Tag: zoning
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Rethinking Building Code, Post Sandy
From the Times, some opening thoughts on revamping the building code in a post-hurricane city. The focus for now is on how to build better in a rising-sea level world, versus just not building in Zone A at all (as a rather silly recent “resolution” from Community Board 1 wants). As the Times notes, some…
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Leaders Want Bushwick Rezoning So It’s Not the Next Williamsburg
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/10/12/leaders_want_bushwick_rezoning_so_its_not_the_next_billyburg.php
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Albest Site Marketed for $27 Million
http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/06/29/deal-is-close-for-27m-williamsburg-site-where-hotel-could-rise/
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Judge Grants Injunction on Broadway Triangle
State Supreme Court Judge Emily Goodman has granted a preliminary injunction that bars the City from moving forward with the development of affordable housing in the Broadway Triangle area. The suit, brought by the NY Civil Liberties Union, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady and the Broadway Triangle Community Coalition, alleges…
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What IS Con Ed Up To On River Street?
Con Ed’s River Street site, partially demolished Photo: Sharese Ann Frederick on flickr I’ve mentioned this in passing before, but Con Ed is doing some serious demolition at its River Street facilities. The two-block site used to house a series of storage tanks, but over the past few months, the tanks have been slowly coming…