What makes the Urban Ecology Center deserving of a Mayor’s 2004 Urban Design Award? Well, a lot of things. The Award recognizes efforts “above and beyond to create public spaces or street friendly buildings that are warm, welcoming, innovative, creative, urban, sophisticated and fun,” and a visitor to the Center will see all of that and more. Driving down Park Avenue for the first time, one just has to wonder, “What is that?”
Urban Ecology Center
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Katy Van Dunk
Katy Van Dunk has lived in Riverwest almost her entire life, but that’s doesn’t mean she has been a Riverwester for 50 years. In fact, she’s lived in the neighborhood for nearly 14 years, and as a young resident, she’s got some insights to share.
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A Family Memory The Best Home-Made Gift
Sometimes it’s easiest to just go to the mall, pick up a present, wrap it, put it under the tree and be done with it. But then again there are holiday gifts that can last much longer, be much more deeply appreciated …and all they take is the investment of time.
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Citizen Scientists
When you hear the word “scientist,” what comes to mind? A man with a white lab coat, goggles, and frizzy hair holding a beaker of bubbling, mysterious liquid? How about a grandmother of three, tagging a monarch butterfly? How about a high school student counting snakes in a neighborhood park, or your co-worker listening for frog calls at dusk on a summer weekend? How about — YOU — doing any of these things, and more?
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UEC’s New Home
The Urban Ecology Center (UEC) has a new home in a $5 million, 20,000-square-foot, environmentally friendly building in Riverside Park. The building, completed in mid-July, is testament to the Center’s rapid expansion in the past four years.
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