New York

New York Out Of Step With Its Past

Some fear that New York has lost its foothold as the pedestrian capital of America.

January 30, 2007 - The New York Times

Award-Winning Affordable And Sustainable Housing

In New York City, the first juried design competition for affordable and sustainable has found its winner.

January 29, 2007 - Architectural Record

Two Big Retailers Drop Plans for Two Big Manhattan Stores

Home Depot and Apple are dropping plans for two big Manhattan stores. The Slatin Report offers the insider's view on the deals.

January 26, 2007 - The Slatin Report

Tenants Challenge Deregulation Of 3,000 Apartments Sold In Manhattan

In October, Planetizen reported on the "largest real estate deal in US history". Profits of the $5.4 billion sale in NYC could be reduced by 6%, or $324 million, if tenants win their suit that 25% of the 12,232 apartments were illegally deregulated.

January 26, 2007 - The New York Times

Spanish Harlem Losing Its Accent

A wave of gentrification is threatening Manhattan's Puerto Rican enclave.

January 24, 2007 - The New York Times

New Yorkers Opposed To Congestion Pricing, 2-1

While most New Yorkers deem traffic congestion a serious problem, even more oppose congestion pricing in Manhattan as a strategy to lessen it, according to the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute survey released January 18.

January 23, 2007 - AP via New York Post

The Winding Road To Shipping Port Reuse

The long and convoluted tale of the demise of a container port and the planned rebirth of a piece of Brooklyn waterfront.

January 22, 2007 - The New York Observer

Reimagining The Townhome

A New York architect takes on the challenge of redesigning a 1920's era building in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.

January 19, 2007 - The New York Times

Supreme Court Declines Hearing Of Eminent Domain Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a New York property owner's case against his city for its use of eminent domain to acquire his land for the development of a drugstore. The owner claimed that a drugstore was not a true 'public use'.

January 18, 2007 - The New York Times

Chain Stores Invade New York, Not San Francisco

Chain stores have invaded Manhattan and now look to open in other New York City neighborhoods. Meanwhile, San Francisco's planning commission has the power to reject chain retail and restaurants. And they have been using that power.

January 18, 2007 - The New York Times

New York's Queen Of Urban Planning

With her patrician manner and focused attention to the quality of buildings and public space, New York City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden has become a controversial figure in the city's planning and development circles.

January 16, 2007 - The New York Times

New Street Furniture Debuts In New York

A new wave of public street furniture has rolled out in New York City, including bus shelters, newsstands, and automatic public toilets. Some are unsure whether the new designs will be accepted by a city already overwhelmed with visual individualism.

January 16, 2007 - International Herald Tribune

Where Is All That Traffic In Manhattan Coming From?

Transportation consultants prepared an analysis of where Manhattan's traffic originates, reasons for commuting by car, and why motorists drive through Manhattan (it's not only to get to Manhattan destinations). No solutions were offered, just data.

January 13, 2007 - The New York Times

Want Affordable Housing? Stop Overregulating Development

An editorial in the New York Sun scoffs at Mayor Bloomberg's desire to see more affordable housing built when the zoning code is as thick as a phone book and developers are nickel and dimed every step of the way.

January 12, 2007 - The New York Sun

A Interactive Look At Lower Manhattan's Planned Transit Hub

The New York Times offers an online tour of the Fulton Street transit hub, which planners hope will straighten out the tangle of platforms and mezzanines below Lower Manhattan.

January 9, 2007 - The New York Times

Good Times Threaten Community Development Corporations

Community development corporations were created about a generation ago to build housing in impoverished neighborhoods of New York City where private developers had given up. Now that these areas are flourishing, these CDCs face an uncertain future.

January 9, 2007 - The New York Times

City of Many Smells

In October 2005, New Yorkers were smelling pancakes all over the city; on Monday another mysterious unknown smell was being widely reported across the city.

January 8, 2007 - CNN

The False Trade-Off: Aesthetics vs. Safety

While many people believe that there is a zero sum game between increasing safety and preserving or enhancing aesthetics, a recent post on Streetsblog offers a different perspective.

January 5, 2007 - Streetsblog

The Neighborhood With The Best Food

Forget good housing or easy access to transit -- one New York writer chose to move to the Queen's neighborhood of Jackson Heights for its incredible selection of food.

January 4, 2007 - The New York Times

Subway Superman Hailed Throughout NYC

Wesley Autrey, a 50-yr-old construction worker, did the unthinkable on a subway platform in Manhattan on Jan 3: He jumped on the tracks to save a man who had suffered a seizure and fallen, as the southbound No.1 train entered the 137th St. station.

January 4, 2007 - The New York Times

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