Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Development

Zero Parking Means More Affordable Housing for Fort Greene

By Noah Kazis | Oct 26, 2010 | 23 Comments

Last month, builders broke ground on Fort Greene’s Navy Green project, which, when completed, will add 458 homes between the Navy Yard and the BQE. A full three-quarters of the project will be affordable to families earning between 30 and 130 percent of the area median income, and 97 of those residences will be supportive […]

City Planning Ready to Approve 1,260 Parking Spaces at Riverside Center

By Noah Kazis | Oct 25, 2010 | 6 Comments

The City Planning Commission is likely to approve a 1,260-space garage for the Riverside Center mega-development at its meeting this Wednesday, according to multiple sources. That’s space for hundreds more cars — causing more congestion and more pollution — than requested by the Upper West Side’s representatives. It’s yet another case where the commission and […]

Public Tells Planning Commission They Want a Walkable Riverside Center

By Noah Kazis | Sep 16, 2010 | 20 Comments

A hearing on the Riverside Center mega-development yesterday revealed a popular hunger for a more walkable West Side and perhaps some interest from the City Planning Commission in the same. Extell Development is looking to build a housing and retail complex, including 1,800 parking spaces, on this waterfront site equivalent in size to two Manhattan blocks. […]

Stringer: 1,800 Parking Spots Too Many For Riverside Center; 1,100 Okay

By Noah Kazis | Sep 1, 2010 | 8 Comments

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer approved one block’s worth of underground parking for Riverside Center, but not two. Image: Extell Development Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer released his recommendations for the Riverside Center megaproject yesterday afternoon. Like Community Board 7, he doesn’t approve of Extell Development’s request to build more than 1,800 underground parking spaces […]

Manhattan CB 7 Demands 800 Fewer Parking Spaces at Riverside Center

By Noah Kazis | Jul 23, 2010 | 11 Comments

Riverside Center won’t build a second parking deck if CB 7’s recommendations are adopted. Image: Extell Development Manhattan Community Board 7 approved its recommendations for the Riverside Center mega-project in a special meeting last night, laying out a long list of demands. Many of the modifications would make the development more walkable, whether by integrating […]

Quinn Praises Empty Garage at East River Plaza Ribbon Cutting

By Noah Kazis | Jul 20, 2010 | 46 Comments

Council Speaker Christine Quinn cuts the ribbon for East River Plaza and its 1,428 parking spaces. Photos: Noah Kazis Officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the suburban-style East River Plaza shopping complex today. The fleet of cars that the city’s leading politicians and developers arrived in barely registered in the mall’s giant parking lot. […]

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