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NY Design Week 2012: 12x12 exhibition
Wed, May 23 2012 at 7:14 PM EST

Appealing to both design nuts and NYC history buffs, the 12x12 exhibition showcases the work of a dozen furniture designers supplied with lumber reclaimed from 12 demolished buildings across the Big Apple.

5.44% of Portland workers bike to work
Wed, May 23 2012 at 3:11 PM EST

The Oregon town known for beer, coffee and roses tops Bloomberg's Biking to Work list.

NY Design Week 2012: Live Screen by Danielle Trofe
Wed, May 23 2012 at 10:44 AM EST

Live Screen, designer Danielle Trofe's ingenious vertical hydroponic gardening system geared towards space-sensitive indoor environments, makes its international debut at WantedDesign.

NY Design Week 2012: Broom Chair by Philippe Starck for Emeco
Tue, May 22 2012 at 10:30 AM EST

American chair manufacturer Emeco continues to make good green use of discarded materials with Broom, a stackable, Philippe Starck-designed seat made from a whopping 90 percent pre-consumer factory waste.

Empire State Building innovations generate big energy savings
Mon, May 21 2012 at 2:02 PM EST

With an 2011 energy overhaul, the Empire State Building became the tallest U.S. building to have received a Gold LEED certification for sustainability.

Mary Richardson Kennedy leaves legacy of green design
Fri, May 18 2012 at 1:00 PM EST

Although she left this world best known as the troubled estranged wife of Bobby Kennedy, she'll also be remembered as a 'tremendously gifted architect' and 'relentless advocate of green design.'

Robert F. Kennedy Jr's second wife found dead in New York
Wed, May 16 2012 at 8:52 PM EST

Mary Richardson Kennedy, an architect who specialized in green design, has died, in what local media called an apparent suicide at her home.

Janitor graduates from Columbia University
Thu, May 10 2012 at 8:59 AM EST

Video: Gac Filipaj, an immigrant from the former Yugoslavia, completed his classics degree with honors after balancing classes and a full-time custodial job for 12 years.

Watch: Shoebox style in Midtown Manhattan
Wed, May 09 2012 at 5:28 PM EST

Amicable, adaptable and apparently non-claustrophobic as ever, Luke Clark Tyler gives another tour of his 78-square-foot New York City apartment. Not surprisingly, it's less than 3 minutes long.

The Hulk gets angry at hydraulic fracturing
Tue, May 08 2012 at 12:08 PM EST

Much like his role as the Hulk in the new 'Avengers' movie, actor Mark Ruffalo says his battle against fracking is about 'fighting for the common good.'

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