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Protests as Union Square Gets Privatized
New York's Union Square is the scene of a lively protest featuring Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. At stake is the square's pavilion, which is set to be transformed into a restaurant.
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Coney Island Amusement District May Be Preserved As Park
Plans call to remap Coney Island's amusement district as parkland, allowing further amusement and recreational development, but blocking proposed high-rise condo towers.
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Hollywood's Latest Foray With Urban Planning
A new film centers on the efforts of one determined inner-city resident to confront the architect who designed the low-income housing project she lives in with her family.
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New York City's 10 Worst Landlords
NY's Village Voice publishes its non-scientific list of the 10 worst landlords in the city. The worst landlord will surprise you -- HUD. The story also includes "Apartments in Hell" -- photos from the very worst of the apartments.
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Using Historic Preservation To Block Suburban Renovations
Is the movement a valid attempt to stop 'Home Depot moderne' from infiltrating historic older suburbs, or simply another mechanism to control property rights?
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New York Completes Fourth Annual Homeless Census
Volunteers work from midnight to four in the morning in the bitter cold to find the maximum number of street dwellers.
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Friday Funny: Traffic Hurts Love Life
The unattractive finding comes as part of a study linked with a major exhibition on traffic solutions in New York.
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Mike Davis's New Book: Planet Of Slums
What event is 'a watershed in human history, comparable to the Neolithic or Industrial revolutions'?
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A Raw Deal For Harlem
A $200-million hotel project, touted as the first major tourist lodging in the neighborhood since 1966, drifts into obscurity amid corruption charges aimed at the developer.
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Judge Rules On Parade Case, Right To Assemble
The New York City law restricting "parading without a permit" is ruled unconstitutional, with implications for bikers and other organized groups.
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Events at Ground Zero Still a Mystery
Four years later, there are a host of unanswered questions about the events of 9/11, including the unexplained and unprecedented architectural collapses of three office towers, and the extent of toxicity in the air of Lower Manhattan.
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Brooklyn's Identity Crisis
The borough, which 'once epitomized working class America,' faces intense gentrification.
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Alaska Drilling Won't Solve Nation's Energy Problem
Drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge won't' solve the nation's energy problem argues James Ridgeway.
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NYC 2012 A 'Reign Of Terror' For City Developers?
Former developer and transit authority chief Richard Ravitch argues against cheap sale of prime real estate to aid city's bid.
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Community Housing Advocates Suffer A Blow
A New York court sides with two landlords to evict commnity organizers, and will be a shock to housing advocates.
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Film Review: 'My Architect'
Nathaniel Kahn, son of architect Louis Kahn, poignantly searches for his father through the work left behind by the mysterious builder.
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How East New York Became A Ghetto
The Village Voice reviews a book by a longtime city planner who writes on the decline and possible resurgence of east New York.
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You Are Being Watched
A government program, "Combat Zones That See" (CTS) would intelligently connect thousands of cameras throughout the nation's cities.
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WTC As World Cultural Center?
The Village Voice asks if the new WTC design could become a new world cultural center.
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Harlem's Gold Rush: An Urban Planner's Dream?
Harlem's long-term gentrification is an urban planner's dream, but a residents are fighting back.
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