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PressClick on title of article in bold to read more. 03/10 "State Street Construction Goes Green" News Channel 8 WNTH 3/10/10 report on numerous green features and small carbon footrint of 360 State street. 03/10 "360 State Hailed as National Model", New Haven Independent's report on Senator Chris Dodd and HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sim's tour of 360 State Street which they praised as a "green, living model" for sustainable and livable communities across the state and the nation. 09/09 "The Man Behind the Crane", Business New Haven, On the Record column, an interview with Bruce Becker about the history of and plans for the 360 State Street project in New Haven, CT. 03/09 "The Yale Effect Spreads Out" New York Times national edition featuring Becker + Becker's 360 State Street transit-oriented development in New Haven, CT 06/07 "Harlan H. Griswold Award Honors Wauregan Hotel Saviors" in Connecticut Preservations News. 05/07 "Redefining Downtown" in CT Business about B+B's transformation of a long-vacant 1.5 acre surface parking lot in downtown New Haven, CT into high end housing, low-income housing, retail, and parking using green technologies and a design that blends with the historic character of the neighborhood. 02/07 "Low-Income Housing Revives Downtown" in Affordable Housing Finance. 01/07 "From Mad House to Green House - Making History" in Multihousing Professional on B+B's transformation of the former Blackwell Lunatic Asylum in the The Octagon as a "green" residential community. 10/06 "Roosevelt Island Goes Upscale - 1970's Utopian Village Fills with Luxury Units" in Apartment Finance Today on B+B's redevelopment of The Octagon. 07/06 "Blending Centuries," from New York Construction magazine, a cover story about B+B's work restoring The Octagon building 12/05 The Real Deal "Roosevelt Island Headed Upscale" on B+B's design and redevelopment of The Octagon 12/12/05 New York Daily News "Rentals rise on Roosevelt" 11/21/05 New York Magazine "Outsider Appeal" 12/01/04 New York Governor Pataki Announces Partnership Between Developers, Unions, for Historic Octagon Building on Roosevelt Island 500. Press release announced the groundbreaking for the construction of 500 units of mixed-income housing on Roosevelt Island at the Octagon Building. The project will create more than 1,000 construction jobs. Becker and Becker Associates designed and will develop the project. 4/04 SHELTERFORCE Cover story "Beauty in the Bronx" on the high standards of architecture embodied in B+B's adaptive re-use of the Morrisania Hospital for affordable housing. 4/04 Northeast Preservation News "Saving the Wauregan Hotel" on B+B's adaptive re-use plan for the historic Wauregan Hotel in Norwich, CT 5/15/03 Environment News "Roosevelt Island Building to be Solar Powered" on Octagon Park Apartments' planned use of photovoltaic panels. 1/21/04 Inside Look segment on Channel 11 Ten O'Clock Evening News featuring B+B's Octagon Project on Roosevelt Island 9/23/03 Wall Street Journal article featuring Mt. Kisco Intergenerational Day Care 4/25/03 National Trust's Preservation Online - Restoring Roosevelt Islands Ruins 6/21/02 Stamford Advocate article featuring B+B's preservation projects and award 3/3/02 New York Times article featuring Octagon Park Apartments 4/00 Planning Magazine, Feature on Urban Horizons Economic Development Center 4/6/98 Conversations with Emerging Architects, Design Architecture 1997 60 Minutes feature on The Times Square Supportive Housing 6/30/96 New York Times article featuring B+B's Lower East Side prototype for the New York City Housing Authority 3/96 Architecture Magazine article featuring B+B's Lower East Side prototype for the New York City Housing Authority 1996 Case Study in The Affordable Seniors Housing Handbook on The Marvin |