Posted: Sep 17th, 2008 | Comments: 3
Coney Island at the Crossroads
The City of New York’s Comprehensive Development and Rezoning Plan for Coney Island would reduce to 9 acres from 15 a city-owned open-air amusement park north of the Boardwalk between ...
Richard Price — writer for HBO’s The Wire and the author of The Wanderers, The Color of Money, and Clockers — turns to the subject of crime in the ...
Posted: Apr 15th, 2008 | Comments: 0
Alexander Hamilton and the National Triumph of New York City
New York City is the source for the quintessentially American traits of capitalism, ethnic tolerance, free speech, and reliance on lawyers and lawsuits. Yet the New York legacy generally goes ...
Posted: Apr 10th, 2008 | Comments: 20
Designing New York’s Visual Identity
Pentagram has designed for the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music; created packaging for Saks Fifth Avenue and the sign on the new ...
Posted: Apr 3rd, 2008 | Comments: 0
An Overview of Zoning, Past and Present
Why is zoning necessary? When did it begin? How do you unravel a zoning text? Doris Diether, a long time community activist and zoning expert, demystifies New York zoning in ...
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2008 | Comments: 0
