#Infrastructure

Apr 11, 20173 min read

Inventing Nighttime Design

Nighttime design and its concomitant Shades of Night analysis were born out of the NightSeeing™ Program During the dark hours, a nexus of...

El-Space: first, the after-dark site study

Leni Schwendinger

Mar 16, 20161 min read

El-Space: first, the after-dark site study

It was cold, it was dark…normal site study conditions. Arup staff and I braved the night with cameras, illuminance meters, laser...

Leni Schwendinger

Dec 3, 20101 min read

As You Light It: Dwell Magazine Video and Leni Schwendinger

Dwell Magazine’s series, As You Light It <link here>, focuses on my idea of the City as home and the NightSeeing™ program. The video...

NightSeeing™ in Washington D.C. (with Landscape Architects)

Leni Schwendinger

Sep 26, 20103 min read

NightSeeing™ in Washington D.C. (with Landscape Architects)

In the evening Washington D.C. NW is a monochromatic blend of light. People are the action. The shifting interplay of nighttime dark and...

Schwendinger Podcasts Recorded by Museum Without Walls

Leni Schwendinger

Aug 27, 20101 min read

Schwendinger Podcasts Recorded by Museum Without Walls

CultureNow is focused on cultural mapping and exhibitions about New York City. They called the other day and asked if I would talk about...

Light Planning; Chinatown Little Italy Historic District

Leni Schwendinger

May 16, 20102 min read

Light Planning; Chinatown Little Italy Historic District

Light Planning and Community Involvement Official map of the Chinatown Little Italy Historic District boundaries The Chinatown Little...

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel; Vertical Layers of New York

Leni Schwendinger

Feb 11, 20102 min read

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel; Vertical Layers of New York

Much has been written about the Atlantic Avenue tunnel since Bob Diamond rediscovered access through a manhole to the storied passageway...

Public Lighting Theory – developing the nexus of lighting and urban design

Leni Schwendinger

Jan 2, 20103 min read

Public Lighting Theory – developing the nexus of lighting and urban design

Are you a lighting designer or an artist?Are you a theorist or practitioner? These questions are bound to come up at the end of every...

Design Observer/Change Observer Debate: A Thousand Points on Light!

Leni Schwendinger

Aug 27, 20091 min read

Design Observer/Change Observer Debate: A Thousand Points on Light!

A Thousand Points on Light: Part I: A dark-sky activist and a celebrated designer discuss the best (if not the brightest) ways to light...

Queens Plaza, New York City — Groundbreaking, August 3rd 2009

Leni Schwendinger

Aug 8, 20091 min read

Queens Plaza, New York City — Groundbreaking, August 3rd 2009

Elevated tracks at Queens Plaza, NYC - repainting begins The groundbreaking ceremony for Queens Plaza was hot, the traffic non-stop and...

Quick, Fresh News on Infrastructure-related Funding in the U.S.

Leni Schwendinger

Jun 20, 20091 min read

Quick, Fresh News on Infrastructure-related Funding in the U.S.

Image: MTC/California High-Speed Train from 1999 From Progressive Railroading: The Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009...

Triple Bridge Gateway: Award and Lecture (June 4 – NYC)

Leni Schwendinger

Jun 1, 20091 min read

Triple Bridge Gateway: Award and Lecture (June 4 – NYC)

Triple Bridge Gateway was honored by the Society For Environmental Graphic Design’s MERIT AWARD on May 30, 2009. To learn more, join Leni...

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Federal Omnibus Budget, 2010 Federal Budget: Ready for fundi

Leni Schwendinger

May 8, 20091 min read

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Federal Omnibus Budget, 2010 Federal Budget: Ready for fundi

A/E firms (and sub-consultants who regularly team for public works) should get their Federal Forms SF 330 updated and ready to create...

Leni Unpacks “Constructing The Economic Recovery; Business Opportunities for the Construction

Leni Schwendinger

May 3, 20095 min read

Leni Unpacks “Constructing The Economic Recovery; Business Opportunities for the Construction

Greater New York Construction User Council and the Building Trades Employers’ Association at AIA Center for Architecture (NYC), April...

PUBLIC ART NEW YORK, a new guidebook, features Coney Island Parachute Jump illumination

Leni Schwendinger

Apr 19, 20091 min read

PUBLIC ART NEW YORK, a new guidebook, features Coney Island Parachute Jump illumination

Jean Parker Phifer, author and Francis Dzikowski, photographer have published a useful and inspiring guide to permanent public art in...

Italy: iGuzzini joins the race for LED street lighting

Leni Schwendinger

Apr 19, 20092 min read

Italy: iGuzzini joins the race for LED street lighting

iGuzzini factory near Ancona, Italy The iGuzzini lighting factory is set near the Adriatic sea, tucked into a composition of small...

Downstate (New York) Construction Conference, February 4, 2009

Leni Schwendinger

Feb 14, 20091 min read

Downstate (New York) Construction Conference, February 4, 2009

The visiting agencies were very helpful with the certification forms. Additionally, we visited with MTA/LIRR and learned about the GEC...

Leni Schwendinger

Feb 7, 20092 min read

Leni’s eclectic coverage of the Greater New York Construction User Council Breakfast: Infrastructure

Greater New York Construction User Council Panelists: Jason Bram (economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York), Seth Pinsky (President,...