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- 125th Street Corridor
- 2nd Avenue Subway
- 421-a tax incentive program
- 980 Madison Tower
- Access to the Region's Core (ARC)
- Albee Square Mall Tower
- Atlantic Yards
- Bayside Rezoning
- Bayswater/Far Rockaway Rezoning
- Bedford Stuyvesant Rezoning
- Briarwood Rezoning
- Bricktown Centre
- Brig Redevelopment, Wallabout Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Academy of Music Cultural District
- Brooklyn Greenway
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Bush Terminal Park
- Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene Rezoning
- College Point Police Academy
- Columbia University Expansion
- Columbus Circle
- Con Ed Site Redevelopment
- Coney Island Development
- Cooper Square Urban Renewal Area
- Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel
- Domino Sugar Factory
- Downtown Brooklyn
- Downtown JFK-LIRR Link
- DUMBO Rezoning
- Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton Rezoning
- East River Plaza
- East River Science Park
- East River Waterfront
- East Side Access
- Far Rockaway and Mott Creek Rezoning
- Far West Village Rezoning
- Federal Housing Policy
- Fieldston Landmark Designation
- Flushing Development
- Fordham Expansion
- Forest Hills Rezoning
- Fresh Kills Master Plan
- Fulton Street Transit Center
- Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station
- Garment District Rezoning
- Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market
- General Theological Seminary Tower (Chelsea)
- Governors Island
- Gowanus Development
- Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning
- High Line Redevelopment + Whitney Museum
- HUB Retail and Office Center
- Hudson Railyards
- Hudson River Park
- Hudson Yards Rezoning & Development
- Hunter College Health-Professions Tower
- Hunts Point Vision Plan
- Inwood/Sherman Creek Waterfront Rezoning
- Jamaica, Queens Development and Rezoning
- Javits Convention Center Expansion
- JetBlue JFK Terminal
- Kingsbridge Armory
- Kissena Park Rezoning
- Lincoln Center Redevelopment
- Long Island City
- Lower East Side Rezoning
- Lower Manhattan Development
- Maspeth - Woodside Rezoning
- Mets Stadium Construction
- Middle Village-Glendale Rezoning
- Midwood Rezoning
- Mott Haven School Campus
- Moynihan Station
- Museum for African Art
- New Madison Square Garden
- New Rego Park, Queens Mall
- New York City Building Code
- New York City Hospital Redevelopment
- New York Diamond Tower
- New York Historical Society Tower
- No. 7 Line Extension
- North Brother Island
- North Tribeca Rezoning
- NYC 2012 Olympic Bid
- NYU Development
- One Madison Ave Clocktower
- P.S. 64 Redevelopment
- PlaNYC 2030
- Plaza Hotel Redevelopment
- Policy Developments - Landmarks
- Public Place
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Queens Plaza
- Queens West
- Randalls Island Water Park and Playing Fields
- Red Hook Cruise Terminal
- Red Hook Development
- Renaissance Ballroom and Renaissance Casino
- Seventh Regiment Armory (Park Ave.)
- Silvercup West
- SoHo Sanitation Garage
- Solid Waste Management Plan
- South Bronx Jail Plan
- South Ferry Terminal Project
- South Street Seaport Redevelopment
- South Village Historic District
- Springfield Gardens Rezoning
- St. Vincent’s Expansion
- Stapleton Waterfront District
- Starrett City
- Staten Island NASCAR Track
- Staten Island North Shore Light Rail
- Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
- Sunnyside Yards Platform
- The Caledonia (Chelsea)
- Trump Soho Hotel Condominiums
- Union Square Redesign
- Union-Utopia Rezoning
- United Nations Renovation
- Upper West Side Rezoning Proposal
- Uptown New York (East Harlem)
- Van Cortlandt Park Filtration Plant
- Via Verde - New Housing New York Legacy Project
- Washington Square Park Redesign
- West-Park Presbyterian Church Tower
- White Plains Courtyard
- Whitestone Rezoning
- Willets Point Development
- World Trade Center Redevelopment
- Yankee Stadium Construction
Far West Village Rezoning
The City Council approved the application to rezone the Far West Village on October 11, 2005, and the zoning changes have since been in effect. The rezoning plan covers a 14-block area of the Far West Village in Manhattan. The goal of the rezoning was to restrict high-rise development and encourage new development to stay within the 19th century-era character of the neighborhood.
Rezoning of New Area Rejected Again in Far West Side
Friday, February 15, 2008 | The Real Deal | Topic: Land Use
An effort by architect and developer Peter Moore to rezone five blocks in the Far West Village has been unsuccessful so far. Moore is hopeful to rezone the commercial area to mixed-use so he can build a residential building at 627 Greenwich Street. Community Board 2’s non-binding denial of the rezoning was sparked partially by groups that believe an increase in residential development in the area will bring more traffic and more children into the neighborhood. Moore has said that if the community continues to oppose the rezoning, hotels and office buildings with unrestricted heights could be built as-of-right. In 2003, the City Council voted against efforts to rezone this area in the West Village at the request of Speaker Christine Quinn.
New Residential Building for Far West Village
Wednesday, November 07, 2007 | The Villager | Topic: Land Use
Plans for a residential building have been announced on a plot of land that was left out of the 2005 “downzoning” of the Far West Village. Witkoff Group, the developer, has opted away from using all the allowable FAR permitted for the site to help fit the new building into the neighborhood along the waterfront. The residential space, located above the Whitehall Warehouse will only rise 15 floors high, although the zoning permits a 32 story building. A change was needed to the zoning resolution to waive some of the open space requirements. Some residents are remaining cautious until they know exactly how the new building will fit into the neighborhood.
Intersection Redesigns in West Village Support Pedestrians
Sunday, July 29, 2007 | New York Times | Topic: Urban Design & Architecture
The city is prepared to redesign two busy intersections in the West Village, known as Gansevoort Plaza, which have proved dangerous to drivers and pedestrians alike on the narrow cobblestone streets that mark the formerly industrial neighborhood. The redesigns, at the intersections of Ninth Avenue and 14th Street as well as at the intersection of Ninth Avenue, Gansevoort, and West 12th Street, will achieve equality between drivers and walkers by creating streets without curbs and a modest street incline. The inspiration for the redesign are the Dutch “woonerfs,” or living streets.
Rudin Family Chosen as St. Vincent’s Partner in New Hospital
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 | New York Sun | Topic: Economic Development
St. Vincent’s has chosen the Rudin family to partner with on the construction of their new Greenwich Village hospital. Under the agreement, the Rudin’s would purchase the site of the current hospital and when the new facility is complete, would raze the current campus and build market-rate housing.
Commission Considers Landmarks in West Village and Queens
Wednesday, March 07, 2007 | AM New York | Topic: Historic Preservation & Landmarks
The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission has granted landmark status to three buildings in the West Village area: the Keller Hotel at 150 Barrow Street, 354 West 11th Street, and 159 Charles Street. The Keller Hotel's tie to the maritime trade along the Hudson River was the primary motivation for its landmark designation. The Commission is also considering landmark status for the entire Sunnyside Gardens development in Queens, a 610 townhouse and 54 acre complex built between 1924 and 1928 for the borough's middle and low-income workers.
The Fight, and Fighter, to Preserve Greenwich Village
Monday, February 19, 2007 | New York Daily News | Topic: Historic Preservation & Landmarks
Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, has attempted to prevent development that he believes to be out of character with the history of the Greenwich Village neighborhood. Along with his group, Berman has fought developer Donald Trump's proposed condominium hotel at Varick and Spring streets, challenged "illegal" billboards, and called for the creation of a historic landmark district around Washington Square Park to honor immigrant and working-class history. Not entirely opposed to development, Berman says that he supports development that "makes the best use possible of historic buildings."
South Greenwich Village Historic District Proposed
Friday, January 19, 2007 | The Villager | Topic: Historic Preservation & Landmarks
Calling a proposed historic district in the southern area of Greenwich Village the “city’s first largely tenement-based historic district,” the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation wants a new historic district that covers south of West Fourth Street to West Houston Street between Seventh Avenue and LaGuardia Place. The proposed district would also include an extension from West Houston Street down to Watts Street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway. Covering 38 blocks and 800 buildings, the South Village Preservation Project is one of the Society’s greatest priorities in the coming year. A report detailing the proposal has been given to the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Spitzer On West Side Railyards
Saturday, August 19, 2006 | New York Times | Topic: Politics & Government
Gubernatorial candidate, Eliot Spitzer criticized the city’s plan to buy the West Side railyards from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for $500 million. Spitzer suggests an appraisal of the 26-acre lot followed by an auction to the highest bidder. Spitzer’s statements put him directly opposed to the Bloomberg administration who believes securing the property would be imperative for the development of the Far West Side.
Historic District Extended in West Village
Tuesday, May 02, 2006 | The Real Deal | Topic: Historic Preservation & Landmarks
Following up on the recent rezoning of parts of the far West Village, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has extended the area's historic district designation to parts of five blocks west of Greenwich Street.
City says Schnabel can build tower
Friday, January 20, 2006 | The Villager | Topic: Historic Preservation & Landmarks
West Village preservation advocates demonstrated at the entrance to the Department of Buildings office on Tuesday to protest the department’s approval of an 11-story addition on top of a three-story former stable in the West Village.
West Village Residents Battle Alleged Evasion of Rezoning
Friday, November 11, 2005 | | Topic:
The tower being built by Julian Schnable in the West Village, which will be taller than the recently imposed height cap, has been approved by the city for having substanitally progressed in construction by the time of the rezoning. Neighbors contend that this progress was made by working after legal hours.
City Council Approves West Village Rezoning
Friday, October 14, 2005 | The Villager | Topic: Land Use
The City Council voted unanimously to approve the rezoning of the West Village. With the exception of a few select properties, the zoning will limit the height of all buildings in the area to preserve the character of the neighborhood.
Related Co.'s variance application meets stiff resistance
Friday, October 07, 2005 | The Villager | Topic: Land Use
The Related Companies asked the Board of Standards and Appeals for a zoning variance that would allow a 195 ft. structure in the West Village. Community representatives oppose the company's application.
City Planning Commission Approved New Zoning Rules
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 | New York Post | Topic: Land Use
The City Planning Commision has unanimously adopted new zoning regulations for the West Village that will cap building heights at 80 ft.
Planning Commission approves move to limit West Village buildings to 80 feet
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 | NY1 | Topic: Land Use
The City Planning Commission has approved a rezoning plan that would limit the size of future buildings in the West Village to 80 feet. The move would likely block the development of a proposed 150-foot-tall condo building on west 12th street.
Exemptions to Proposed Downzoning Challenged, Additional Exemption Sought
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 | The Villager | Topic: Land Use
At the City Planning Commision's hearing on the proposed West Village rezoning, existing exemptions to the downzoning were challenged as allowing inappropriately massive structures. A separate exemption was requested to allow an architecturally innovative structure.
Controversial developments downgraded in West Village
Friday, August 26, 2005 | The Villager | Topic: Land Use
Two high-rise projects in the West Village - not subject to the proposed rezoning - have been downgraded in response to community concerns.
CB2 zoning committee discusses zoning changes in West Village
Friday, July 22, 2005 | The Villager | Topic: Land Use
The zoning committee of Community Board 2 met recently to talk about the proposed rezoning of parts of the far West Village. The rezoning was received warmly, with the exception of two sites.