NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development

Many Benefits Expected for Changes to Rockaway Community

Officials see chance to move residents out of flood zone, improving access to beach, and deliver affordable housing and infrastructure.

April 20, 2016 - The Wall Street Journal

Poor Door

Discrimination at Home: Luxury Development with 'Poor Door' Approved in NYC

Extell Development Company made news last summer by proposing a luxury development with a separate entrance for below-market-rate units. Now that the project is fully approved, New York councilmembers might expand anti-discrimination policies.

July 23, 2014 - Think Progress

Luxury Condo's 'Poor Door' a Metaphor for New York's Inequality

To take advantage of NYC's inclusionary zoning giveaways, developer Extell is including 55 'affordable' units in a luxury condo building planned for Manhattan. Just one hitch: the plan segregates those tenants in their own 'separate entity'.

August 20, 2013 - The Village Voice

Redesigning Bureaucracy

Branden Klayko reports on experimental efforts in the emerging field of service design, which aims to improve interactions between public services and their customers through research, advocacy, and technical assistance.

February 14, 2012 - The Architect's Newspaper

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.