Panel Votes for a Shorter Skyscraper Next to MoMA
The proposed Jean Nouvel tower was to have rivaled the Empire State Building in height.
View ArticleCity Moves to Restrict Front-Yard Driveways
New rules would restrict so-called curb cuts -- the sidewalk indentations created to allow cars to move from the street onto the front yards of houses -- and tighten front-yard “planting” requirements.
View ArticleCourt Upholds Willets Point Redevelopment Plan
Although the city neglected the neighborhood's infrastructure for decades, the constitutional rights of the businesses there -- many of which will be forced to relocate under the plan -- were not...
View ArticleJudge Halts Broadway Triangle Plan
A lawsuit claims that a rezoning process excluded minority groups.
View ArticlePlanners Want to ‘Enliven’ Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn
The zoning change would try to work against the blocky apartment buildings that have cropped up there. City Room readers: What else would you like to see along Fourth Avenue?
View ArticleMadison Square Garden, Permit Lapsed, Faces New Planning Pressure
Calls for the arena to be moved from atop Pennsylvania Station are being renewed, and the local community board voted to deny the requested extension.
View Article2 Views of Buildings Around Grand Central: Special or Just Old
Building Blocks: Two new position papers from organizations with opposing interests offer disparate answers to the question of whether any more buildings in east Midtown merit official landmark status.
View ArticleA Fighter for Tenants Relaces Her Gloves
Doris Diether, an 86-year-old civic activist who lobbied for years on behalf of tenants against landlords, renovators and developers all over the city, is at it again.
View ArticlePoll Finds Mixture of Support and Opposition for Bloomberg’s Plans
Two-thirds of New York City voters support a plan to establish an inspector general’s office that would independently monitor the Police Department, despite forceful opposition from Mayor Michael R....
View ArticleAnother Summer Nears Without Chase Manhattan Plaza
Building Blocks: The plaza, which opened in 1961, has been fenced off since September 2011, a year after the owner received approval to make repairs.
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