Mary Wood’s “What Would Gordon Do?” class took us yet again to an unexpected location—the Newtown Creek Wastewater Management Plant. Oh man did we learn a lot about the process of wastewater management from plant superintendent Jim Pynn. I’m going to share much of our new knowledge right now: New York City has a gravity-fed [...]
Monthly Archive for November, 2009
After a long day at studio, sometimes you just need to unwind with your friends over dinner. A fun and friendly environment to do this in is just a stone’s throw away on Union Square—the Heartland Brewery. With locations around the city, the brewery might be a chain, but you can’t hold that against it. [...]
Almost everyone I know in the AAP NYC program has gotten a cold (or worse) this semester, including myself. If you’ve ever been on a crowded bus or subway, you’ll know that nobody likes when you cough or sneeze. Well, the NYC public takes this to a new level. Swine flu scare or not, it’s [...]
In the years since 9/11, New York City has tried to rebuild and memorialize the site of that tragic event. Ground Zero has been fenced off to the public since the Twin Towers collapsed, and Stephanie Goto (Cornell alumnus and NYC architect) took us to get a birds-eye-view of the site and learn about the [...]
If you thought you had to be in Texas to fulfill your urge to ride a mechanical bull, look no further than Johnny Utah’s. Located at 25 West 51st it is an excellent location for anyone to spend their 21st – and that’s what fellow classmate Lisa did. A few of us went out to [...]