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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 1d

Exempt Historic Buildings, as defined by state law, from zoning as long as the use is generally consistent with it.

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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 2d

Unfortunately, apartments are banned here.

Due to outdated zoning, you can only build 1 and 2-family detached homes on the block bounded by 60th Ave, 60th Ln, 60th Rd, and 60th St.

Tweet from Basil: “I love Queens so much”

Image shows Google maps with 60th St, 60th Pl, 60th Ave, 60th Ln, 60th Rd, 60th Dr, 60th Ct

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 2d

The minimalist detailing is done really well imo but I can see how they look a little stark. I guess bay windows would add a lot to the cost.

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 2d

New York housing!

(No, not housing in New York, it’s housing in York that is new.)

Joe Giddings @joegiddings.bsky.social · 2d

New housing built by the City of York, designed by Mikhail Riches. Passivhaus terraced homes, built with a timber frame, cellulose insulation. One of 5 schemes around York by the practice - who previously won the Stirling Prize for similar housing in Norwich.

A row of red brick passivhaus terrace homes in York designed by Mikhail Riches

Two terraced homes designed by Mikhail Riches

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 2d

Turkish Airlines messed up his flight to Albany

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 2d

New York Passive House has a redesigned website.

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 3d

Gruß aus der ehemaligen DDR!

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 3d

www.insitu.ch/img/full/dv2...

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 3d

Panelized mass timber housing for asylum seekers in Switzerland

Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 4d

Einfaches Wohnen
www.insitu.ch/projekte/287...

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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 3d

Imagine if the areas around train stations in New York’s suburbs—in Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties—looked like this instead of giant parking lots

Tweet from sharghzadeh:
America invented the perfect suburb (Brooklyn Heights) and then never made another one

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 4d

Not sure how people would react to winder stairs in New York though

Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 4d

The Toronto circulation core with scissor stairs is pretty similar to that required in NYC.

In addition we need space for a refuse chute.

This amounts to about one less bedroom per floor.

Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 4d

The circulation core of a mid-rise French apartment building is less than half the size of a mid-rise Canadian apartment building – 26.5 m^2 (285 sq. ft.) vs. 55 m^2 (592 sq. ft.)

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 5d

Let’s build mass timber, low carbon, 10+ story apartment buildings that meet the Passive House standards for comfort, health, and energy efficiency on the Upper East Side

Open New York @opennewyork.org · 6d

we should let people build housing near it

Tweet via Basil @LinkofSunshine:

The Lex Avenue Line has equivalent higher daily ridership to 2/3rds of the entire population of Paris

The best subway line in the world baby

[Map of Lexington Ave subway line in Manhattan]

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 6d

Check out the ZDF tv show with that title www.imdb.com/title/tt1837...

Doppelhaushälfte (TV Series 2022– ) ⭐ 7.6 | Comedy

4h

www.imdb.com

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 6d

Getting lost in the layers of irony and cultural and historical references in this post

johnny (ü40 era) @johnnyraccoon.bsky.social · 6d

die annektierung der ddr durch die brd gmbh ist für mich in erster linie ein german-on-german crime und damit ist die sache für mich vom tisch liebe jammerossis und besserwessis

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 7d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 9d

Federal judge rules that NY state cannot limit companies from dumping radiological waste in the Hudson River: www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

Federal judge says New York overstepped in banning radioactive water disposal in Hudson River

The owners of the decommissioned Indian Point nuclear facility sued the state over its efforts to regulate wastewater disposal at the facility.

www.timesunion.com

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 9d

1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.

2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.

3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."

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3underscores.bsky.social @3underscores.bsky.social · 10d

Largest mass-timber building in US put on ice due to tariffs and inflation...

newatlas.com/architecture...

USA's new tallest timber tower halted mid-build, future uncertain

An ambitious new timber skyscraper that's set to become the tallest of its kind in the United States – and indeed the world – has hit a snag. The building has been under construction in Milwaukee, Wis...

newatlas.com

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Reveal @revealnews.org · 11d

Some good news! These plug-in systems are all over Europe, whereas rooftop solar in the US is stupidly tied up in red tape, making it costly. All states should adopt this, like Utah did. And entirely nonpartisan—which is a weird thing to have to say about clean energy.

New Hampshire and Vermont could be next to introduce "balcony solar"

Cheap, plug-in systems that reduce people's bills without red tape are piquing bipartisan interest.

www.motherjones.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14d

Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.

Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!

People signing the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air at the UN

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 14d

Andy Warhol oxidation!

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 14d

My contractor recommends cast iron for sanitary drainage for that reason

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Gregory Duncan @duncanarchitect.bsky.social · 14d

1,3,5, stand. If there’s only one open seat, I’ll only take it if it’s 5 though.
Now I don’t feel bad leaving 4 available since so many people prefer it.