In 2002, it issued an environmental noise directive that requires member states to map noise exposure in urban areas holding upwards of 100,000 people, to develop noise abatement action plans in these areas and to preserve quiet areas.
And yet, without access to a subway, undergirded by zoning that prevents significant residential growth and cut off from neighbouring Brooklyn by the traffic-choked Gowanus Expressway, Red Hook's preserved quiet -- accessible only by ferry or bus -- remains distinctly separate from the frenetic energy that permeates so much of the United States' largest city.
If you learn to preserve quiet in your day, you will find, that eventually, that quiet will preserve you.
A plan to transform downtown Jamaica, Queens, into a vibrant "airport village" while preserving the quiet, low-scale character of neighboring side streets cleared an important City Council committee yesterday, all but ensuring final approval next month for the single largest rezoning of the Bloomberg administration.
An acoustic ecologist and the author, with John Grossmann, of the book "One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Quest to Preserve Quiet" (Free Press), Hempton established a tiny patch of land in 2005 that he believes he can protect from all human noise: jets, vehicles, machinery.
"But we also want to preserve the quiet repose of the village residents".
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I'd rather be known for having persevered in the face of opposition than having ducked issues in order to preserve a quiet life.
"Wicked awesome," one character said, "all that Gordon Wood business!" Through it all, the man himself preserves a quiet modesty, and even a humility that is central to his work.
