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Susan Cervantes has made a new home for two of the 126 ficuses that once lined 24th Street.As of May, two stumps that spent 80 years growing on 24th between Harrison and Alabama streets, trees that saw generations of Mission kids pass under their shade, live permanently as exquisitely tiled seats on the corner of 24th and Harrison streets near Mercy Housing's Casa de la Misión, affordable housing for seniors.

We've selected five architecture, design and sales job roles based in New York available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at OMA, Kiehl's and Leong Leong.BIM coordinator at OMAOMA is seeking a BIM coordinator with experience working on large-scale projects in the US.The architecture studio renovated Tiffany & Co's flagship store in Manhattan, topping it with a three-storey glass extension.

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A group of Coney Islanders looking to aid the neighborhood's business community got a big boost, as the city's Department of Small Business Services awarded a grant to their efforts to form a Business Improvement District (BID).

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium Rishi Sunak is facing an unwelcome third by-election test after another MP ally of Boris Johnson dramatically quit his seat on Saturday.Nigel Adams, the MP for Selby and Ainsty, said he had told his party he would be standing down with immediate effect triggering a contest to replace him.

When Mathieu Gosbee moved from his detached home in midtown Toronto to a condominium downtown, he was able to bring all his belongings but one: the device that charges his electric car.The 38-year-old software developer purchased his Hyundai Kona electric vehicle (EV) two years ago, and personally installed a Level 2 charger in the garage of his house for about $400.

A group of engineering students says it's found a way to make drinking fountains available year-round in Toronto, and is calling on the city to pour out the funds to make that vision a reality.The solution sprang from a University of Toronto class project on technology for global development, where five students were tasked with finding a way to make drinking fountains operational throughout the year.

Downing Street has rejected calls to strip Boris Johnson of the 115,000 a year expense allowance given to former prime ministers after an inquiry found he had repeatedly misled parliament.The ex prime minister is facing a ban from holding a parliamentary security pass after a devastating cross-party committee blasted his handling of the Partygate scandal.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium Close Privileges Committee finds Boris Johnson misled Parliament The long-awaited Partygate report into Boris Johnson has been released.Finding Mr Johnson lied to MPs with his partygate denials, the Privileges Committee wrote: We conclude that when he told the House and this Committee that the rules and guidance were being complied with, his own knowledge was such that he deliberately misled the House and this committee.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium Boris Johnson has doled out knighthoods and other gongs to fellow Brexiteers as part of his resignation honours.Former Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg is among those to be made a "sir" in the list a perk for prime ministers who are leaving office.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium Conservatives need to stop blaming "the blob" an imagined cabal of enemies embedded in British society for failures of government, George Osborne has said.In a speech on Friday the former chancellor said the Tories had been in government for 11 years and that they were "in charge of our country's destiny".

Agencies dealing with domestic violence cases may wish to reflect on the death of a Co Fermanagh mother killed by her controlling and abusive ex-partner to learn lessons, a coroner has said.Coroner Anne-Louise Toal found that Concepta Leonard, 51, was stabbed to death by Paedar Phair, 55, at her home in Maguiresbridge on May 15 2017.

Image Installed on the grounds of Waddesdon Manor in southeast England, Joana Vasconcelos's nearly 40-foot-high sculpture Wedding Cake (2023) walks the line between patisserie and architecture.Credit...A Rothschild House and Garden.Photo: Chris Lacey The Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos is known for her ambitious oversize sculptures that frequently elevate everyday objects.

The story still resonates: More than 60 years ago, Los Angeles police officers were routinely harassing the gay and transgender people who gathered at Cooper Do-nuts, a 24-hour spot in the city's seedy gay circuit known as the Run.Then one evening in May 1959, some fed-up drag queens, hustlers and other customers pushed back, barraging officers with hot coffee and half-eaten crullers.

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Most of the time, California's waves are safe for swimmers and surfers to enjoy, but water quality experts warn there are certain times - and certain spots - that beachgoers may want to avoid.Heal the Bay outlines those locations in its annual report card of the state's beaches.

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Heading into the peak of summer, Los Angeles officials want to know what it would take to require every rental unit in the city to have an air conditioner or central air.Just last year, Southern California was gripped by a 10-day heat wave that rippled through the region and smashed temperature records.

A claustrophobic room and a maze of grassy mounds modelled on war defense structures form Ukraine's pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale.Marking the county's first pavilion at the architecture biennale in almost a decade, the installations attempt to capture the experience of people who are seeking shelter from the Ukraine war.

A boy, his face out of focus, is walking toward you.He holds a bucket, and there is a slight spring in his steps.In the foreground, clothes hang above the frame, like obstacles preventing you from looking.And this boy, where is he coming from?Where is he going to?Why does he seem happy even though he is surrounded by heaps of trash and bush?

The medal for this year's best overall contribution to the London Design Biennale has gone to the Polish pavilion, which explores cross-border collaboration and the reframing of everyday objects in times of crisis.The Poetics of Necessity installation is based on an ongoing project from Fundacja BRDA, a non-profit that has collected more than 12,000 windows from households and businesses across Poland to help rebuild homes damaged by the war in Ukraine.

"My paintings teeter on the edge of sculpture and my sculptures are mostly painted," said Czechoslovakian contemporary artist Jan Kaláb.His view on the evolution of his own art, from what began as lettered graffiti, is interesting and a real story of following what's possible.As an artist, it's easy to start off with one style, one medium, and then remain pigeon-holed for the rest of your career.

Real Estate According to an analysis Zillow released in April 2019, solar-powered homes sold for 4.1% more than comparable properties without it.You probably already know that converting your home to solar power can reduce or eliminate your energy bill.But did you know it might add value to your home as well?

On a recent foggy evening, members of a Brooklyn arts group dragged chairs into a circle in a Fort Greene performance space to hear from their new artist in residence, Pia Monique Murray.Next to a whiteboard, Murray, 40, stood elegant as a prima ballerina in a green turtleneck, black leggings with socks over top, and a high bun, brandishing a blue marker.

Travel enough and you begin to appreciate numerous details (and the occasional quibble) only revealed after you've endured the trials and tribulations associated with living out of a suitcase.Take for example, the luggage itself.Of course, capacity and durability are paramount when assessing the most essential travel accessory right there with active noise canceling headphones.

At Yanko Design, we believe in constantly innovating, creating, and evolving.It's a philosophy that serves as a lifeline for us, and one of the results of this lifeline is the YD x KeyShot Inspiration Hub!The Inspiration Hub is our 'ever-expanding encyclopedia' of design work for you to participate in, to inspire designers, and to get inspired by.

D isabled peers have spoken about being harangued on their way to Parliament as a report said not enough was being done to safeguard access to Westminster for the less abled.A report by the Policy Exchange said protests had often blocked the passageway of disabled people as it called on the Metropolitan Police to do more to protect pedestrian walkways for those in wheelchairs and with other disabilities.

My Uber driver is weaving around north London looking for a charging point for his electric car.We pass a lamp-post charger, which he dismisses as a smart solution but slow, and a dedicated but occupied bay for electric vehicle (EV) charging.Here, like much of inner London, there are few homes with driveways for overnight charging, leaving drivers at the mercy of limited public points.

S adiq Khan has claimed that Government ministers needed to pick up the pace in providing EV infrastructure nationally.The mayor's comments came as he announced his plans to install more than 80 new rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging points across the capital.Suppliers will be invited on Friday to deliver some 83 new EV rapid or ultra-rapid charging bays on several main roads, comprising 43 bays in north London and 38 south of the river.

The victims of the London Bridge terror attack have been remembered with songs and prayers on its sixth anniversary.Eight people were killed and 48 injured on 3 June 2017 when terrorists ploughed into pedestrians in a hired van before launching a deadly knife attack.The three attackers were shot dead by police who arrived at the scene of the attack within eight minutes.

He is courted by American and European diplomats, applauded by a media machine dedicated to vilifying his critics and still has four years left in a presidential term secured last year with a landslide re-election victory.But President Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's strongman leader for more than a decade, never looked so lost as when he appeared this week in an official video on the vast rooftop terrace of his presidential offices to share a bowl of cherries with two lieutenants and gripe about street protesters calling them rude names, including abnormal lunatics, murderers and criminals.

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced on Wednesday that Christine Chandler, the executive vice president, chief credit officer, and chief operating officer of M&T Realty Capital Corporation (RCC), has been nominated to serve as MBA's vice chair for the 2024 membership year.The installation of Chandler is expected to take place at the association's 110th Annual Convention in Philadelphia later this month.

I fell for Ischia well before I ever visited it in person.In the 1999 film The Talented Mr. Ripley, the scene where Tom, the main character, happens upon Marge and Dickie, the couple he is pursuing, was filmed beneath the island's Aragonese castle on its golden beach (the Spiaggia dei Pescatori, the beach of the fishermen).

Ilya Kabakov, a celebrated artist whose immersive installations, paintings and drawings told sardonically witty stories about the dreams and interior lives of those who had endured the deprivations and degradations of the Soviet era he grew up in, died on May 27 in a hospital near his home and studio in Mattituck, N.Y., on the East End of Long Island.

Shopping for a home is a lot like online dating.So much rides on that first photo, and a prospect's curb appeal often determines whether you cross the figurative threshold or swipe left.As homes go, the focus of that first impression falls on the front door, which should draw you in.However, many front doors don't do their homes any such favor.

Homes now rising from a dusty subdivision in Desert Hot Springs may be at the forefront of future homebuilding.Unlike the dozens of houses surrounding this 20-home development on the east side of town, these houses aren't made from wood and stucco.They're 3D-printed at a Mexican factory, using a huge robotic arm to layer recycled glass into sturdy wall panels that are assembled like Lego blocks at the home site.

Vehicles are blurred as they drive past a parked UPS delivery vehicle on February 1, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama / Getty Images With the largest private sector labor contract in the United States set to expire on July 31 at midnight, the eyes of the American labor movement are on United Parcel Service (UPS) and the nearly 350,000 Teamsters who work there.

The Dezeen team are reporting live from the 10th edition of 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen (7-9 June).Read on for all the coverage from the first day (Wednesday 7 June)
Here, works by 18 emerging designers from all over the world mingled with woodwork machines and raw materials.Each contributor was chosen by Ukurant from around 200 applicants and pieces ranged from lights made from egg protein to Paperwork, an artwork and lighting design made from paper, thread, steel weights and artificial lights that was suspended from the high ceiling - Cajsa Carlson
5:00pm Le Corbusier's Lampe Cabanon and the Lampe de Bureau collection by Charotte Perriand are on show in Nemo Lighting's Copenhagen showroom during 3 Days of Design.

Disabled peers have spoken about being harangued on their way to Parliament as a report said not enough was being done to safeguard access to Westminster for the less abled.A report by the Policy Exchange said protests had often blocked the passageway of disabled people as it called on the Metropolitan Police to do more to protect pedestrian walkways for those in wheelchairs and with other disabilities.

Last year, I attended a town hall meeting in Colorado's Boulder County for local residents displaced by the Marshall Fire.The blaze had swept through the community a few months prior destroying more than 1,000 buildings and causing more than $2 billion in damage.For the displaced residents, insurance dominated the conversation.

The Dezeen team are reporting from the 10th edition of 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen (7-9 June).Updated throughout the day with exclusive previews of products, installations and events.10:00am Also from yesterday, Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson was the first journalist to see an exhibition by glassware design studio Helle Mardahl Studio for The Sensory Society and spoke to the designer.

Woking council risks a financial hit worth 1bn amid a government investigation into the local authority's debt-fuelled investment spree in hotels and skyscrapers.The Surrey council is on the brink of insolvency, with a possible section 114 notice, signalling it cannot balance its budget, believed to be imminent.

Mirrors shaped like origami fortune tellers, nine-foot-tall kaleidoscopes, and images of historic activist marches will comprise the National Building Museum's seventh annual Summer Block Party installation."Look Here" is slated to open on July 1 and will stick around through September 4. The project is spearheaded by artist and architect Suchi Reddy, who is the first woman of color to create a block party project for the museum.

Intense discussions around school security in Highland Park escalated Tuesday night as Township District 113′s school board meeting drew roughly 20 parents and others calling for the implementation of metal detectors and armed security, student organizers opposed to those plans and plenty of police and private security.

Good morning.It's Tuesday.We'll meet two artists who observed World Environment Day with creations made from discarded plastics.We'll also find out why a court-appointed official says the police anti-crime units are still stopping and frisking people illegally.Image Credit...Justin Lane/EPA, via Shutterstock For several years, the Israeli artist Beverly Barkat collected trash plastic bags, plastic bottles, plastic cartons, plastic cups, plastic lids, plastic wrappers.

CLIMATEWIRE | U.S. troops have long provided assistance to disaster victims.But there's little public information about when, where and how those deployments occur.The nonpartisan Center for Climate and Security will try to fill that void with a new web-based data tool that allows internet users to track military deployments nationally and internationally in response to hurricanes, floods, wildfires, heat waves and other climate-related disasters.

This exclusive video produced by Dezeen for the Serpentine Gallery reveals this year's Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Paris-based Lebanese-born architect Lina Ghotmeh.The structure takes the form of a timber shelter that houses a concentric table and chairs.Situated in London's Kensington Gardens, the pavilion will open to the public on 9 June 2023.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium The benefits of the first Covid-19 lockdown were a drop in the bucket compared to the staggering collateral costs it imposed, a study has claimed.Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and Lund University say the policy may have saved as few as 1,700 lives in England and Wales compared to countries which took lighter-touch measures.

The Central Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale brings together 16 architects, including David Adjaye and Diébédo Francis Kéré, who "represent a distilled force majeure of African and diasporic architectural production".Force Majeure is one of six shows that make up The Laboratory of the Future, the 18th edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, which is curated by Lesley Lokko.

Don Bateman, an engineer who invented a cockpit device that warns airplane pilots with colorful screen displays and dire audible alerts like Caution Terrain! and Pull Up! when they are in danger of crashing into mountains, buildings or water an innovation that has likely saved thousands of lives died on May 21 at his home in Bellevue, Wash.

Dezeen School Shows: a plant-filled co-working space and a sculpture representing the financial struggles faced by transgender people are included in Dezeen's latest school show by the University of Plymouth.Also included is a light installation informed by the shape of a fish and a project that challenges human-centric perspectives of architecture.

New York-based artist Sarah Sze has created a large-scale art installation in a vaulted space above Peckham Rye station that had been boarded up for the last 50 years.Once a large Victorian waiting room, the space was closed to the public in 1962, making Sze's exhibition the first time it has been used in more than half a century.

A giant wind chime, touch-sensing bio-textiles and windows for Ukraine are among the most intriguing installations from the London Design Biennale, which opens at Somerset House today.The biennale's fourth edition was curated by the Nieuwe Instituut and its artistic director, Aric Chen.With the theme of The Global Game: Remapping Collaboration, the event aims to rethink how nations communicate and collaborate.

In a town where private space is at a premium, this 1953 photo from Michael "Tony" Vaccaro taken for LOOK magazine shows off a stylish way to get a city view.Michael "Tony" Vaccaro /Museum of the City of New York Visiting New York City this summer?A fun, family-friendly exhibit celebrating movies, TV shows, music, books, fashion and art inspired by the city is now open at the Museum of the City of New York.

British architect Alison Killing has defended her team's Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on alleged internment camps in China, amid reports that the country is withdrawing from the Venice Architecture Biennale.Killing defended her work after the Chinese Embassy in Italy issued a statement criticising coverage of an installation (pictured above) within the main exhibition of the Venice Architecture Biennale titled Investigating Xinjiang's Network of Detention Camps.