A plan to rezone a stretch of Jerome Avenue in the Bronx is the fourth rezoning completed during the tenure of Mayor Bill de Blasio, and the first to visit the Bronx.
"After nearly three years of meetings, protests and negotiations, the City Council has unanimously voted to approve the Jerome Avenue rezoning, which will transform 95 blocks of the central and southern Bronx," reports Rebecca Baird-Remba.
"The rezoning will pave the way for 4,600 units of new housing—including 1,150 permanently affordable ones—along Jerome Avenue in the next decade," and "change the heavy commercial and industrial zoning along Jerome to mixed-use residential zoning that encourages the development of new mid-rise apartment buildings, community facilities and retail."
Baird-Remba also provides more details of the political process that led to the rezoning's adoption last week.
For more coverage of the Jerome Avenue rezoning, see also an article by Jose Anuta, who headlines the coverage by noting that the Jerome Avenue rezoning is the fourth of 15 rezonings targeted by the de Blasio Administration.
Read the full story: Jerome Avenue Rezoning Passes City Council With Little Opposition
Mayor de Blasio Stresses Affordable Housing in State of the City Address
In his State of the City Address on Feb. 3, the New York City mayor made it clear that his overriding priority is affordable housing. He targeted six neighborhoods in all five boroughs where development will be required to include affordable housing.
Upzoning Could Bring 15K New Homes to Queens
A rezoning plan for Long Island City opens up prime waterfront land for residential development, but some critics say new housing could be prone to flooding and should be built farther inland.
Midtown Manhattan Rezoning Proposal Could Yield Almost 10,000 Housing Units
A plan to alter zoning for parts of Midtown would permit new housing and make it easier to convert office buildings to residential units.
Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
Eastern Nebraska is running out of electricity
Data centers and electrification are straining eastern Nebraska’s grid, throttling economic development.
Move over, LA: St. Louis gears up for Olympics, invests millions in downtown redevelopment
The Missouri city will host the 2028 Olympic soccer group stage and knockout matches.
Dallas releases zoning code overhaul to officials
The drafted overhaul is over 400 pages long.
NYC renovations for dangerous, ‘mercilessly crammed’ street delayed until 2027
Construction was supposed to begin this fall.
San Diego’s Midway Rising project gets greenlight from city council
The project looks to become the largest affordable housing development in California's history.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello