New York

Naming a Nonexistent Neighborhood

"Greenwich South" is a proposed re-branding of an area near the World Trade Center site, driven by The Alliance for Downtown New York and re-envisioned by ten different architectural firms.
2 November 2009 - 10:00am
GOOD Magazine

Green Apple?

Tara Lohan reviews David Owen's new book, Green Metropolis, which extols the ecological virtues of Manhattan. In her opinion, Owen doesn't ask the right questions and ignores some inconvenient facts.
19 October 2009 - 5:00am
AlterNet

Rethinking Lower Manhattan: What If?

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 05:58

Since its founding in the mid 1990s, Alliance for Downtown New York has long been one of the world's leading business improvement districts. This non-profit organization has presided over the reinvention of New York's historic Financial District as a thriving 24-hour live/work district, while retaining a respectable share of the city's financial services sector. The Alliance built a network of Wi-Fi hotspots that lit up nearly every major public space in the district - not just outdoor locations like Bowling Green and City Hall Park, but also indoor atria like the Winter Garden and 60 Wall Street.

Combining Pavement and Reusable Materials to Make Urban Parks

Allison Arieff argues that cities should look to reversible parks modeled on the Pavement to Parks program to prevent blight, combat the practice of land banking, and model sustainable practices.
28 September 2009 - 11:00am
NYTimes: By Design Blog

What Today's Cities Will Look Like in the Future

Imagining cities of the future can bring about some pretty wild predictions. But when they're visions of existing cities, these futuristic predictions can be almost realistic.
19 September 2009 - 5:00am
io9

Rethinking the Street Space: Toolkits and Street Design Manuals

Cities are taking charge when it comes to their streets. A number of big American cities have come out with manuals and toolkits to guide their design. In the third part of their series on streets, Amber Hawkes and Georgia Sheridan look at some of the emerging street design manuals and how they're working.
31 August 2009 - 9:00am

Centralizing the Garment Center to Save It

As manufacturing continues to move overseas and offices fetch higher rents, NYC's Garment Center is struggling, threatening NYC's reputation as a fashion hub. City officials, manufacturers, labor unions, and designers weigh in on how to save it.
20 August 2009 - 1:00pm
New York Times

America's Most Congested Cities

Forbes has released its list of the most congested cities in America. Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas and Washington D.C. top the list.
3 March 2009 - 6:00am
Forbes

Bloomberg's Office In Hot Water Over Yankee Stadium Deal

Mayor Bloomberg's office reportedly cut a deal with the Yankees allowing 250 more parking spaces and three additional billboards at their new stadium in exchange for a luxury suite, complete with free food and access to post-season games.
8 January 2009 - 2:00pm
The New York Times

Education Suffers in NY Projects

A new study shows that kids living in subsidized housing in New York do significantly worse on standardized tests than those outside the system. Is it possible to understand the true cause of the problem, and if we do, how do we fix it? Judy Chang reports.
15 December 2008 - 5:00am

A Plan for Hudson Park

Hudson Park and Boulevard is a new 4-acre system of parks being created in New York. Landscape architects Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates were selected to make their vision reality.
12 December 2008 - 10:00am
The Architect's Newspaper

Key New York City Council Member Predicts Future for Congestion Pricing

Council Member David Yassky was one of congestion pricing's earliest and most vocal proponents, and he hasn't yet given up on the prospect of charging tolls to drive in Manhattan.
6 June 2008 - 11:00am
The Planning Report

Cash for Transit Drives Hudson Yards Plan

James S. Russell comments on the $1 billion deal to redevelop Hudson Yards, and finds the plan lacking in vision.
6 June 2008 - 8:00am
Bloomberg.com

Latest Culprit of Housing Crisis: Transit Expansion

Falling revenues from real estate taxes could impact transit expansion plans as New York's MTA faces a sharp decline.
24 May 2008 - 9:00am

Trains on the Brooklyn Bridge?

In the early days, trolleys and trains carried 400,000 passengers a day over the Brooklyn Bridge. With continued growth in pedestrian traffic, a former transit commissioner says a rail renaissance might not be so far-fetched.
23 May 2008 - 11:00am
NY1 News

The Densest Cities in America

The blog post features a list of the top five densest cities in America, and looks at the conditions that have made them that way.
31 March 2008 - 5:00am
Environmental Graffiti

Why Culture Matters: Do as Others Do, Whether In Eating or Cycling

Why Americans don't cycle in the cold and rain, and why they do in Amsterdam.
22 March 2008 - 5:00am
Streetsblog

After revisiting Moses, New York turns again to Jane Jacobs

Sat, 09/22/2007 - 18:30

   Now it’s Jane’s turn.

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