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NYCSR has been doing some great little “Street Films” to promote discussion of how we use our streets. Some of them are up on YouTube, and my favorite is this one simply documenting pedestrian traffic in Times Herald Square — it’s just priceless, particularly the people lined up to cross the Avenue as buses [...]

This is cool — and not least because I’ve had a weakness for manatees since 4th grade: people have recently spotted a manatee in the Hudson River near Manhattan. via Gothamist Now that’s an explorer! Maybe it’s trying to map the east coast for greater manateedom?

OK, granted, I’m not a big social person. I don’t have a huge group of friends to go out with, so if I want to go out dancing, it’s just going to be me and Alex, or just me. I don’t do well with superficiality; I don’t like going to clubs just for [...]

Via my assistance with Upper Green Side, I’ve become acquainted with the Green Restaurant Association. In fact, one of Upper Green Side’s new projects is to encourage restaurants on the Upper East Side to become certified green.
The Massachusetts-based GRA works with restaurants to find ways they can become more sustainable. And they know [...]

The New York Mayor’s newly approved waste management plan (much pooh-poohed here on the Upper East Side for its inclusion of a marine transfer station in the neighborhood) has some good elements to increase recycling and composting (use dailykos’ login to access the full article). It includes an independent office of recycling, to be [...]