One of the city's very first landmarked buildings is getting nearly a complete interior renovation before the Staten Island Museum moves in later this year. NY1's Bree Driscoll filed the following report.

An ornate, four story staircase is the only original item inside the Snug Harbor Cultural Center building dating back to 1879 when it was a place of rest for weary mariners.

"It has been a feat that you can turn what used to be a dormitory for sailors into a world class museum," said Staten Island Museum COO Cheryl Adolph.

Snug Harbor became a city, state and federal landmarked site in 1965, with help from the Staten Island Museum. Now the museum is relocating there while keeping its smaller location near the ferry terminal.

It's a move almost 50 years in the making.

"We are a smaller museum in New York City but we have been around just as long as almost anybody has been. So we are an old time museum that we are a general interest collection. So we do art, science and history. There is no other museum that does that," said Staten Island Museum Director of Exhibitions and Programs Diane Matyas.

Right now the space is filled with drywall and flooring but it is quickly being transformed into Staten Island's first "green" historic landmark. It's using the earth's natural temperature to keep things comfortable for museum-goers.

"There are 30 wells almost 500 feet deep to do this super ecological heating and cooling," Adolph said.

Organizers say it is an exciting time to be on Staten Island's north shore.

"We are really proud that we are going to help anchor this site as a cultural destination especially in light of the New York Wheel coming," Adolph said.

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The south wall of the city's new Lumberworks parking garage is grim and barren, a concrete outline of the three stories of parking bordered by a jumble of power transformers and switching devices.

But by the end of the decade, much of that wall should be a tapestry ofvines and plants, a literal "green wall."

The city is installing a green wall that will provide environmental as well as aesthetic benefits for the garage that sits between O and N streets near the viaduct in the West Haymarket.

The green wall, like a green roof, is designed to slow and cool rainwater as it heads for nearby streams, said Dennis Scheer, a landscape architect with Clark Enersen Partners.

And that is a good thing for the health of streams and rivers,particularly in urban areas where concrete has replaced the bare earth that helped slow down and cleanse rainwater in the past, he said.

The plants also help filter pollutants out of the air. That is particularly helpful with a garage, where the photosynthesis of the plant material will help remove the carbon from exhaust fumes, and release oxygen, Scheer said.

A green wall will also help to cool the building itself, protecting it from the suns heat, said Wayne Mixdorf, parking manager for the city.

Research has shown that these theoretical assumptions are true and that green walls have environmental advantages, Scheer said.

Green walls aresometimes calledbiowalls,ecowalls, vertical gardens or living walls. However green walls and living walls are actually two distinct kinds of walls, Scheer said.

Living walls generally are interior walls covered with living plants and used in conjunction with the heating and cooling systems of buildings to purify, or better filter, the air.

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It's a handyman's heaven.

Walk into the Habitat for Humanity's ReStore in Hayden, and you'll be greeted by rows and rows of parts. From sinks to cabinets, doors to light fixtures, hardware to pipes, there's a little bit of everything related to building and furnishing a home.

"We take just about anything," said Renee Taylor, ReStore manager. "We're always looking for donations."

The proceeds from the ReStore helps the local Habitat for Humanity build and repair homes. They're also helping the environment by recycling good, usable materials. "We're not trying to make a fortune," Taylor said, "just raise some money for a good cause."

Ten percent of its net income is tithed to the national organization, which uses it worldwide in locations that have the most need.

ReStore is primarily a retail outlet where quality used and surplus building materials and home furnishings are sold for much less than normal prices. If you're looking for a special item that you can't afford to buy new, you might find it here.

It accepts pretty much anything except clothing, shoes and mattresses, Taylor said. The biggest sellers are appliances and doors. And it's always looking for donations - ReStore will even send out a truck to pick them up. It's a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, and donations are tax-deductible.

"Everything changes every day," Taylor said. "We don't know where we'll get it from or where we'll put it. Everything goes so fast."

The first ReStore was a small red barn on 16th and Hanley that was open one day a week. When it outgrew that space, It moved to Seltice Way and finally to its present location on Wyoming and U.S. 95 in Hayden.

There are 725 ReStores across the country, operated independently by affiliates with direction from the national organization. The local store is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and is run by paid staff and "absolutely wonderful volunteers."

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