There are some similarities between the community and city rezoning proposals but the differences are important to Bushwick community members who say they have waited for decades for serious public…
The discussion about development, housing, rezoning and gentrification in New York City is sometimes painted as a tug of war between those who embrace change and those who resist it,…
Some are worried proposed height limits leave too much room for developers, or too little room for homeowners who want to sell. Affordability options and a playground project are also…
The names of the city’s real builders, who labor for decades in the toughest neighborhoods, are nowhere. Their accomplishments, everywhere. One of the greatest of these, Luis Garden Acosta, died…
Two Councilmembers invited neighborhood stakeholders to draft a rezoning plan. But it could encounter the same misgivings that top-down plans have faced.
The Brooklyn Democrat discusses displacement and development in Bushwick, the community process he helped launch to plan for the neighborhood’s future and the questions all New Yorkers should be asking…
Bushwick Open Studios put that neighborhood’s art scene on the map—but the event grew so popular some artists worried the art had become an afterthought. An inside look at how…