Allee: environmental reviews assess more than air and water.Citing several projects -- including the re-painting of the Williamsburg Bridge, the economic analysis for theaters in Times Square, environmental impact studies regarding traffic, lighting, and noise surrounding the new Planetarium planetarium, optical device used to project a representation of the heavens onto a domed ceiling; the term also designates the building that houses such a device. A modern planetarium consists of as many as 150 motor-driven projectors mounted on an axis. and water-related studies surrounding the development of Route 9A, Queens West, Battery Park City and the Hudson River Park Hudson River Park is a waterside park on the Hudson River that extends from 59th Street south to Battery Park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Bicycle and pedestrian paths span the park north to south, opening up the waterfront for recreational use. -- Debra. Allee, President of Allee, King Rosen & Fleming (AKRF), one of the City's leading environmental planning firms, illustrated some of the implications of the City's publicly mandated environmental review processes during an open presentation sponsored by Commercial Real Estate Women New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (CREW.NY). "The scope of an environmental assessment is much broader than most people realize," said Allee. "The tendency is to think of the EIS (1) (Executive Information System) An information system that consolidates and summarizes ongoing transactions within the organization. It provides top management with all the information it requires at all times from internal and external sources. (Environmental Impact Statement) as simply affecting air, water or traffic. However, it also considers virtually every aspect of the environment that we experience including population, social, economic conditions and neighborhood character." As the basis of her presentation, Debra used actual examples from her firm's key assignments. These ranged from the 42nd Street Development project to studying the potential for public health risks that removal of lead-based paint from city bridges would have on surrounding communities; one of the firm's most unusual projects. For this, the AKRF team sandblasted a girder girder In building construction, a large main supporting beam, commonly of steel or reinforced concrete, that carries a heavy transverse (crosswise) load. In a floor system, beams and joists transfer their loads to the girders, which in turn frame into the columns. from the bridge in order to model how the lead-containing flakes would disperse through the neighborhood and at what levels. Based on these results, the firm conducted a statistical analysis related to lead poisoning lead poisoning or plumbism (plŭm`bĭz'əm), intoxication of the system by organic compounds containing lead. . Allee also evoked the early days of the, 42nd Street Development, when Times Square was known for a raunchy raun·chy adj. raun·chi·er, raun·chi·est Slang 1. a. Obscene, lewd, or vulgar: "[He] street life. AKRF counted the number of sex establishments in an effort to examine the effect that displacing them from one area would have on other likely relocation areas. For the Second Avenue Subway study that has generated a good deal of public interest, Allee and her staff aided in the selection of a preferred alternative which includes not only the extension of the subway line along the upper half, of Manhattan's East Side, but also two new dedicated express bus lanes. |
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