zoning

5 years after Sandy, what's been done in NYC, and what still needs doing

By Mimi OConnor |October 30, 2017 - 1:00PM

"Citizen Jane" revisits how Jane Jacobs defeated Robert Moses—and how New Yorkers can fight to protect their neighborhoods

… The Battle for the City a new documentary chronicling her scholarship on the subject of city planning The Death and …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 24, 2017 - 9:59AM

Sell

2017 real estate forecast: The Trump effect, concessions-mania, Bronx hype, the battle for the BQX, and more

… it gently And lets rip this BandAid now 2017 isnt shaping up to be much calmer Amid massive geopolitical shifts at … of nonstop price hikes the last year finally saw a slowdown code word softening at the top of the luxury sales and … further restricting income levels and sale prices in HDFC coops are drawing ire from the buildings board members and …

By Virginia K. Smith |January 2, 2017 - 11:55AM

Neighborhood Intel

5 fascinating facts we learned at the Museum of the City of New York's new exhibit on zoning

By Virginia K. Smith |November 16, 2016 - 2:59PM

Neighborhood Intel

Robert Caro on the enduring legacy of Robert Moses

… The city planner Robert Moses looms large over New Yorks landscape and the decisions he made continue to … examination of a man who dominated NYC development for decades The New York Public Librarys current display at … Caro was exacerbate social stratification The conversation addresses how Moses work resulted in enormous swaths of the …

By Alanna Schubach |February 19, 2016 - 12:59PM

Neighborhood Intel

De Blasio's big rezoning plan: what you need to know now

By Virginia K. Smith |April 7, 2015 - 8:59AM