wrestling with communities

W r e s t l i n g w i t h C o m m u n i t i e s

An amalgam of authorities zoning in new york city

Zoning Law 1916 Zoning Law 1961 Zoning Law 2011

planning the city

planning the city An amalgam of authorities

moses VS JACOBS

Robert Moses, New Yorks Master Builder Jane Jacobs, Godmother of American urban design


MOSES VS JACOBS

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

Jane Jacobs in Death and Life of Great American CitiesRobert Moses, New Yorks Master Builder


MOSES VS JACOBS

There is nobody against this. Nobody, nobody, no-body but a bunch of, a bunch of mothers.

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

Robert Moses after its first defeat of the Washington Square Park Highway

Jane Jacobs in Death and Life of Great American Cities

planning the city An amalgam of authorities Top-down / Bottom-up

moses vs jacobs today

Top - down Bottom - up


Holding Pattern MoMA, QueensInterboro Partners

Manhattan RailyardsBrookfield Properties Proposal

Big projects / Human scale Moses vs jacobs today


Stacey Sheffey, Manuel AvilaCrown Heights Community garden

Amanda Burdendirector of the NYC Department of City Planning

Government / Communities moses vs jacobs today


city planning in public review NYC Community Districts

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Brooklyn Queens Manhattan The Bronx Staten Island


vote to approve, approve with modifications or disapprove

Community Board (CB)

Borough President (BP)

Borough Board (BB)

City Planning Commission (CPC)

City Council (CC)

Mayor(City Council)

Department of City Planing (DCP)application and Pre-Certification

public hearing

recommendation to CPC


public hearing


proposed modifications to CPC

public hearing

approves, modifies or disapproves application

reviews application

public hearing

reviews application, may veto council actionpossibility to override Mayors veto by 2/3 vote

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city planning in public review ULURP Timeline

planning the city An amalgam of authorities Eve Baron, Pratt Center

ULURP was set up for failure as community boards work has pushed aside by CPC and DCP.

city planning in public review

planning the city An amalgam of authorities Tom Angotti

There really is not much community planning going on in New York City by City Government. The Department of City Planning just basically goes in and changes zoning. It is a zoning agency.


planning the city An amalgam of authorities Whats the balance?


planning the city An amalgam of authorities Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn

case study

planning the city An amalgam of authorities Development vs Community

Case study

Atlantic Yard Development & Design Community Respones

Develop-dont destoy.BROOKLYN


case study

Community ResponesBruce Ratner in Crains New York article November 8, 2009

Why should people get to see [Atlantic Yards] plans? This isnt a public project.

Develop-dont destoy.BROOKLYN


case study

Bruce Ratner, Real Estate Developer

The only weapon we have at this point in time is the weapon of protest. So if you want to develop and not destory, make some noise!

Letitia James, City Council Member BrooklynMay 3, 2008


case study Development vs Community

It [Atlantc Yards] has been, and still is, about one of the biggest failures of government and democracy in the citys history.

Daniel Goldstein, April 22, 2010Bruce Ratner, Real Estate Developer

planning the city An amalgam of authorities Unity alternative plan

case study

FCRC model, design by Frank Gehry Unity Community Development model

planning the city An amalgam of authorities Unity: Planners + Community

source: Unity Report 2007

case study

ATLANTIC YARDS DEVELOPMENT

WORKSHOP

CITIZENS

COMMUNITYBOARDS

SENATORVELMANETTE

MONTGOMERY

NYCCLETITIA JAMES

LOCALBUSINESSES

DEVELOPERS

DESIGNERS

planning the city An amalgam of authorities Urban Design as intermediary resource

what's next?


In the dialogue [...] the designer has a valuable and needed skill [...]. During debates, the designer participates by illustrating alternatives that incorporate many voices, dreams, and desires of existing situations.

J. Kaliski, Everyday Urbanism, p 107 what's next?

planning the city An amalgam of authorities Internet as new recource to put proposals

what's next?


How the future of city development will look by means of giving more power to the people? Will we go to a more comprehensive way of planning with both government and residents together, coordinated by urban design and architecture? Or will we get stuck in a system of top-down planning where residents can do nothing more than protest governments plans?

what's next?

wrestling with communities

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