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Things to see, do and eat in Chelsea New York City: Expert expat travel tips

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Since winning the US Green Card Lottery in 2016, she now lives in the New York City neighbourhood of Chelsea, where she devises international strategy for the US Open. As a member of The Whitney Museum of American Art, I always recommend people add this to their New York list. cookshopny.com.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

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Howard County, Maryland has become the first jurisdiction in the state and one of few places in the country to pass a mandatory “bird-friendly design” law for new construction of privately owned buildings. The County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits statistics indicate it would apply to less than 1% of permits issued each year.

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State Focus – Utah: Consistently Excellent

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Even Utah’s international airport is on top of its consistency game: last year Travel+Leisure ranked Salt Lake City International Airport the most punctual airport in America, the fifth such ranking for the airport since 2008. The state has not raised its corporate tax rate in nearly 20 years.

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When office-to-residential conversion works

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Structures built since the mid-20th century generally feature large, deep floor plates whose cores are far from where natural light and fresh air could travel. New York City has favorable zoning laws that encourage conversions on buildings built in or before 1961 in certain areas of the city.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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These ports are reminding cross-country destinations that they can still get containers to them faster over land than it will take the big ships traveling through the Canal to reach East and Gulf Coast Ports. Rendering of the Bayonne Bridge, as it will look after it is raised to permit passage of Post-Panamax container vessels.

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Battle of Bayonne

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At 1,675 feet, the arch was more than twice as long as the previous record-holder, the Hell Gate Railroad Bridge in New York City. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the Bayonne Bridge, is in the process of commencing an ambitious $1-billion project to raise the bridge roadway by an additional 65 feet.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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Situated in Upstate New York, Oswego County is located centrally to New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal. The City of York and York County Development Corporation (YCDC) has a shovel ready 34-acre site adjacent to a rail spur. I-80 intersects with U.S.