Quick, Fresh News on Infrastructure-related Funding in the U.S.
News on recently released blueprint and proposed legislation on surface transportation (including public transit). From American Society of Civil Engineers, "The blueprint ... will form a solid foundation for the future of the nation's transportation systems."
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 Schwendinger, Light Projects LTD and Henry Stolzman, PKSB Architects, at the Architectural League’s lecture series New York Designs: Public on June 4th.All Images by ArchPhoto 
dérive*: A Cultural Week in Manhattan
A Manhattan cultural round up - Meatpacking District Design '09, Legendary artist Carolee Schneemann's Visual Talk, American Academy of Arts and Letters induction ceremony, and Publicolor Design Module. For an artist living in Manhattan these activities typify the those available for inspiration and creativity expansion - if wandering is your inclination. 
Upcoming lectures and think-tanks include;
September 24, 2009: Schreder Lighting LLC Seminar Program 2009, Chicago; “International Lighting Strategies” and “Reclaiming the Dark Side of Town, an Underpass becomes a Gateway”
November 5, 2009: Lighting Day in Copenhagen, Copenhagen; “Reclaiming the Dark Side of Town, an Underpass becomes a Gateway”
Recent Talks:
June 11, 2009: Guangzhou Int’l Lighting Technology Symposium, China; “Color and Light: Humanizing the Urban Nighttime Environment”
June 4, 2009: Architectural League, New York City; New York Designs, Triple Bridge Gateway
April 24, 2009: Acuity Hydrel Seminar, New York City: “Luminous Landscapes; an Artist’s Approach to Design”
April 7-8, 2009: Color Science workshop, Washington D.C.
January 27, 2009; Glasgow School of Art — an impromptu talk: Thanks to Joanna Crotch and Ian Alexander, architects, a lecture was arranged for me at the Glasgow School of Art Architectural Programme – the most important (international) architect’s training in Scotland and comparable to London’s Bartlett.
It was a large audience of eager, intrigued students some of which are working on lighting and public art for their term projects. They asked if people’s “behavior” had changed with the Triple Bridge – and I had to say that we have not done a survey to see if people are using the bus terminal’s “back door” more often or more happily, or if there is less crime. Regretfully, our projects rarely have an after-installation survey budget. I have heard several people on the street talking about the reflector “mirrors” and looking up and pointing and snapping pictures…