Nation’s largest mass transit project will double NJ Transit’s commuter rail capacity into Manhattan. The City Council approved the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s applications related to the $8.7 billion Access to Region’s Core (ARC) passenger rail project. Jointly sponsored by the Port Authority and New Jersey Transit, the project’s goal is to double the capacity of NJ Transit’s commuter rail service into Manhattan by building a rail tunnel under the Hudson … <Read More>
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Modified Coney Island Master Plan Moves to Council
Modifications include increasing ground floor amusement requirements and easing bulk restrictions. On June 17, 2009, the City Planning Commission approved the seven linked applications comprising the City’s extensive redevelopment plan for Coney Island. The approval included demapping of streets and parkland, creation of new streets and parkland, and a 19-block rezoning, running from West 8th to West 20th Streets between Mermaid Avenue and the Riegelmann Boardwalk.
The product of over 300 public meetings dating back … <Read More>
Fordham expansion plan modified by Council
- Fordham University expansion plan approved. Image: Cooper, Robertson & Partners. Image is for master planning purposes only and does not represent completely designed buildings.
Changes to height and bulk of buildings along Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues among modifications. The City Council modified Fordham University’s long-term master plan to expand its Lincoln Center Campus in Manhattan. Located on a superblock bounded by Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues and West 60th and 62nd Streets, the existing campus consists … <Read More>
Phipps Houses project approved by Council
Rezoning and text amendment will facilitate construction of affordable units. On February 11, 2009, the City Council approved Phipps Houses’ plan to construct two nine-story buildings along the north side of East 25th Street within the Henry Phipps Plaza South complex in Kips Bay, Manhattan. The complex already houses a 33-story, mixed-use tower at 444 Second Avenue and a 14-story building that faces East 26th Street. The proposed buildings would add 83-90 dwelling units to … <Read More>
Phipps Houses project approved by Council
Rezoning and text amendment will facilitate construction of affordable units. On February 11, 2009, the City Council approved Phipps Houses’ plan to construct two nine-story buildings along the north side of East 25th Street within the Henry Phipps Plaza South complex in Kips Bay, Manhattan. The complex already houses a 33-story, mixed-use tower at 444 Second Avenue and a 14-story building that faces East 26th Street. The proposed buildings would add 83-90 dwelling units to … <Read More>
Deck for Hospital expansion over FDR Drive approved
- Hospital for Special Surgery. Image Coutesy of hss.edu.
Hospital for Special Surgery agrees to address traffic concerns and develop surrounding open space once construction is complete. On October 7, 2008, the City Council approved the Hospital for Special Surgery’s plan to expand over the FDR Drive. 5 CityLand133 (Oct. 15, 2008). At Council’s public hearing before the Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee, Council Member Jessica Lappin detailed the concessions that the Hospital had agreed to, and … <Read More>