Lori Mooney’s one-bedroom apartment looks like it was clipped right from a magazine. Or, rather, thousands of them. The 40-year-old resident of the Bronx, New York, covers every surface of her 525-square-foot living space — from the kitchen floor to the blinds on her windows — with collages of magazine clippings. It’s “a visual assault,” … Read more
As the rains have brought alarming growth of weeds in the city water bodies, Housing and Urban Development Corporation (Hudco) has come up with a noble move. Hudco has expressed its willingness to donate a weed cleaning boat to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). Sources confirmed the development saying that Hudco has expresse interest in … Read more
Starting Smart City journeys with connected lighting. While a discussion around implementing Smart City initiatives can often get city planners and managers excited about the opportunities that technology can enable, the budget available is often the biggest stumbling block to getting started. However, the desire to move a nation (or region or city) higher up … Read more
Street LED Project (Photo: Times Record News/file photo) The move will also reduce the production of chemicals in the environment including elimination of more than 2,386 tons of carbon dioxide, 1,446 pounds of sulfur dioxide and 2,328 pounds of nitrogen oxides. Wichita Falls has worked with Ameresco previously for other energy-efficiency projects, most notably a $16-million … Read more
This week’s Pricespotter apartment—a spacious one-bedroom in Tudor City—is asking $529,000. Among the many guesses, it was Eulipian (who wasn’t impressed with the apartment) who came the closest by guessing $526,000. The co-op is located within a full-service building at 333 East 43rd Street (which, according to Google Maps is just outside of the official boundaries of Tudor City, … Read more
Sundays are often a work day for teachers. It’s the last day available to make preparations for the coming week of school. Some teachers are at their school pulling materials together. Others are planning, making copies or rearranging their classrooms. And yet, sometimes life pulls people, even teachers, in a different direction. That’s why on … Read more
all it an occupational hazard: What sold Misha Nonoo on her Greenwich Village duplex was the cavernous master closet. “I was like, ‘Dream!,’ ” the bubbly blonde Brit says of the space, designed by former owner Nate Berkus (AD, November 2012). Nonoo purchased the pad in 2013 with husband Alexander Gilkes, founder of Paddle8. When their marriage ended, … Read more
Modern slavery and human trafficking are much more prevalent than previously thought, the National Crime Agency has said. There are cases in “every large town and city in the country”, the NCA said, with the organisation currently assisting 300 live police operations targeting modern slavery. The cases involve alleged victims as young as 12 being … Read more