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Facility of the Month July/Aug 2008 – A Clear Translation
NEW YORK — Officials and community members recently celebrated the opening of a new facility that will be dedicated to translational medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University…
Spotlight July/August 2008 – N.Y. Architect, Kaboom Introduce New Playground Concept
As one of New York’s leading architects, David Rockwell is intimately familiar with some the city’s most well-known adult play spaces. He has designed restaurants, Broadway sets and celebrity homes,…
Q&A July/August – Using Imagination
The first Imagination Playground in a Box, a new play space designed by New York architect David Rockwell, was introduced in July at the Brownsville recreation center in Brooklyn, N.Y….
GameTime Receives Environmental Certification
FORT PAYNE, Ala. — GameTime, a manufacturer of playground equipment, received ISO 14001 certification for its effort to incorporate environmentally friendly practices. ISO 14001 is internationally recognized for environmental management,…
YKK AP Picked for Bronx Project
NEW YORK — YKK AP, a fenestration system manufacturer, was selected to provide the curtain wall exterior for the new 14-story Boricua College in the South Bronx. The 120,000-square-foot tower…
People in the News – July/August 2008
A/E/C Kaesler Kashyap Ripplinger Slone Kennedy Michael Kaesler, Jitendra Kashyap and Blair E. Ripplinger joined the Irvine, Calif., office of architectural firm gkkworks in the K-12 studio. Kaesler and Kashyap…
ASK THE EXPERT May/June 2008 – Eyes & Ears
Randazzo Marisa Randazzo is president of Threat Assessment Resources International, a private company that provides threat assessment training, consultation and research services to schools, businesses, security companies and law enforcement…
Going Mobile
As more schools acknowledge that tragedies such as the Columbine High School and Virginia Tech shootings can become a reality at any campus, school officials are using technology to create…