Tag: zoning
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Thoughts on River Ring
River Ring – the proposed rezoning by Two Trees of the former Con Ed site at Metropolitan and River Street – kicks off its ULURP review with a Community Board 1 Land Use committee meeting on Wednesday. Hopefully the CB recommends for changes but does not follow the lead of those who want to kill…
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“The Greenpoint” Developer Offers India Street Elevated Walkway for Flooded Ferry Entrance
https://greenpointers.com/2019/06/03/the-greenpoint-developer-offers-india-street-elevated-walkway-for-flooded-ferry-entrance/
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Hampshire Picks Up Williamsburg Waterfront Site for $50M
https://therealdeal.com/2019/03/21/hampshire-picks-up-williamsburg-waterfront-site-for-50m/amp/
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How NYC’s Decade of Rezoning Changed the City of Industry
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/01/16/how_nycs_decade_of_rezoning_changed_the_city_of_industry.php
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Post-Sandy Rezoning at CB1
The agenda for Community Board 1’s Land Use Committee meeting tonight is a pretty sleepy affair – two BSA applications, both of which are retreads that the Board has heard in years past. However, there is one very important agenda item, which is a presentation by City Planning on the City’s proposed Flood Resilience Zoning…
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Schizo Skyline
Stephen Jacob Smith is back, this time arguing that Two Trees’ Domino plan is somehow flawed because the upland zoning in Williamsburg is not dense enough. Where to begin – again? But despite the best efforts of SHoP and Two Trees, the plan does not succeed in aping the natural parabolic shape of an organic…
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Airbnb Advocates for Dwelling law Amendments
http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/02/06/airbnb-advocates-for-dwelling-law-amendments/
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North Brooklyn Start-Ups Find Office Space Is Scarce
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/nyregion/north-brooklyn-start-ups-find-office-space-is-scarce.html?smid=pl-share
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Atlantic’s Credibility Crisis
Wow – Atlantic Cities let someone with no clue about development in Brooklyn write about development in Brooklyn. The basic premise of the article is that zoning (both use and FAR limits) is making housing more expensive by restricting the amount of new housing that can be constructed. In other words, the classic libertarian argument…