New York
Building Homes For The Middle
With cities increasingly only building luxury homes for the rich or affordable housing for the poor, a prefab housing development in East New York provides a model building middle-income homes.
Modernist Skin Will Replace Historic Facade In New York
New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission refused to designate the 19th century Colonial Club as historic. Instead, the building will be stripped of its cornice, pediments, and pilasters and be reborn with a new facade of aluminum and glass.
Book Review: A Painstakingly Detailed History Of NYC
In the latest volume of his encyclopedic history of the development, architecture and planning of New York City, author Robert A. M. Stern has written the most complete history of any city.
NYC Affordable Housing Plan Has Unexpected Costs
A new affordable housing plan in New York City has solved some problems facing lower income residents, but has also created many woes for people who purhcased shoddy homes through the plan and have been unable to get any help from the city since.
Bringing Jobs Back From The 'Burbs To Downtown
Seventeen years after moving into a suburban office park, engineering firm O'Brien & Gere announced plans to move hundreds of workers to an environmentally friendly new office complex in downtown Syracuse.
Trying To Resolve The Conflict Between NYC's Cyclists And Pedestrians
Former New York City Deputy Transportation Commissioner "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz proposes two ideas to help walkers and bikers get along on NYC's crowded streets.
Robert Moses Vs. Jane Jacobs
A discussion of urban planning and development in New York City looks at the influence of these two major figures.
Using Google Earth and Sketchup To Visualize Development Proposals
Anthony Townsend experiments with two powerful tools from Google that make it possible to visualize the view impacts of a new 26-story building in New York.
New York City Announces Plans for Bus Rapid Transit
New York City's Department of Transportation says that it will have five new high speed bus lines up and running by 2008.
Pedestrian Mall Proposed For 42nd Street
Urban planners in New York City are proposing that the historic 42nd Street be transformed into a pedestrian mall that would cross the entire city.
Decaying Mansions May Fall To Supermarket
Abandoned military mansions in Brooklyn are on the verge of being razed and replaced with a supermarket. Many historic preservationists are opposing the assertion that the late 19th Century mansions can't be salvaged.
A Dark Day For Affordable Housing
For decades Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village has provided some of the most affordable housing in Manhattan. However, the completion of a $5.4 billion dollar real estate deal, the largest in American history, has residents worried about the future.
Sold: 80 Acres for $5.4 Billion
In the largest real estate deal in history, a joint venture between Tishman Speyer and BlackRock Inc.'s real-estate arm secured Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town, two large apartment communities on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, for $5.4 billion.
Developer's Threats To Planning Board Backfire
A Georgia developer wanting to build a Target store in suburban Rochester, New York placed an ad in the town's local paper saying their "patience is thinning" with the town board -- a major miscalculation on the part of the developer.
City of Fear? Not So Much
New York City's planners are welcoming the news that many of the city's security bollards, planters and Jersey barriers are going to be removed.
Reinventing Greenwich Village...Again
After undergoing years of gentrification, New York City's Greenwich Village has become almost unrecognizable to its long time residents.
Dubai Doles Out Dollars for W
A small New York hotel goes for a really big price.
Interview: New York City Planning Director Amanda Burden
Planetizen talks with city planning officials to get an insider's perspective on the planning issues facing cities. The first subject of this question-and-answer series is New York City Department of City Planning Director Amanda M. Burden.
New York Limits Eminent Domain By Private Companies
The new law appears to have been crafted to stop a $1.6 billion power transmission line.
Sprawl Isn't So Bad
Blogger Aaron Donovan attends a recent book talk by Robert Bruegmann provides an irreverent analysis of the author's defense -- and definition -- of sprawl.
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
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
