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Upper West Side

October 26, 2012

Restored Teddy Roosevelt Memorial Opens to Public Saturday

The American Museum of Natural History's "conservation president" memorial had $40M in renovations.

Inwood

October 17, 2012

The Birdman of Inwood Restores North Cove

Much of the Inwood wetlands recovery started with one determined man.

Glendale

August 09, 2012

Playground Sprinklers Will Turn Off After 2 Minutes Under New Timer System

More than 400 sprinklers will get timer buttons as part of a $6 million plan to reduce water use.

Midtown

April 01, 2012

Times Square Billboards Go Dark for Earth Hour

Times Square, the Empire State Building and the UN went dark for Earth Hour on March 31, 2012.

Greenwich Village & SoHo

October 24, 2011

Preservationists Hope Derelict MacDougal St. Building Can Be Saved

A local preservation group is hopeful about the future of a Greenwich Village building that has been vacant, boarded up and infested by rats for years.

Murray Hill and Gramercy

August 10, 2011

Madison Square Park Statues Get Buffed and Waxed

As part of the city's Monuments Conservation Program, two conservators and four interns descended on Madison Square Park on Wednesday to clean, wax and buff the park's 100-year-old monuments to a shine.

Upper East Side

April 13, 2011

Clinton, Bloomberg Join Forces to Fight Climate Change

Clinton and Bloomberg have merged their climate change efforts into one organization, they announced.

Manhattan

April 05, 2011

Central Park Zoo Show Features Arctic Wildlife and Weather

Visitors to the Central Park Zoo can experience the lives of Arctic wildlife in 3D, with real snow.

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