Sentences with phrase «of more public spaces»

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Over the years, Gotham has pushed through initiatives that ranged from lifestyle perks like free Wi - Fi in public parks and subway stations to make the city more attractive to a tech workforce, to establishing a network of business incubators to help provide affordable office space to more than 500 startups.

«The space between private and public is very interesting, somewhere between messaging and public forums,» Denton said, adding he feels that people present a more «interesting and constructive» aspect of themselves when they are speaking in private or semi-private discussions.

Dan is a Managing Director, bringing to Oberon more than 30 years of experience in transactions involving public companies, primarily in the energy & natural resources, and industrial infrastructure spaces.

A primary concern of SR, therefore, is practical: to create space in which the «deep reasonings» of a community can be made more public than they are at present.

In contrast, my own Chicago parish church and elementary school are located on two city blocks that together take up ten acres, but those blocks include — in addition to the church and school — over 100 dwelling units in a variety of buildings two - to - three stories tall, more than 15 businesses, and nearly 200 on - and off - street parking spaces for the public.

With accessory buildings (coach houses with garages below and a small living or work space above) permitted on the single - family house lots, this design makes room for 41 private development parcels, allowing up to 70 dwelling units and four ground - floor shops; off - street parking for 82 cars; on - street and plaza public parking for 216 cars; and additional Sunday parking available for up to 90 more cars on the perimeter lanes of the property.

The popular clamor for more science and mathematics in the public schools lest the Russians outdistance us in military achievements and in the conquest of outer space is a symptom of the common assumption that science has the answer.

But making sense of that volatile mix is getting harder as more and more religious perspectives make their way into our public space.

These studies suggest that the modern individual has to an important degree been the creation of a more sharply defined public sphere from which the private realm can be more clearly differentiated.8 Questions of interior space then become more important, as do the relations between these inner realities and those that constitute the public or external realms.

Sonoma State University Wine Spectator Learning Center Wins «Top Real Estate Projects» Award The new home for Sonoma State University's Wine Business Institute includes the Wine Spectator Learning Center, a state - of - the - art facility with classrooms and outdoor space that have capacity for more than 300 students, venues for public seminars and events, and technology to showcase the business of wine and hospitality...

More and more venues, public spaces and businesses are recognizing the importance of accommodating moms who breastfeed and breast pMore and more venues, public spaces and businesses are recognizing the importance of accommodating moms who breastfeed and breast pmore venues, public spaces and businesses are recognizing the importance of accommodating moms who breastfeed and breast pump.

While Brian Endless, Oak Park Youth Baseball & Softball's liaison to the Park District acknowledged that now the group can schedule a full season, he's concerned because in recent years more of the limited field space has been devoted to the district's own programs — a move he called «bad public policy.»

There is more intimacy in the private space of my home than there is in a public space, I guess.

I tried three different nursing covers to see if one of them would help me feel more comfortable with breastfeeding in public spaces.

Logan Square needs 99 more acres of public open space to meet that goal, according to the city.

While breastfeeding began to gain more popularity in the 1960s (and has recently risen, with 77 percent of mothers breastfeeding their own children, according to a 2013 CDC report), the stigma still remains, particularly in public and work spaces.

So at the level of public space the polity as an «imaginary institution» (to misuse Castoriadis) more or less disappeared, leaving «society» as a sort of pre-biotic soup in which all that really mattered was the number of wealthy good Samaritans per head of population, or something of that sort.

As an example, the last mayor of a nearby town foresaw the problems that «enforcing» changes to the town's main street (1 less car way, and more parking space), would cause to his reputation, so he made public, electronic poll (with voting stations on public spaces) on that district (and lost).

«The transformation of this space creates a more welcoming center that is better able to provide services and do so in a way that is more comfortable and secure both for the public and our staff,» added Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz.

We have a situation in which not too long ago Senior Minister, Hon Osafo Marfo, on the 7th August, 2017 informed members of the public of plans by government to downsize the public service in order to reduce the impact of wages and salaries on the country's fiscal space and create the needed efficiency to execute more projects for the masses.

More than 30 law enforcement professionals from five counties are attending a three - day training session in Albany this week, participants in a unique initiative: a law - enforcement training program that analyzes how the design of buildings and public spaces can contribute to crime reduction and improve quality of life.

Westchester also has 18,000 acres of open space including six public golf courses, more than 900 restaurants and a multitude of cultural and entertainment opportunities.

«Providing quality park spaces is paramount for our «#Not62» health initiative, as we work to build a healthier Bronx,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. «We must make sure that our shared recreational spaces are in good condition and inviting to the public, so that more and more Bronxites of all ages will take advantage of them.

«As we work to build a healthier Bronx through our «#Not62 campaign,» we must make sure that our shared recreation spaces are in good condition and inviting to the public, so that more and more Bronxites of all ages will take advantage of them,» said Diaz.

More broadly, we'll talk about American hangups with breastfeeding in public spaces with Diane Cassidy, board member of a new nonprofit organization called Parenting Village.

The report called for more government action to take account of litter and littering behaviour in the design of Britain's public spaces, based on research that an intelligent approach to designing public spaces can reduce littering at no extra cost to taxpayers.

But it seems much more clear - cut in regards to people who do NOT have such an easy choice; for example employees of smoking - OK restaurant; or neighbours of smoking - OK building; or people visiting public spaces.

These proposals are a reflection of the wide variety of community needs that delegates analyzed such as more access to technology in schools, senior - friendly spaces, safe public housing, quality recreation and parks.

It becomes more of a matter of concern when a renowned intellectual writes a book and begins to redefine events in his own way by abashedly evading facts that are reverberating in the public space in order to re-create a world of make - believe for his audience.

With the addition of eleven more parks to the program, thousands more will now have the opportunity to reimagine and rebuild their most precious resource: their shared public space,» said NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP.

Which makes it all the more surprising — NJC pushing all that aside, and assuming an arch-legalistic view, on a matter that has scaled the narrow precincts of the courts into a burning moral matter, in the public space.

As we work to build a healthier Bronx through our «#Not62» campaign, we must make sure that our shared recreation spaces are in good condition and inviting to the public, so that more and more Bronxites of all ages will take advantage of them.

Think of our great public institutions, like the BBC and the British Library, there is more we can do to open them up, through digital public space.

The public uproar inspired the election of a strongly pro-environment Town Board slate, who initiated measures for open space protection and more restrictive planning and zoning regulations.

On Saturday, February 11, VID put together a solid group of supporters for the Rally Opposing the NYU2031 Plan, NYU's aggressive, tower - heavy 20 - year construction proposal to jam our low - rise community with structures of inappropriate size, height and bulk (including a huge hotel), which will mean the takeover of public space and the influx of a concentration of more thousands of students, staff and faculty.

The program will be strengthened by developing an interconnected system of public green spaces, housing restoration projects, new infrastructure, community buildings and much more, helping to accelerate revitalization.

More than half of all charter schools located within public school buildings are overcrowded compared to only 16 % of district schools they share space with, according to the analysis of data conducted by the pro-charter school group Families for Excellent Schools.

The developers also plan to include retail shops and restaurants and more than an acre of waterfront public space that can be used for outdoor concerts.

It costs thousands of dollars to educate a child, so sending some of them to private schools would free up more space in public schools.

Ms. Noerdlinger's boyfriend problem is just more grist for the mill for Mr. Mullins and other union leaders, who are spinning the idea that the mayor's reforms are making the city less safe — Mr. Mullins going so far as to place a paid advertisement in newspapers urging the Democratic National Convention not to come to town because New York is «lurching backwards to the bad old days of high crime, danger - infested public spaces, and families that walk our streets worried for their safety.»

Community Board 11 wants to survey the undeveloped space in public housing complexes in the area — which houses more public housing than anywhere else in the country — to determine what types of projects will be acceptable to the community.

The developers have promised to create an open, public space on the waterfront and to designate 30 percent, or 660, of its units for below market - rate housing, far more than what is required by current zoning.

FLATIRON — A series of floating pools dotting Manhattan's East River shore or elevating the heliport on East 34th Street to create more open space were among the bold visions several dozen community members suggested Monday night at a public forum about re-imagining the waterfront.

In addition to potentially using library and NYCHA space, the mayor's office plans to generate the needed seats through a combination of converting the more than 27,000 existing half - day pre-K seats in public schools and community - based programs, as well as getting non-Universal Pre-K-compliant programs into the fold, sources said.

DCP has dedicated upfront funding for four projects and is studying whether sites benefiting from the rezoning of 40,000 square feet or more should automatically be required to provide outdoor public space.

They said the development corporation's proposal lacks broad public support and threw their support behind a plan that scales back residential and commercial development in favor of more green space and public access to the waterfront.

Some among the 2,800 participants said such actions could also have hidden dividends of actually improving public health through cleaner air and the incentive to take more exercise in the new open spaces.

Harlin McEwen, chair of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST) Corporation — formed in 2007 by the FCC to work with industry to develop the national wireless public safety broadband network — gave a more pointed reason: the companies bidding for the space wanted priority access to the D block space over first responders, even in times of emerPublic Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST) Corporation — formed in 2007 by the FCC to work with industry to develop the national wireless public safety broadband network — gave a more pointed reason: the companies bidding for the space wanted priority access to the D block space over first responders, even in times of emerpublic safety broadband network — gave a more pointed reason: the companies bidding for the space wanted priority access to the D block space over first responders, even in times of emergency.

It's not uncommon in a New York City subway car, an airport terminal or just about any other public space to see a dozen or more people completely consumed by what's happening on the screen of their smartphone, to the exclusion of the world around them.

A new poll for Cancer Research UK of more than 4,300 people also revealed that very few people want to turn back the clock and allow smoking in enclosed public spaces.