Topic: Maura Mccarthy

Plan to ease Jamaica bus traffic derided

The city has unveiled a plan to ease congestion in a busy Queens corridor, but locals aren't convinced it's the cure for their gridlock woes.....
In an effort to untangle the snarled traffic that drivers often encounter around Queens' most popular mall, the city Department of Transportation...

Eco-Friendly Homeowners

Americans' ideal home size, which peaked at 2,400 square feet a few years ago, has fallen to 2,000 square feet, the first decline since the 1950s, according to the real estate website Trulia. Maura McCarthy is a former VC who ...

Glidehouse Makes Its Second Debut

After nearly 10 months of re-engineering and design finessing, Michelle Kaufmann's Glidehouse is getting a second chance at life, courtesy of green prefab home manufacturer Blu Homes, which acquired the architect's high-end residential designs after she shuttered her firm in ...

Time Cretaceous Period

New research from a Russian site suggests that some dinosaurs were able to thrive in very cold temperatures January 09, 2009 | By Maura McCarthy . Probing a 68-million-year-old T. rex, Mary Schweitzer stumbled upon astonishing signs of life that may radically change our ...

Newcomers

If you think the past few issues have been looking pretty smart, as I do, we have Maria Guerrere Keehan, our new art director, to thank. Her relationship with Smithsonian, however, goes back much further, to the subscription her parents gave her ...