Tag Archives: Area Planning and Renewal

The New York Times 3:54 pm on March 17, 2023
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6 Cities on 5 Continents That Are Reimagining Urban Life

What we can learn from creative city initiatives, from Sydney to Paris.

#affordable-housing, #area-planning-and-renewal, #durban-south-africa, #gardens-and-gardening, #infrastructure-public-works, #lisbon-portugal, #medellin-colombia, #paris-france, #singapore, #sustainable-living, #transit-systems, #urban-areas

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 7, 2023
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Awash in Asphalt, Cities Rethink Their Parking Needs

Local leaders across the nation are overhauling parking requirements for developers, scaling back the minimum number of spots for shopping centers and apartment complexes.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #automobiles, #law-and-legislation, #parking, #parking-garages-and-lots, #real-estate-commercial, #zoning

The New York Times 12:00 am on March 7, 2023
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City Life, Culture Wars and Conspiracy Theories

When walkability meets grievance and paranoia.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #conspiracy-theories, #crime-and-criminals, #politics-and-government, #roads-and-traffic, #rumors-and-misinformation, #urban-areas

The New York Times 3:48 pm on March 2, 2023
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The Hotel Pennsylvania’s Great Disappearing Act

It was the largest hotel on earth, a virtual city within a city. They wrote a song about it. But in the end, none of this was enough to save it.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #conventions-fairs-and-trade-shows, #day-doris, #demolition, #goodman-benny, #gratz-roberta-brandes, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #hotel-pennsylvania, #hotels-and-travel-lodgings, #internal-sub-only, #miller-glenn-1904-44, #real-estate-commercial, #vis-photo

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 21, 2023
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Want to Lower Housing Costs? Build in New York’s Suburbs.

Zoning laws have shut out Black Americans and others considered undesirable from thriving suburbs for too long.

#affordable-housing, #area-planning-and-renewal, #black-people, #civil-rights-movement-1954-68, #discrimination, #hochul-kathleen-c, #long-island-ny, #metropolitan-transportation-authority, #new-york-city, #new-york-metropolitan-area, #new-york-state, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #suburbs, #transit-systems, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government, #urban-areas, #westchester-county-ny, #zoning

The New York Times 9:44 pm on February 17, 2023
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By Adding Apartments, Malls Seek to Bring Shopping Closer to Home

Facing an existential crisis over empty space, owners are trying to fill malls with residences, building on the live-work-play model sought by young adults.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #mixed-use-developments, #real-estate-commercial, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #shopping-centers-and-malls

The New York Times 4:13 pm on February 11, 2023
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As Super Bowl Fans Arrive, Phoenix Seeks to Present a New Face

The game puts a spotlight on the city’s efforts to remake its image through art, eco-friendly development and a revitalized downtown.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #murals, #phoenix-ariz, #super-bowl

The New York Times 9:41 pm on January 31, 2023
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Madison Square Garden Wants to Stay Put Forever. It May Not Be So Easy.

With its current 10-year license expiring in July, the Garden is asking New York City officials for a permanent permit to run the arena at its site above Penn Station.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #dolan-james-l, #land-use-policies, #madison-square-garden, #new-york-city, #pennsylvania-station-manhattan-ny, #relocation-of-business, #stadiums-and-arenas

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 31, 2023
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NYC Official Plans to Fill Manhattan’s Empty Spaces With Thousands of Homes

Where could tens of thousands of new homes fit in one of the densest parts of America? One local official looks for pockets of opportunity.

#adams-eric-l, #affordable-housing, #area-planning-and-renewal, #city-council-nyc, #city-councils, #hochul-kathleen-c, #land-use-policies, #levine-mark-d, #parking-garages-and-lots, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #regional-plan-assn, #stringer-scott-m, #zoning

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 29, 2023
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Senior Housing That Seniors Actually Like

“Granny flats” are popping up in backyards across the country, affording Americans a new housing option. Some communities are not happy about it.

#affordable-housing, #age-chronological, #area-planning-and-renewal, #building-construction, #elderly, #law-and-legislation, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #renting-and-leasing-real-estate, #united-states, #zoning

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 21, 2023
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In Omaha, a Streetcar Named Undesirable by Warren Buffett

America is in the middle of a streetcar boom. The billionaire would prefer that his hometown not get onboard.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #buffett-warren-e, #omaha-neb, #streetcars, #transit-systems

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 17, 2023
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Montecito Faces Mudslide Risks 5 Years After 2018 Disaster

Life in California often requires navigating the edges of natural beauty and natural disaster. On the fifth anniversary of a catastrophe, residents had to flee again.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #deaths-fatalities, #disasters-and-emergencies, #floods, #infrastructure-public-works, #landslides-and-mudslides, #montecito-calif

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 8, 2023
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Facebook’s Bridge to Nowhere

The tech giant had already remade the virtual world. For a brief period, it also tried to make it easier for people in the Bay Area to get to work. Then it gave up.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #bay-area-rapid-transit, #california, #computers-and-the-internet, #dumbarton-rail-bridge-calif, #east-bay-san-francisco-calif, #east-palo-alto-calif, #facebook-inc, #infrastructure-public-works, #internal-sub-only, #menlo-park-calif, #meta-platforms-inc, #railroads, #social-media, #transit-systems

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 6, 2023
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Must We Gentrify the Rest Stop?

McDonald’s is gone, and the Manhattanization of the New York State Thruway has begun. Prepare to Instagram your pit stop.

#applegreen-ltd, #area-planning-and-renewal, #dewey-thomas-e-thruway, #fast-food-industry, #gentrification, #mcdonalds-corporation, #new-york-state, #roads-and-traffic

The New York Times 4:27 pm on December 29, 2022
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Why New York State Insists That the Penn Station Area Is ‘Blighted’

The designation gives Gov. Kathy Hochul authority to transform the Manhattan neighborhood and build 10 skyscrapers there. A lawsuit is challenging her claim.

#amtrak, #area-planning-and-renewal, #atlantic-yards-brooklyn, #cuomo-andrew-m, #empire-state-development-corp, #federal-railroad-administration, #hochul-kathleen-c, #midtown-area-manhattan-ny, #pennsylvania-station-manhattan-ny, #real-estate-commercial, #stations-and-terminals-passenger, #transit-systems

The New York Times 8:00 am on December 27, 2022
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What Would It Take to Turn More Offices Into Housing?

Vast amounts of empty real estate are a crisis for building owners. But some politicians and business leaders hope they can be converted into something new — and transform downtown neighborhoods.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #chicago-ill, #new-york-city, #philadelphia-pa, #real-estate-commercial, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #renting-and-leasing-real-estate, #united-states, #washington-dc

The New York Times 11:27 pm on December 14, 2022
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Hochul and Adams Envision ‘New New York.’ Getting There Is the Trick.

The leaders want to turn commercial districts into 24-hour live-and-work spaces, recognizing that the pandemic has fundamentally changed the city.

#adams-eric-l, #area-planning-and-renewal, #assn-for-a-better-new-york, #hochul-kathleen-c, #labor-and-jobs, #new-york-city, #politics-and-government, #real-estate-commercial, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #speeches-and-statements

The New York Times 12:39 am on December 14, 2022
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Could the B.Q.E. Return to Six Lanes of Traffic?

It is one of the “menu of design ideas” city officials are considering as they try to figure out how to fix the crumbling highway.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #brooklyn-heights-assn, #brooklyn-queens-expressway, #infrastructure-public-works, #moses-robert, #new-york-city, #pollution, #roads-and-traffic

The New York Times 10:00 am on November 22, 2022
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Coney Island Has a Bit of Everything. Does It Need a Casino?

A developer is seeking one of three new casino licenses for Coney Island, hoping to sell the project as a way to revitalize the Brooklyn neighborhood.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #casinos, #coney-island-brooklyn-ny, #new-york-city, #sitt-joseph-j, #thor-equities

The New York Times 11:57 pm on November 15, 2022
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New York City Reaches Deal to Build Soccer Stadium in Queens

The New York City Football Club will pay roughly $780 million to build the stadium in Willets Point in Queens as part of a project that will include housing and a hotel.

#adams-eric-l, #affordable-housing, #area-planning-and-renewal, #mixed-use-developments, #new-york-city, #new-york-city-football-club-soccer-team, #new-york-yankees, #real-estate-commercial, #related-cos, #soccer, #stadiums-and-arenas, #sterling-equities, #urban-areas, #willets-point-queens-ny

The New York Times 11:48 am on October 30, 2022
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Downtown Comebacks

The pandemic tested and reshaped the hearts of American cities.

#affordable-housing, #area-planning-and-renewal, #homeless-persons, #internal-storyline-no, #telecommuting

The New York Times 7:42 am on October 29, 2022
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A Timeline of Hurricane Sandy

From a single wave off the coast of Africa to a $52 billion sea wall a decade later.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #army-corps-of-engineers, #breezy-point-queens-ny, #brooklyn-nyc, #build-it-back-program-nyc, #climate-change, #coastal-areas, #disasters-and-emergencies, #economic-development-corp, #federal-aid-us, #financial-district-manhattan-ny, #floods, #hurricane-sandy-2012, #hurricanes-and-tropical-storms, #power-failures-and-blackouts, #transit-systems

The New York Times 9:19 pm on October 28, 2022
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Why Is New York Still Building on the Waterfront?

There are two simple reasons. One, it makes money. And two, people just love water.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #breezy-point-queens-ny, #buildings-department-nyc, #coastal-areas, #condominiums, #east-river-nyc, #floods, #global-warming, #housing-authority-nyc, #hurricane-sandy-2012, #hurricanes-and-tropical-storms, #infrastructure-public-works, #internal-sub-only, #lander-brad, #new-york-city, #real-estate-commercial, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #red-hook-brooklyn-ny, #steyer-thomas-f

The New York Times 5:34 pm on October 23, 2022
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Louis Gigante, Priest Who Led South Bronx Revival, Dies at 90

The brother of a convicted Mafia boss, he became a Democratic Party leader and a city councilman, and helped build thousands of units of housing.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #bronx-nyc, #deaths-obituaries, #gigante-louis-r, #organized-crime, #priests

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 23, 2022
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How Los Angeles Made Affordable Housing Maddeningly Unaffordable

Developing projects should not make a miserable existence for those who’ve devoted their lives to it.

#affordable-housing, #area-planning-and-renewal, #bass-karen-ruth, #caruso-rick-j, #garcetti-eric-m, #homeless-persons, #los-angeles-calif, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #venice-beach-calif

The New York Times 7:32 am on October 20, 2022
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A Shrinking Town at the Center of France’s Culture Wars

A plan to revitalize the town of Callac by bringing in skilled immigrants has divided it and made it an emblem of a nation’s anxiety over its identity and decline.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #asylum-right-of, #brittany-france, #cohen-benoit-filmmaker, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #elections, #france, #labor-and-jobs, #macron-emmanuel-1977, #middle-east-and-africa-migrant-crisis, #politics-and-government, #refugees-and-displaced-persons, #right-wing-extremism-and-alt-right, #zemmour-eric

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 13, 2022
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Elon Musk Has Some Bad Ideas for Mass Transit. We Have Solutions.

Innovation is important, but Elon Musk’s impractical transit inventions do nothing to help solve today’s problems.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #computers-and-the-internet, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #musk-elon, #your-feed-opinionvideo

The New York Times 9:23 pm on October 3, 2022
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Three Ways to Build Back Smarter After Hurricane Ian

Big storms more becoming more common. That makes it crucial to take climate change into account when rebuilding.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #buildings-structures, #coast-erosion, #content-type-service, #floods, #global-warming, #hurricane-ian-2022, #infrastructure-public-works, #levees-and-dams

The New York Times 9:54 pm on September 30, 2022
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The Optimistic Art of Mary Mattingly

The artist’s work addresses future climate crises while attempting to make the urban environment a better place to live right now.

#agriculture-and-farming, #area-planning-and-renewal, #art, #content-type-personal-profile, #denes-agnes, #flowers-and-plants, #food, #global-warming, #mattingly-mary, #tmagfalldesign, #ukeles-mierle-laderman, #urban-areas, #waste-materials-and-disposal

The New York Times 9:41 am on September 25, 2022
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Whatever Happened to the Starter Home?

The economics of the housing market, and the local rules that shape it, have squeezed out entry-level homes.

#affordable-housing, #area-planning-and-renewal, #land-use-policies, #prices-fares-fees-and-rates, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #zoning

The New York Times 12:53 am on September 9, 2022
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Teddy Bears and Racial Justice: How St. Louis Became a Laboratory for Social Work

Politicians, activists and entrepreneurs are trying to solve the city’s deep racial and economic divides — and their ambitions know few boundaries.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #discrimination, #internal-sub-only-nl, #jones-tishaura, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #st-louis-mo, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 7:00 am on September 5, 2022
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Climate Change Is Ravaging the Colorado River. There’s a Model to Avert the Worst.

Success in the Yakima River Basin in Washington holds lessons for the seven states at war over water in the American West.

#agriculture-and-farming, #area-planning-and-renewal, #colorado, #drought, #fish-and-other-marine-life, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #infrastructure-public-works, #levees-and-dams, #reservoirs, #rivers, #states-us, #washington-state, #water, #western-states-us, #yakama-indian-reservation-wash

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 2, 2022
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What Urban Planners Can Learn From This Idealistic Coffee Shop

Can a pay-what-you-want cafe exist in a gentrified Gowanus?

#affordable-housing, #area-planning-and-renewal, #coffeehouses, #gentrification, #gowanus-brooklyn-ny, #internal-sub-only, #principles-gi-coffee-house-brooklyn-ny, #veterans

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 12, 2022
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The Summer of NIMBY in Silicon Valley’s Poshest Town

Moguls and investors from the tech industry, which endorses housing relief, banded together to object to a plan for multifamily homes near their estates in Atherton, Calif.

#affordable-housing, #andreessen-marc-l, #apple-inc, #area-planning-and-renewal, #atherton-calif, #benchmark-capital, #city-councils, #computers-and-the-internet, #draper-timothy-c, #electronic-arts-inc, #felicis-ventures, #google-inc, #high-net-worth-individuals, #johnson-ronald-b-1959, #kordestani-omid-r-1963, #meta-platforms-inc, #netflix-inc, #palo-alto-networks-inc, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #san-francisco-bay-area-calif, #silicon-valley-calif, #venture-capital, #whetstone-rachel-1968, #wilson-andrew, #zoning

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 11, 2022
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Why ‘Open Streets’ in New York City Were Reduced by 63 Miles

The program, which was made permanent last year, gave New Yorkers more public spaces, but is retreating in many areas. Community advocates hope to stop that slide.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #automobiles, #infrastructure-public-works, #new-york-city, #open-streets, #parking, #sustainable-living, #traffic-accidents-and-safety, #urban-areas

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 27, 2022
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On ‘Yellowstone’ and in Montana, the Same Question: Who Owns the West?

More Americans should live in the West, and more Americans will. But which ones?

#area-planning-and-renewal, #bozeman-mont, #costner-kevin, #gentrification, #missoula-mont, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #sandpoint-idaho, #television, #western-states-us

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 27, 2022
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Extreme Weather Is Soaking New York City. Community Gardens Can Help.

Intense storms are on the rise, which probably means more flooding. Local green spaces are on the case.

#affordable-housing, #area-planning-and-renewal, #floods, #flowers-and-plants, #gardens-and-gardening, #global-warming, #greenthumb, #hurricanes-and-tropical-storms, #new-york-city-community-garden-coalition, #sewers-and-sewage

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 21, 2022
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What to Know About Penn Station’s $7 Billion Redevelopment Plan

The project promises to update the notorious eyesore but critics of the plan are concerned about the cost.

#adams-eric-l, #amtrak, #area-planning-and-renewal, #coronavirus-return-to-office, #cuomo-andrew-m, #hochul-kathleen-c, #madison-square-garden, #moynihan-train-hall-at-pennsylvania-station-manhattan-ny, #new-jersey-transit, #pennsylvania-station-manhattan-ny, #real-estate-commercial, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #roth-steven, #stations-and-terminals-passenger, #tax-credits-deductions-and-exemptions, #transit-systems, #vornado-realty-trust

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 14, 2022
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The Housing Shortage Isn’t Just a Coastal Crisis Anymore

An increasingly national problem has consequences for the quality of American family life, the economy and the future of housing politics.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #homeless-persons, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #shortages, #states-us, #united-states-economy, #zoning

The New York Times 12:00 pm on July 9, 2022
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The New New Haven

Unexpectedly, the Connecticut city has emerged, both because of and despite its association with Yale, as an affordable and dynamic home for artists of all kinds.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #art, #colltarts, #culture-arts, #kaphar-titus, #new-haven-conn, #nxthvn, #ts2022artissue, #yale-university

The New York Times 4:07 am on July 6, 2022
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Highland Park, Chicago’s ‘Mayberry,’ Struggles With Identity After Shooting

Intended from the start as an oasis, the suburb is struggling to comprehend its new identity as the latest site of a mass shooting

#area-planning-and-renewal, #highland-park-ill, #highland-park-parade-shooting-july-4-2022, #jews-and-judaism, #mass-shootings, #suburbs

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 3, 2022
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In Buffalo, New Apartments Sprout Up in Vacant Warehouses

A decade-long effort to transform industrial relics is showing signs of progress and expanding the city’s population for the first time in 70 years.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #buffalo-ny, #real-estate-commercial, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #renting-and-leasing-real-estate

The New York Times 2:25 pm on June 19, 2022
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National Juneteenth Museum Takes Shape in Fort Worth, Texas

The brainchild of Opal Lee, the institution will be part of an economic development project aimed at revitalizing the city’s Historic Southside neighborhood.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #big-bjarke-ingels-group, #fort-worth-tex, #holidays-and-special-occasions, #juneteenth, #lee-opal-1926, #museums, #slavery-historical

The New York Times 6:06 pm on June 9, 2022
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More Than Fjords: A New Museum to Put Oslo on the Map

City administrators hope Norway’s new National Museum will help Oslo, and the rest of the country, step out of its Scandinavian neighbors’ shadows.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #art, #munch-museum, #museums, #national-museum-norway, #norway, #oslo-norway

The New York Times 6:48 pm on April 24, 2022
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Demolishing City of the Dead Will Displace a Lively Quarter of Cairo

Cairo’s oldest cemetery is being razed, and thousands of families living amid the grand mausoleums face eviction. “You’re not at ease when you’re living. You’re not at ease even when you’re dead.”

#area-planning-and-renewal, #cemeteries, #egypt, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #politics-and-government, #sisi-abdel-fattah-el, #tombs-and-tombstones

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 22, 2022
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The Battle for an Open-Air Gym at Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park

Marcus Garvey Park has been in disrepair for years. Jamel Ali turned a corner of it into an open-air gym.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #bethel-gospel-assembly-manhattan-ny, #exercise, #garvey-marcus-park-manhattan-ny, #parks-and-other-recreation-areas, #parks-and-recreation-department-nyc, #playgrounds

The New York Times 1:00 pm on April 19, 2022
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Climate-Change Risks Get the Attention of Real Estate Investors

They are thinking more seriously about flooding, but a lack of established standards for assessing development projects is challenging their efforts.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #floods, #global-warming, #real-estate-commercial, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #sustainable-living

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 15, 2022
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In Louisiana, a Lafayette Neighborhood Warily Eyes New Highway

Residents of Lafayette are wary of a project that has dragged on for decades, but they believe that their community — where vehicles hit buildings and pedestrians — has few options.

#area-planning-and-renewal, #lafayette-la, #roads-and-traffic, #traffic-accidents-and-safety

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 1, 2022
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Will the Jamaica Bay Restoration Project Save New York From Rising Seas?

A major restoration project aims to protect the Jamaica Bay area — and all of New York — by returning salt marshes and sand dunes to their natural states. But will it be too late for the people of Broad Channel?

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The New York Times 3:38 pm on March 15, 2022
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The Next Level in Sustainability: Nature Restoration

Developers are no longer aiming to simply preserve nature, but are actively restoring it as a selling point for their projects.

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