Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Urban Planning

34th Street Has Changed Before, And It Can Change Again

By Noah Kazis | Mar 3, 2011 | 10 Comments

In the media hyperventilating over plans for 34th Street that led up to last night’s cancellation of the pedestrian plaza between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, the biggest constant was the fear of change. An editorial in the Observer on Tuesday summed up the strange preference for the status quo: “From river to river, 34th Street […]

Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change: Urbanism Expanded

By Peter Calthorpe | Feb 3, 2011 | No Comments

Editor’s note: This week, we continue our 5-part series of excerpts from Peter Calthorpe’s book, “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.” This is installment number three. Thanks to Island Press, a few lucky Streetsblog readers will be selected to receive a free copy of the book. To enter the contest, fill out this form. […]

Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change: Vision California

By Peter Calthorpe | Jan 27, 2011 | No Comments

Editor’s note: This week and next, we’re presenting a 5-part series of excerpts from Peter Calthorpe’s book, “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.” This is installment number two. Thanks to Island Press, a few lucky Streetsblog readers will be selected to receive a free copy of the book. To enter the contest, fill out […]

Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change

By Peter Calthorpe | Jan 26, 2011 | No Comments

Image © Peter Calthorpe & Marianna Leuschel Editor’s note: Today we are very pleased to begin a five-part series of excerpts from Peter Calthorpe’s book, “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.” Keep reading this week and next to learn how you can win a copy of the book from Island Press. I take as […]

Draft Plan for Waterfront Promises Greenways, Silent on Ferries

By Noah Kazis | Sep 17, 2010 | 6 Comments

With New York City in the midst of a wholesale rethinking of its more than 500 miles of waterfront, the Department of City Planning recently released a draft of its new comprehensive waterfront plan, Vision 2020. That plan lays out both broad citywide objectives, such as a commitment to building borough-wide greenways across the city, […]

Planners Tackle Big Questions About How to Shape NYC Development

By Noah Kazis | Jul 22, 2010 | 4 Comments

New York City’s unpassed 1969 comprehensive plan. Photo: Historic Districts Council Though the Charter Revision Commission looks likely to take a pass at reforming the city’s land use process this year, the door will remain open in the years to come to tackle the complex and controversial issues that surround planning and development in New […]

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