In the News: An emissions map and its relation to consumption

THINKING TWICE ABOUT THAT AMAZON DELIVERY
ICYMI, and if you care about global warming, this is worth a read: the Times did a deep dive on emissions, and while the cities perform better than the suburbs, looking block-by-block shows that the rich neighborhoods are responsible for way more carbon than poorer ones thanks to consumption — in fact in a mostly green Manhattan, Tribeca is yellow. “A map of emissions linked to the way people consume goods and services offers a different way to view what’s driving global warming. Usually, greenhouse gases are measured at the source: power plants burning natural gas or coal, cows belching methane or cars and trucks burning gasoline. But a consumption-based analysis assigns those emissions to the households that are ultimately responsible for them: the people who use electricity, drive cars, eat food and buy goods.”

184 YEARS LATER, HONORING AN ABOLITIONIST
The Times has a fun story (thanks to P. for sending) about The Literary Society book club in Harlem’s recreation of the wedding of Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray, who married on Sept. 15, 1838, at 36 Lispenard Street, the home of the abolitionist David Ruggles (and now La Colombe). After the hastily arranged ceremony, the newlyweds departed that same day for New Bedford, Mass., a safe haven for fugitive slaves.

SUCCESSION AT 270 BROADWAY
The Post dug deep into the Succession real estate and reports that the character Shiv Roy, played by Sarah Snook, will live in the penthouse at 270 Broadway, on the southwest corner with Chambers.

111 WALL COMING ALONG
Yimby has an update on the redevelopment of 111 Wall Street, a 25-story commercial building at the intersection with Front and South streets. “The $100 million project involves the full replacement of the structure’s mid-century façade, gut renovation of its 1.5 million square feet of office space…and includes a revamped public plaza surrounding the ground floor.”

 

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