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Rebuild by Design Hurricane Sandy Competition records

Call Number

MS 3216

Date

2013-2014, inclusive

Creator

Rebuild by Design (Firm)

Extent

101 Gigabytes (8,146 Files, 595 Folders)

Language of Materials

The documents in the collection are in English.

Abstract

This collection contains records of Rebuild by Design, a New York regional competition launched in 2013 by President Obama's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force and led by the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, the Regional Plan Association, the Municipal Arts Society and the Van Alen Institute. It was a multi-stage planning and design competition to develop solutions to continuing threats resulting from climate change. The collection consists primarily of records related to competition planning, press releases, and interim and final deliverables. There are also a number of photos and videos of site visits, meetings, and various events.

Biographical / Historical

Rebuild by Design was a competition launched in 2013 by the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, under the authority of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010. The process took the form of a multi-stage planning and design competition to develop regionally applicable and locally-contextual solutions to continuing threats resulting from climate change, such as flood protection within the most affected areas within New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

After the competition was launched by the Task Force, responsibility for management of the competition transferred to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in collaboration with New York University's Institute of Public Knowledge, the Municipal Art Society of New York, the Regional Plan Association, and the Van Alen Institute.

In June 2014, then-HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced the six winning projects based on evaluation by the competition jury and awarded $930 million for the first phases of construction: BIG U: New York, NY; Living with the Bay: Long Island, NY; New Meadowlands: The Meadowlands, NJ; Resist, Delay, Store, Discharge: Hoboken, Jersey City, Weehawken, NJ; Hunts Point Lifelines: Bronx, NY; Living Breakwaters: Staten Island, NY; and one runner up, Resilient Bridgeport: Bridgeport, CT.

Arrangement

Folders and files are in the original order as transmitted via Google Drive by Rebuild by Design.

Scope and Contents

Rebuild by Design was a competition launched in 2013 by the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, under the authority of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010. The process took the form of a multi-stage planning and design competition to develop regionally applicable and locally-contextual solutions to continuing threats resulting from climate change, such as flood protection within the most affected areas within New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The collection consists primarily of records related to competition planning, press releases, and interim and final deliverables. There are also a number of photos and videos of site visits, meetings, and various events.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to qualified researchers. Researchers will be restricted to view-only settings when requesting remote access to digital materials.

Conditions Governing Use

Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff. Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.

Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions

Some formats, such as CDs, floppy disks, and certain digital files, may not be accessible due to file corruption or because the library does not have the equipment or proprietary software necessary to make the information they contain accessible. Patrons may request view-only remote access to digital materials. A full manifest of the individual files comprising the series is available from the reference librarian on request.

Preferred Citation

The collection should be cited as: Rebuild by Design Hurricane Sandy Competition records, MS 3216, New-York Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Rebuild By Design, 2022.

Collection processed by

Margo Padilla

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-09-05 11:18:46 -0400.
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Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

Processed in 2022 by digital archivist Margo Padilla. Files were transmitted and downloaded via Google Drive. A virus scan was completed with no results. A scan for personally identifiable information was completed and files containing personal email addresses and phone numbers were redacted. Duplicate files were identified and removed using a TreeSize MD5 checksum search.

Repository

New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024