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Chicago was once too flat to drain its sewage, so engineers raised entire streets by four to five feet and jacked buildings up to match — one 320-foot block of shops was lifted four feet on 6,000 screws while businesses inside stayed open
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (305+ words) A city literally too flat to survive its own waste had to be raised, block by block, with thousands of jackscrews turning beneath occupied buildings....
News | This partnership plans energy makeovers of New York office towers
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (127+ words) CoStar This partnership plans energy makeovers of New York office towers - Fitted offices in demand as tenants look to cut costs, SHW analysis shows --------------------------------------------------------------- - Royal College of General Practitioners prescribes sale of London HQ --------------------------------------------------------------- - Boston-area AI startup doubles its San…...
Washington Heights Man's 100-Day NYC Street Cleanup
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (164+ words) Early on, Clarke distributed bilingual brochures in English and Spanish to storefront owners along 171st Street, explaining his initiative and asking merchants to recommend other neglected blocks worth cleaning, per The Mary Sue. That direct outreach built early trust, and local…...
New York backs first US effort to pipe subway heat to nearby municipal buildings
1+ week, 1+ day ago (580+ words) New York is exploring an inventive way to make its notoriously hot subway platforms more tolerable: capturing the heat underground and putting it to use aboveground. Success would make it the first thermal energy network tied to a U.S. train system....
City Providing Environmental Cleanup Loan For New Midtown Apartments
2+ week, 1+ day ago (773+ words) Contaminated soil, underground tank buried under former Walmart parking lot. Midtown Commons. Rendering by Gorman & Co. An environmental cleanup loan fund controlled by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee will be used to help close a financial hole…...
The true cost of deferred maintenance for NYC co-ops
2+ week, 4+ day ago (535+ words) Deferrimg maintenance on facades is just one of many costly mistakes co-op and condo boards make. Aug. 25, 2026 — Boards learn the hard way that being cheap can get very expensive. Many cash-strapped co-op and condo boards are reluctant to spend money,…...
What is the most populated building in the U.S.? A NY contender complicates the answer
2+ week, 4+ day ago (686+ words) If you've ever wondered which building in the United States has the most people inside, New York City's massive residential complexes and skyscrapers might come to mind. The answer, however, depends on how "most populated" is defined. The Pentagon in…...
Posh Upper East Siders lash out at plan to fight rats by getting trash off the sidewalks - AOL
3+ week, 2+ day ago (454+ words) Upper East Siders are trashing NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to eliminate nearly 30,000 parking spaces citywide and plunk tens of thousands of massive garbage containers streetside – saying it would turn the posh neighborhood into “Dumpsterville.” The towering, UFO-like metal trash…...
New York's dog poop crackdown includes a plan to turn sidewalk waste into compost
3+ week, 2+ day ago (499+ words) Pet waste can enter storm drains and waterways, adding environmental and public health risks. New York City is taking aim at one of the most stubborn nuisances of urban life. As 6sqft reported, newly approved legislation on dog poop found on…...
Why a Steel Bar Completely Hidden Inside Concrete Can Begin to Destroy a Column or Beam from the Inside Out Without Anyone Touching the Structure?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1344+ words) Steel appears to be fully protected when buried within concrete, but water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and chlorides can penetrate its pores and initiate corrosion capable of cracking, spalling, and pushing the concrete outward. A reinforced concrete column may look perfectly…...