KATHY ABBOTT and JOE CHRISTO Oct 31, 2022 SHARE 6 TEN YEARS AGO, Superstorm Sandy – after ravaging the Caribbean and much of the East Coast of the United States – turned inward and exerted its full force on New York City and the surrounding region, leading to tens of billions of dollars in damages, …
by Anna Boyles https://www.boston.gov/news/maritime-women-boston-canadian-nurses-1920-womens-voter-registers The 1880 United States Census reports that roughly fifty-percent of immigrants from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island settled in Massachusetts, while nearly thirty-percent of New Brunswick immigrants settled in the Bay State. Thus far, the Mary Eliza Project has discovered over 600 women from the Canadian Maritime provinces of Nova …
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Government Accountability, Transparency & Accessibility Hearing on November 10, 2022
A map of New York City before it was a city could provide answers to today’s flooding BY ARI EPHRAIM FELDMAN NEW YORK CITY https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/10/27/eric-sanderson-maps-new-york-city-climate-change-flooding Eric Sanderson, a wildlife ecologist at the Bronx Zoo, has developed a historical map of what New York City looked like before European settlement. (NY1/Ari Ephraim Feldman) CLIMATE CHANGE UPDATED …
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NEWS So how do you say “Welikia” anyway? Hear a real Lenape speaker say “my good home” with the …more What people are saying about Mannahatta… Click here to read more about what people are writing and thinking …more New York Times Best Seller! Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York …more https://welikia.org/
RAPT gives everyone easy access to important community data and analysis tools https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=90c0c996a5e242a79345cdbc5f758fc6
October 28, 2022 Post contributor:Jeffrey R. Porter, Mintz Jeffrey R. Porter This morning I was reminded by the Boston Globe that the City of Boston’s sale of the site of the former Winthrop Street Garage also yielded $28 million for Franklin Park in what may be one of the Walsh Administration’s greatest Environmental Justice achievements. …
KNOW YOUR ZONE is your destination for everything you need to know about hurricanes in New York City. You’ll find information about the city’s hurricane evacuation zones, the hazards you may face from a hurricane, and what to do to prepare. #knowyourzone Know Your Zone | NYC Emergency Management
Charlestown Waterfront Coalition Flood Mitigation StudyCoastal Engineering Co. in association with Offshoots, Inc. conducted a series of public forums on potential future climate impacts and available flood mitigation strategies for the Navy Yard in Charlestown, MA. Based upon information provided by Climate Ready Boston, flood zone analysis, regional precedents for climate change resiliency adaptations, and …
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Atlascope is a tool for exploring historic urban maps in metropolitan Boston and telling stories about how places have changed over time. Atlascope Boston · Historic urban atlases from the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
