Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Development

Eyes on the Street: The Gateway Center Pedestrian Maul

By Brad Aaron | Oct 29, 2009 | 30 Comments

When it opened its doors this spring, the Gateway Center mall was plugged as a boon to the South Bronx. So invested was the Bloomberg administration — along with city taxpayers, thanks to subsidies granted by the NYC Economic Development Corporation — that the mayor himself participated in the grand opening of the center’s Home […]

TOD Stalls as Lenders Continue to Bank on Parking

By Ben Fried | Oct 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

Elana linked to this story out of Salt Lake City in the Capitol Hill headline stack this morning, and it’s worth everyone’s full attention. Derek Jensen reports on what may be the biggest impediment to urbanism of them all: The widespread bias of banks against walkable development. Salt Lake City’s new-urbanism epiphany — fervently backed […]

PBS NewsHour Takes on Alabama’s “Zombie Highway” Tonight

By Elana Schor | Aug 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

A stretch of the Birmingham highway that would eventually link up with the Northern Beltline. Photo: WNET.org What is a "zombie highway"? Exactly what the name suggests: a road that won’t die, swallowing government funds and congressional earmarks while posing potential harm to those who live near it. Tonight the Blueprint America segment of PBS’ […]

In the Works: Senate Bill to Promote Sustainable Development

By Elana Schor | Jun 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

In Washington politics, the term "kumbaya moment" is used to describe those rare occasions when self-interested stakeholders join hands to support a set of reforms. And today’s appearance before the Senate Banking Committee by the chiefs of three Cabinet departments — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency — definitely qualified for […]

New Urbanism: Built to Last

By Brad Aaron | Jun 12, 2009 | 2 Comments

As Aaron and Sarah have noted, the Congress for the New Urbanism is in the midst of its annual meeting in Denver. This spiffy short is the winner of this year’s CNU 17 video contest. Created by independents John Paget of Paget Films and Drew Ward and Chris Elisara of First+Main Media, "Built to Last," […]

Victory for Hell’s Kitchen: Lawsuit Limits New Parking

By Brad Aaron | May 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo: hotdogger13/Flickr In what looks like a big win for community livable streets advocates, the Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association has settled its long-standing lawsuit over parking in the Hudson Yards area, where the Bloomberg administration sought the construction of thousands of new spaces. At issue was a rezoning provision that would have dramatically increased parking […]

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