via Capital
A Bronx Stop on the Farm Food Chain
The Wholesale Greenmarket seeks markets for local growers, trying to ensure the produce comes "straight from the farm each morning." But the path isn't always smooth.
Topic: Environment
via The Villager
Seeing the Hudson in a New Light
Some 150 solar-powered LEDs shine in white and blue on the decaying stumps of Pier 49 as part of an eco-friendly public art project called, "Reflect the Stars."
An Alternate Side to Parking Spaces
Parking spaces around the city got whimsical makeovers as part of the annual Park(ing) Day festivities.
Images of Irene
Hurricane Irene arrived ready for her close-up. Our reporters were prepared, capturing images of the storm and its aftermath, around the city and its environs.
via The Queens Courier
Gas Vent Fears in Queens
Outraged Jamaica residents say a development company may be putting the community in danger with plans to pave a driveway too close to a gas vent.
Finding Redemption, Nickel by Nickel
Sure We Can bills itself as the city’s only licensed, homeless-friendly can-and-bottle redemption center.
Putting ‘Cycling’ in Recycling
Thomas Porter of Porter Cycles pieces together old bicycle parts into custom-made new two-wheelers in his Bushwick shop.
Gardening on the Go
Filmmaker Ian Cheney planted a mini-farm in the back of his 1986 Dodge pickup and made a documentary about creative agriculture.