Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Development

Richard Florida: Decline of the Burbs is Not Just About Gas Prices

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 18, 2008 | 9 Comments

Via Planetizen, Richard Florida argues the decline in the popularity of suburbs is not just a product of rising oil prices, but a result of a new "spatial fix" that is reorganizing how and where people live their lives. From Florida’s column in the Globe and Mail: What’s happening here goes a lot deeper than […]

Want a New Public Plaza in Your Neighborhood? Apply Now.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 25, 2008 | No Comments

Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan unveiled the Department of Transportation’s New York City Public Plaza Program last night at the Pratt Institute in Manhattan. Through the program, DOT aims to transform "underused streets into vibrant, social public spaces" throughout New York City. To create and run these new public plazas DOT is seeking to partner with local […]

Meet the Designer Behind the NYC Parking Boom

By Ben Fried | Jun 13, 2008 | 50 Comments

Earlier this week, the Times real estate section profiled the developer-architect team behind East River Plaza, a big box retail outlet in East Harlem that will include 1,248 parking spaces when it opens next year. In the piece, we learn that the project’s designer, an Atlanta-based Home Depot specialist called GreenbergFarrow, is responsible for other […]

City Planning Commission Approves 400-Car Garage for Hell’s Kitchen

By Ben Fried | Jun 12, 2008 | 5 Comments

Two weeks ago Streetsblog reported on the glut of public parking garages being built in Hell’s Kitchen, which threatens to worsen traffic conditions in one of New York’s most congested neighborhoods. The City Planning Commission could have set a precedent last Friday by denying a developer’s request to build a 400-car public garage as part […]

MTA Reaches Deal for Hudson Yards… Again

By Ben Fried | May 19, 2008 | 2 Comments

A rendering of the Related Companies’ proposal, courtesy of Curbed. That was quick. Less than a week after its deal with Tishman Speyer came screeching to an unexpected halt, the MTA has lined up another developer for the Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s far West Side. The deal with Related Companies and Goldman Sachs, slated for […]

Historic Town Chooses to “Retain Its Charm” By Enabling Sprawl

By Ben Fried | May 12, 2008 | 23 Comments

On Friday, Streetsblog looked at how northern Virginia can’t get enough road widening. As a follow-up, Gary Toth of Project for Public Spaces directed us to another example of how smart growth faces hurdles in the places that need it most — in this case, the Trenton suburb of Bordentown, New Jersey (right: the main […]

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