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This issue of CityLand covers major land use and preservation developments in New York City as of July 2012. The City Council approved a zoning text amendment to limit the size of banks and storefronts in the Upper West Side’s commercial corridors. The City Planning Commission modified and approved NYU’s Core Expansion Plan, reducing building heights, eliminating a proposed hotel, and requiring oversight of open space. Landmarks held a hearing on the proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, receiving mixed testimony. A heavily altered Federal-era rowhouse at 177 West Broadway was decalendared. Landmarks approved reconstruction of a deteriorated Fort Greene townhouse and designated the New York Curb Exchange and Bowery Mission as individual landmarks. Two Midtown hotels—the Hotel Mansfield and Martha Washington Hotel—were also designated. A proposed building at 341 Canal Street was criticized for lacking architectural quality. Guest commentary by Howard Goldman and Eugene Travers discussed proposed City Council reforms to the Landmarks Law. EDC issued RFPs for industrial sites in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens, and for a rooftop farm in Hunts Point. Courts dismissed challenges to a hospital expansion in Bayside and a mixed-use development in Williamsburg, affirming the City’s land use decisions.
Publication Date
7-15-2012
Keywords
Land Use, Zoning, Real Estate Law, City Planning Commission, Landmarks Preservation, Municipal Law, ULURP, Historic Districts, Affordable Housing, Environmental Review, NYU Expansion, Upper West Side Retail, East Village Historic District, Industrial Development, Rooftop Farming, Legal Challenges, Landmark Law Reform
Disciplines
Administrative Law | Land Use Law
Recommended Citation
Center for New York City Law, "CityLand – Vol. 9, No. 5" (2012). CityLand - 2012. 5.
https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/cityland2012/5