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Industrial, Homeless Policies Clash in East New York
A plan to build subsidized housing in a zone reserved for manufacturing businesses pits efforts to reduce the shelter population against hopes of saving industrial New York.
'Vacated' Housing Full of Meaning for Brooklyn Nabes
A look at three buildings that the city once ordered vacated for safety reasons reveals the changing—and very different—fortunes of three Brooklyn neighborhoods.
Brooklyn: A Developing Story
Atlantic Yards may have generated the most heat, but it's just one of several ambitious development ideas that took shape in the borough over the past decade.
Opinions Harden Over Atlantic Yards Housing
The dramatic slow-down in housing construction at the Brooklyn site is fodder for opponents of the project. But supporters believe the development will still make good on its commitments.
Traffic, Noise & Hope: Atlantic Yards Still Elicits Mixed Views
Opponents of Atlantic Yards feel vindicated by the challenges facing the development. Business owners in the area express a mix of concern and optimism.
Nets Arrive, Questions Remain At Atlantic Yards
The Nets are coming to Brooklyn with a 15-man roster and a tip-off in fall 2012. Traffic, jobs, housing and economic activity are coming, too, but no one is sure precisely how much or exactly when.
Brooklyn's Arena Is Coming. What's Coming Next?
In a matter of months the Nets will be playing ball at the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic, as envisioned more than eight years ago by developer Bruce Ratner. But the rest of Atlantic Yards' promise has yet to be fulfilled. Given the deep disagreement the project prompted, what does that mean for Brooklyn?
Shopping For Change In Crown Heights
Like many Brooklyn neighborhoods, it is seeing a surge in new businesses and young residents. Do the doubts about gentrification run deeper there?
Federal Funds Have City Planners Eyeing East New York, Bronx
A federal planning grant to be shared among several governments on either side of the New York-Connecticut border aims for transit-oriented development.
Growing Grown-Ups In Harlem
In the quest for "What works?", one Manhattan youth organization is showing results by getting kids to care about larger struggles.
Who's Got The Power? Citizens To Weigh In
The first public hearing of the mayor's Charter Revision Commission could be the start of a fast-track effort to change the way New York City governs itself.
Another African Burial Ground
Though a bus depot occupies most of an old Harlem church cemetery site, there's still hope for memorializing African history uptown.
A Quiet Alarm Sounds
A multimedia art exhibit in Fort Greene examines the neighborhood-changing going on all around it.
A Forty-Second Street Saga
At the corner of Forty-Second Street and Tenth Avenue sit five historic apartment buildings whose tenants have been buffeted by harassment, foreclosures and fires. With a pricetag of $3 million on the structures, many hands are reaching for them. Tenants, however, can be a stubborn lot.
Community Development
New York City is defined by its diverse communities. While no community is void of all problems, some are in a better place than others. Essential to the overall progression of life in New York is the development of each community, especially those facing the most problems. New York is not a great city because of a handful of tourist attractions; New York is great because it is a collection of many diverse and distinctive communities.
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Coney Baloney: DiNapoli's Report Obscures Brooklyn Beachfront's Rollercoaster Economy - Neil deMause
Job growth is soaring in Coney Island, says a new report. That was news to anyone who's actually been to Coney Island lately.
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America's Cities Shaped (and Mishaped) by Rules
Zoning laws, building codes and other regulations can seem like bureaucratic obscurities. But, says this author, they have a powerful—and often negative—impact on urban areas.
Planning For Cities' Future Must Be Fair
As the Regional Plan Association convenes its annual assembly, one participant notes that along with efficiency and the environment, equity must be a goal of urban planners.
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Community Task Force on NYU Development
A task force on New York University's expansion plans comprised of elected officials and advocacy groups outlines a framework of issues that need to be addressed.
New NYC Housing Units Built in Unfamiliar Areas
A new report on the state of housing construction in New York City's neighborhoods finds that the overwhelming majority of new units built between 2000 and 2008 were in areas of the city unfamiliar with building construction on a large scale.
