Wanted: An Urban Vision

“Pathetic” sums up a critic’s opinion of city planners’ goals for the redevelopment of Manhattan’s Hudson Yards.

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January 20, 2005, 7:00 AM PST

Planners in New York City are blighted by the creative torpor that apparently permeates American urban planning in their vision for the redevelopment of a 40-block area in midtown Manhattan. Nicolai Ouroussoff pans the new zoning guidelines for the site, arguing that they prove that most American urban planners are incapable of plotting a vast development that still provides a rich and textured experience of the city.

Thanks to Deborah Myerson

Read the full story: West Side Plans Lack a Unifying Vision

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 in The New York Times

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