parks Advocates and other green - space boosters sued the city Parks Department in 2013 for misusing Damrosch Park, which is adjacent to Lincoln Center.

In a last - ditch effort to push this issue before de Blasio is likely elected, the NYC Department of Education is giving the green light to open or expand 23 charter schools before Bloomberg leaves office and provide them with free space in city buildings.

The small group met at Time and Space Limited on Columbia Street to talk about the steps needed to become a county organization with state Green Party organizer Michael O'Neil, who had come up from New York City for the meeting, and to discuss direction for the nascent group.

HELL»S KITCHEN — After the city moved forward with a plan to transform a park in Hell's Kitchen into a kid - centric «stroller center,» locals at another nearby green space hope to bring in every segment of the community to crowdsource its $ 1.8 million redesign.

The city Parks Department is cracking down on rogue drivers who illegally park on public lawns and other green spaces.

The city's Department of Education is giving the green light to open or expand 23 charter schools before Mayor Bloomberg leaves office and provide them with free space in city buildings.

«Oneida County continues to strive to improve our residents» access to healthy foods and areas which allow exercise; and this project furthers that goal through the revitalization of existing underutilized land within the City of Utica into green spaces for food production and recreation,» Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente said.

The city plans to move Richard R. Green High School of Teaching from East 88th Street down to the brand - new school space in 26 Broadway next fall.

The city plans to move P.S. 151, an Upper East Side elementary school, into Richard R. Green's current space, which is why Richard R. Green needs to move.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is raising serious concerns over a proposal by the New York City Housing Authority to develop open green spaces between existing buildings at city housing projeCity Housing Authority to develop open green spaces between existing buildings at city housing projecity housing projects.

Our smaller cities and towns are taking an active role in their revitalization, utilizing historic buildings, waterfronts and green spaces to create places where people want to come live, work and play.»

Using a nearly $ 400,000 grant from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's office and the City Council, volunteers from SHoP Architects transformed the room into a bright, airy space with hidden storage, fabric acoustic paneling, gold stage curtains, a mirrored wall and green - accented décor.

«Our entire community is excited to see more green space, especially when it takes advantage of our little used waterfront,» said City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez.

Enjoy breathing, eating, being in a forest or a green city space, enjoy helping others, paying attention to the colours and smells and creatures around you.

«Many small to medium green spaces in a city provide beneficial cooling effects.»

The researchers found that on windy nights it wasn't possible to measure the cooling effects of the green spaces beyond their boundaries as there was too much turbulent mixing of the air; but on calm warm nights they estimate that a network of green spaces of around 3 - 5 hectares each situated 100 - 150 m apart would provide comprehensive cooling for a city with a climate and characteristics similar to London.

Urbanization and the resulting shrinkage of green spaces in cities can be considered a boon for mosquitoes that transmit diseases, such as Aedes aegypti (dengue) and Culex quinquefasciatus (lymphatic filariasis).

Urban green spaces such as parks, gardens, and urban river networks deliver ecosystem services to cities reducing flood risk, cooling urban micro-climates, and creating recreational spaces.

«The roofscapes of our cities are the last urban frontier — from 15 percent to 35 percent of the total land area — and the green roof industry can turn these wasted spaces into a force for cleaner air, cleaner water, energy savings, cooling, beauty and recreation,» he says.

The report estimates that Beijing planted more than 30 million trees and bushes to establish 720 green spaces in the city center.

City officials also dramatically expanded the amount of open green space that residents can enjoy long after the games.

A new University of Washington study finds that urban crops in Seattle could only feed between 1 and 4 percent of the city's population, even if all viable backyard and public green spaces were converted to growing produce.

«Not just whether cities have high - density development, but how the built infrastructure is connected — and disconnected by green spaces — has a great impact on heat island intensity,» said study co-author Marshall Shepherd, the UGA Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences.

The study highlights the value of green space in cities, which have become important refuges for native species and migrating wildlife.