Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Development

For Fifth Ave BID Leader, Parking’s the Whole Point of New South Slope Hotel

By Noah Kazis | Jan 25, 2011 | 5 Comments

There’s a lot not to like about parking in New York City. It deadens urban space. It drives up the cost of housing and doing business. And it’s a powerful generator of traffic and congestion. So why does it keep getting built everywhere? A brewing fight over a proposed hotel at the south end of […]

In Great Wal-Mart Debate, Will City Council Question Big-Box Development?

By Noah Kazis | Jan 12, 2011 | 22 Comments

Here comes Wal-Mart. The retail giant, the nation’s largest employer, has been eyeing the untapped New York City market for years. So far, opposition to Wal-Mart’s notorious labor record has kept the chain outside city limits, but a new push to establish a beachhead in the five boroughs is now underway. The likeliest site for […]

City Council Jacks Riverside Center Parking Supply Back Up to 1,500 Spaces

By Noah Kazis | Dec 9, 2010 | 2 Comments

Council Member Gale Brewer has struck a deal on the Riverside Center mega-development, sending the 2,500-apartment project through two City Council committees and on a track to final approval. The deal increases the number of parking spaces allowed at Riverside Center to 1,500, far more than the community board or even the City Planning Commission […]

Did City Planning Approve 430 Extra Parking Spaces at Riverside Center?

By Noah Kazis | Nov 16, 2010 | 3 Comments

Even by its own math, the City Planning Commission seems to have approved 430 parking spots too many at Riverside Center, the new development slated to straddle 60th Street on the far West Side. Last month the commission approved 1,260 parking spots for the project, 430 of which are intended to replace some of the […]

Gale Brewer Pessimistic About Further Riverside Center Parking Reductions

By Noah Kazis | Nov 8, 2010 | 2 Comments

Now that the City Planning Commission has called for 1,260 parking spaces at the Riverside Center development — instead of the 1,800 requested by the developer — the project moves on to the City Council for the final step of the city’s land use process. Traditionally, the local Council member representing the district is given […]

City Planning Okays 1,260 Parking Spaces for Riverside Center

By Noah Kazis | Nov 3, 2010 | 1 Comment

We got our hands on a copy of the City Planning Commission’s report on the Riverside Center mega-development [PDF], and as we reported last week, the commission is allowing Extell Development to construct 1,260 parking spaces under two Upper West Side blocks. It’s possible that the number of parking spaces could drop lower when the […]

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