Sentences with phrase «public housing projects in»

Michaels Development, for example, was awarded a 748 - unit housing project by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to redevelop the Kuhio Park Terrace and Kuhio Homes public housing projects in Honolulu.

I grew up in the public housing projects in Seattle and our family had very limited means.

The five paintings reimagine public housing projects in Chicago and Los Angeles (where Marshall grew up with his family in Nickerson Gardens), casting black figures at the center of romanticized pastoral scenes inspired by Italian Renaissance paintings.

Plopped between two public housing projects in one of the roughest and poorest neighborhoods in Austin, Texas, the school scraped bottom on virtually every measure of student achievement.

A new study published in the journal Environment International found that even «green» public housing projects in Boston had at least one toxic chemical in the air both before and after renovation.

The program would raise revenue for repairs and capital projects by permitting building of market - rate apartments on the grounds of eight different public housing projects in Manhattan.

He argues persuasively that the fate of public neighbors who have found their way into Boston's public housing projects in the last 70 years must be imbedded in the longer, wider story of the treatment of such neighbors since the city's initial settlement by the Puritans.

Chicago has demolished many of its public housing projects in the face of criticism.

At an appearance at a public housing project in Brooklyn last week, Nixon slammed Cuomo and de Blasio for engaging in a years - long «pissing contest» that allowed dire public housing conditions to deteriorate further.

New York police officer Peter Liang was convicted of manslaughter in February 2016 for shooting Akai Gurley in a stairwell in a public housing project in Brooklyn.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, center, at a public housing project in the Bronx in March.

«The only reason I made it as far as I did is because of special teachers along the way who let me know that I was capable and I could do it,» said Torok - Storb, looking back at her impoverished childhood in a public housing project in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Left: A single mother of four describes what it's like to raise a family in Potomac Gardens, a massive 1960s - era public housing project in Washington.

Talk: Dana Lixenberg at Aperture Gallery and Bookstore After the Rodney King trial and subsequent riots, photographer Dana Lixenberg began taking pictures of the residents of the Imperial Courts public housing project in South Central Los Angeles.

Chamberlain toured an array of LA Modernist residential housing, from Richard Neutra's Lovell Health and VDL Research House (s), Gregory Ain's Dunsmuir Flats, John Lautner's Rainbow House, Rudolph Schindler's Fitzpatrick - Leland House, and the William Mead Public Housing project in Chinatown.

Peters has had solo shows with The Hospital Club and Public House Projects in London.

The subject matter of his paintings, installations, and public projects is drawn from African American culture and rooted in the geography of his upbringing: in 1963 he moved with his family to the Nickerson Gardens public housing project in the Watts district of Los Angeles, just a few years before the race riots began.

Similarly, HUD provided $ 30 million for a public housing project in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood that stimulated another $ 134 million in investments.

Not exact matches

Given the billions in stimulus dollars that will be spent in coming years on infrastructure projects, demand for planners is likely to grow in lockstep with the flow of federal and provincial dollars to social housing, transit, public spaces and recreational amenities.

Ali, who graduated from the University of Toronto's planning school in 2012, was involved in the public engagement aspect of the project — organizing open houses, finding straightforward ways to communicate complex planning jargon and soliciting input.

Capital Impact Partners is among the largest of the roughly 1,000 CDFI's in the U.S., having invested $ 1.8 billion in senior care, affordable housing, education and public nutrition projects in distressed and low - income communities across the country.

Strength in China has mainly been driven by a strong execution of public - private partnership projects, particularly related to infrastructure and strong housing investment.»

One would expect the list of EB - 5 projects to continue to grow, particularly given demographic changes in the U.S. (Healthcare projects, such as hospices, long - term care facilities, medical centers and public housing for seniors could all see increased EB - 5 investment.)

And perhaps the most telling such inscription in U.S. cities is the public housing project, an inscription that is currently being erased.

From the Puritans to the Projects is a compelling history of the treatment in Boston of «public neighbors» — needy people unable to provide fully for themselves — from the early 17th century to the present, focused on the construction and management of public housing in that city since the mid-1930s.

They show in the halt which was put to the water privatisation project in Montreal by the water co-ordination and in the foundation of a city of 30,000 inhabitants in the surroundings of Lima (Villa San Salvador), inspired by the principles of full employment, housing for all and a priority for public transport.

Specifically, he was one of a gang of twenty teenagers and thirteen young adults from Chicago's vast, grim Robert Taylor Homes public housing project arrested for pickpocketing at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Kentucky Derby Day.

Edgebrook, on the other hand, is in a transitional area of Danville adjacent to Fair Oaks, a 700 - unit public - housing project occupied largely by blacks, the majority of whom receive public assistance.

The project team's recommendations were presented to the Park Board in advance of the fourth public open house which took place in June 2015 which gave the community its first look at the GreenPrint 2024 plan and an opportunity for their consideration and comment.

In addition to small focus groups and one - on - one meetings, the project team conducted three public open houses that corresponded to project phases: Engage, Analyze, and Envision.

In the letter to Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Charlene Nimmons, the chief executive officer of Public Housing Communities writes that project labor agreements, or PLAs, «have failed the public housing community by denying its residents opportunities to gain meaningful construction work in and around their homes.&raquIn the letter to Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Charlene Nimmons, the chief executive officer of Public Housing Communities writes that project labor agreements, or PLAs, «have failed the public housing community by denying its residents opportunities to gain meaningful construction work in and around their homes.&Public Housing Communities writes that project labor agreements, or PLAs, «have failed the public housing community by denying its residents opportunities to gain meaningful construction work in and around their homes.Housing Communities writes that project labor agreements, or PLAs, «have failed the public housing community by denying its residents opportunities to gain meaningful construction work in and around their homes.&public housing community by denying its residents opportunities to gain meaningful construction work in and around their homes.housing community by denying its residents opportunities to gain meaningful construction work in and around their homes.&raquin and around their homes.»

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Unite has urged the government to invest the economy to good health through housing and infrastructure projects and by compelling the banks to use the # 350 billion of public money they are hoarding to support businesses in need.

Also at 10 a.m., NYC Councilman Andy King and NYCHA Chairwoman and CEO Shola Olatoye, joined by state Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, lead a tour of the authority's Boston Secor Houses, as King discusses nearly $ 1.5 million in funding for projects to install security cameras and renovate the public housing development's senior center and track and field; 3475 Bivona St., the Bronx.

Mahoney said she convinced Cuomo to provide $ 200 million in state money for a sports stadium on the site of the demolished Kennedy Square public housing project - about a mile down the hill from the Dome.

She particularly did not think it belonged within 600 feet of public housing projects and in the «middle of a park and athletic facility — Asphalt Green — that sees over 675,000 visits a year.»

A Brooklyn judge ruled on Thursday that the manslaughter conviction of Peter Liang — the former NYPD officer who accidentally shot un unarmed Akai Gurley in a public housing project...

NORTH HUDSON The public got their first look at the Gateway to the Adirondacks in North Hudson project on Monday when state agencies held an open house - type event to showcase early blueprints for the facility.

Referencing the dark stairwell where Liang shot Gurley, Chin blasted «the culture of neglect» in the city's public housing projects.

Some politicians are pushing for more security features and police officers at public housing projects after a news report revealed an alarming spike in criminal activity in the city - run buildings.

An Obama - administration program designed to pump private dollars in neglected public housing projects is paying off, according to an independent study.

The Interstate 81 project could temporarily displace 600 to 1,000 people living in public housing near the highway.

The death of an 84 - year - old man in December in an elevator at a Bronx housing project exposed «significant flaws» in how public housing officials complied with safety laws and responded to urgent complaints about elevator breakdowns from residents across New York City.

Former NYPD officer Peter Liang was sentenced to probation by a Brooklyn judge for shooting an unarmed black man in a public housing project stairwell in 2014 in a ruling expected to set off denunciations from police critics.

Now that former NYPD Officer Peter Liang has avoided prison for fatally shooting Akai Gurley, questions turn to the broken elevator, broken lights and police practice in a Brooklyn public housing project that made the deadly episode possible.

Councilman Ritchie Torres, who chairs the public housing committee and is usually a supporter of Governor Andrew Cuomo, said all the money should go to the buildings most in need and not be distributed in chunks for lawmakers» «pet projects.»

A political project that adapted to the public's notion of fairness could appeal to millions of uncommitted voters — especially if it also embraced immigration, a major house - building programme, more opportunities for young workers, better - run public services and effective enforcement of the minimum wage: in short a less ideological approach to building a fairer society.

Seven decades later, this aging relic of LaGuardia's well - intentioned legacy has earned another distinction — the public housing project with the most lead paint in the city.

The projects must meet State housing goals, including the creation of mixed - income housing, proximity to public transportation, placement in strong school districts, or the provision of support services for formerly homeless individuals or those with special needs.

It offers a snapshot of the fantastic work that's going on in the industry from retail to housing to large scale public services and rejuvenation projects we have taking place.