City Limits articles

Recent articles from City Limits

Publisher's note.
November 1, 2005... TRANSITIONS ARE TRICKY. Smooth transitions sometimes come about by chance, but more often reflect a mountain of thought and preparation. Rough transitions come about even when you've worked hard to be ready, when chance trumps all preparation. New York City will be making a transition of...

Vision for voting.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... I was extremely disappointed by the misinformation and patronizing title in Carolina Gonzalez's article, "Voring by Moxie" [September/October 2005]. Ms. Gonzalez is simply wrong about the legislative process and the non-citizen voting legislation that has been introduced. Intro. 628 has...

Suggestive remarks.(Suggestion book )
November 1, 2005... "CUSHIONED PAVEMENT" "SEX FOR ALL OVER 70" "ABOLISH MONEY" These and hundreds of other intriguing recommendations are collected in a new book entitled Suggestion, a compilation of notes scrawled by New Yorkers as part of a four-year public art project initiated by the group...

Major win for Majora.(BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... Majora Carter, executive director of Sustainable South Bronx, was named a 2005 MacArthur Fellow. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awards $500,000 each to 25 grantees nationwide each year for their "creativity, originality, and potential." Born and raised in Hunts Point,...

Greening the apple.(City Council legislation for green building standards)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... New York City government is rarely hailed as a model of efficiency, but now at least its buildings will be. In September, the City Council passed legislation that sets green building standards for hundreds of city-owned or -funded buildings--similar to laws in place in Austin, San Francisco...