ARTS and CULTURE
Moses, Jacobs And You: The Battle For Gotham
Jarrett Murphy |
A history of the philosophical battle between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs, told by an author who, wisely, took it personally.
ARTS and CULTURE
Waking the Dead
Jarrett Murphy |
Lomex. Robert Moses. Westway. Jane Jacobs. What New York’s planning past tells us about its future.
Bronx
Whose Dreams Will Decide?
Jarrett Murphy |
The push for neighborhoods to have more than a voice.
Bronx
Five Boroughs. One City. No Plan.
Jarrett Murphy |
Is the city’s failure to plan a plan for failure?
ARTS and CULTURE
Development, Zoning Fights Fuel Push For NYC Roadmap
Jarrett Murphy |
In the new issue of City Limits, a look at the growing calls for New York to take a more comprehensive—and inclusive—approach to planning its physical future.
Government
Can a Year-Round Coney Island Succeed?
Neil deMause |
After seven years of legal wrangling, hundreds of millions of dollars in city expense, and the eviction of many of Coney Island’s historic amusement operators, the island is still seasonal.
Bronx
Bloomberg Deputy's Legacy, From Yankee Stadium To Hudson Yards
Neil deMause |
Nearly three years after Mayor Bloomberg’s powerful deputy mayor and development czar Dan Doctoroff left City Hall, we check in on some of the major—and controversial—projects launched during his tenure.
Manhattan
Surf's Up, Ferry's Down: The Rockaways' Transit Troubles
Gabrielle Begue |
The peninsula’s long journey out of the economic devastation will be challenged—but, some residents insist, not stopped—by cuts to ferry service and increases in bridge tolls.
Bronx
Neighborhood Advocates See Push For Power Blocked
Jarrett Murphy |
This fall, voters will decide on a minor change to rules governing the location of sewage plants and garbage stations. But environmental advocates and community planners wanted more.
Bronx
City Expands East River & Long Island Sound Cleanup Effort
Chris Giblin |
The effort aims to reduce nitrogen discharged from wastewater treatment plants, before it enters the watershed and drives away or kills fish.
