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New York City Places and Spaces

Collected by: Columbia University Libraries

Archived since: Jan, 2010

Description:

A growing collection of websites selected by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library staff for web archiving preservation by the Columbia University Libraries' Web Resources Collection Program. Website captures began in 2010 and are ongoing; in 2020, to reflect the collection's evolving subject focus, the collection title was changed to 'New York City Places and Spaces' (from the original 'Avery Library Historic Preservation and Urban Planning'). The collection's principal thematic focus is documenting the evolution of the built environment and public spaces in and around New York City through the interaction of historic preservation efforts and new development projects within urban planning debates. Selected websites are mostly published by non-profit groups or individuals based in the New York City area, including historic preservation groups, neighborhood associations, community development groups, public policy organizations, parks and open space conservancies, and both sponsors and critics of ongoing development projects.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities Government - Cities Society & Culture Community development Public spaces Parks City planning Historic preservation Architecture

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Title: Center for New York City Neighborhoods

URL: http://cnycn.org/

Description: "We promote and protect affordable homeownership in New York so that middle- and working-class families can build strong, thriving communities."

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Subject:   Housing Community development Neighborhood planning

Title: Campaign for Community-Based Planning

URL: http://communitybasedplanning.wordpress.com/

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Subject:   Neighborhood planning City planning

Title: Pratt Center for Community Development

URL: http://prattcenter.net/

Description: "As a department within Pratt Institute, Pratt Center for Community Development works closely with faculty and students from multiple disciplines, leveraging the Institute's architecture, planning, and design resources, in support of community-driven plans for a more sustainable and equitable New York City."

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Subject:   Sustainable urban development City planning Community development

Title: Resiliency Innovations for a Stronger Economy, RISE : NYC

URL: http://rise-nyc.com/

Description: "RISE : NYC is a Superstorm Sandy business recovery and resiliency program that helps New York City small businesses adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change through the use of innovative technologies. The competition funds projects at Sandy-impacted small businesses to prepare their buildings, energy systems, and telecom networks for extreme weather. RISE : NYC launched in January 2014 and received over 200 applications from over 20 countries around the world."

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Subject:   Economic development Hazard mitigation Coastal zone management Climate change mitigation Hurricane Sandy, 2012

Title: Breaking Ground : building and restoring lives

URL: http://www.breakingground.org/

Description: "At Breaking Ground, we believe that everyone deserves a home. That's why, since 1990, we have been providing permanent affordable housing for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Beginning with a single building, we are now New York City's largest provider of supportive housing. We own and/or operate 19 properties with a total of 3,530 transitional and permanent apartments in New York City and beyond."

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Subject:   Shelters for the homeless Housing

Title: Alliance for a Human-Scale City & Human-scale NYC

URL: http://www.humanscale.nyc/

Description: "We, the undersigned residents of New York City, call for an end to the violence that real estate developers have inflicted on our skyline, parks, public areas, and cityscape with the proliferation of dramatically over-scaled buildings that ignore the historic context of our city."

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Subject:   Historic preservation Historic districts--Conservation and restoration Real estate development Community development

Title: Metropolitan Organization for the Real Expansion of New York City, MORENYC

URL: http://www.morenyc.org/

Description: "MORENYC--the Metropolitan Organization for the Real Expansion of New York City--works to expand the population and built environment of New York City in order to create jobs, lower housing costs and save the environment by encouraging more people to live in an urban environment of lower per capita energy use."

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Subject:   Housing Community development

Title: #SaveNYC

URL: http://www.savenyc.nyc/

Description: "#SaveNYC is a grassroots, crowd-sourced, DIY movement to raise awareness and take action for protecting and preserving the diversity and uniqueness of the urban fabric in New York City."

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Subject:   Small business Rent control Gentrification Chain stores Chain restaurants

Title: Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development

URL: https://anhd.org/

Description: "The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD) is the umbrella organization of 100 non-profit affordable housing and economic development groups, serving low- and moderate income residents in all five boroughs of New York City. Since its founding in 1974, ANHD has been key in making NYC’s community development sector among the most effective in the US, providing comprehensive training, robust capacity-building and apprenticeship programs, and high-impact policy research. In the past 25 years, ANHD’s non-profit members have built over 120,000 units of affordable housing in our city’s most distressed neighborhoods."

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Title: Community Development Venture Capital Alliance – Private Equity for the Public Good

URL: https://cdvca.org/

Description: "The Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA) is the network for the field of community development venture capital (CDVC) investing. CDVC funds provide equity capital to businesses in underinvested markets, seeking market-rate financial returns, as well as the creation of good jobs, wealth, and entrepreneurial capacity."

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Subject:   Community development Economic development

Title: Center for Active Design

URL: https://centerforactivedesign.org/

Description: "The Center for Active Design is the leading non-profit organization that uses design to foster healthy and engaged communities. We take a multi-disciplinary approach to translating research into practical design solutions. We guide the creation and implementation of initiatives that respond to unique community priorities, and result in measurable outcomes. Our mission is to transform design and development practice, ensuring equitable access to vibrant public and private spaces that support healthy communities."

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Subject:   Community development Housing and health Urban health Evidence-based design

Title: CHPC New York City, Citizens Housing Planning Council

URL: https://chpcny.org/

Description: "For over 80 years, CHPC’s research has helped to shape public policy to improve the City’s housing stock and quality of life in NYC’s neighborhoods. Our methodologies combine data analysis, policy analysis, case studies, and interviews."

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Subject:   Housing Community development

Title: City Club of New York

URL: https://cityclubny.org/

Description: "The City Club of New York promotes thoughtful urban land use policy that responds to the needs of all New Yorkers. We provide a forum for public discussion of development issues affecting the urban environment and advocate vigorously for solutions that best serve the greater good."

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Subject:   Community development Land use

Title: Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City| Closing the Wealth Gap

URL: https://gocoopnyc.com/

Description: "The Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City (CEANYC) strengthens and expands community-led, democratically-controlled initiatives — from worker, financial and consumer co-ops to community land trusts and gardens, mutual housing, and low-income housing co-ops. Our goal is to build an economy based on values of social and racial justice, ecological sustainability, cooperation, mutualism, and democracy."

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Subject:   Community development Housing

Title: Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City

URL: https://gocoopnyc.org/

Description: "The Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City (CEANYC) strengthens and expands community-led, democratically-controlled initiatives — from worker, financial and consumer co-ops to community land trusts and gardens, mutual housing, and low-income housing co-ops. Our goal is to build an economy based on values of social and racial justice, ecological sustainability, cooperation, mutualism, and democracy."

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Subject:   Community development Housing

Title: Center for an Urban Future

URL: https://nycfuture.org/

Description: "The Center for an Urban Future is a public policy organization dedicated to improving the overall health of New York City and serving its long-term interests by targeting problems facing low-income and working-class neighborhoods in all five boroughs."

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Subject:   Community development City planning Planning Quality of life Community organization

URL: https://takerootjustice.org/

Description: "TakeRoot Justice provides legal, participatory research and policy support to strengthen the work of grassroots and community-based groups in New York City to dismantle racial, economic and social oppression."

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Subject:   Community development Housing Legal aid

Title: Citizens Committee For New York City

URL: https://www.citizensnyc.org/

Description: "Our mission is simple: to help New Yorkers —especially those in low-income areas— come together and improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. "

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Subject:   Community development Neighborhood planning

Title: Coalition for the Homeless

URL: https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/

Description: "The Coalition for the Homeless is the nation’s oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless individuals and families. We believe that affordable housing, sufficient food and the chance to work for a living wage are fundamental rights in a civilized society. Since our inception in 1981, the Coalition has worked through litigation, public education and direct services to ensure that these goals are realized."

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Subject:   Homelessness Housing

Title: Metropolitan Council on Housing

URL: https://www.metcouncilonhousing.org/

Description: "The Metropolitan Council on Housing is a tenants’ rights membership organization made up of New York City tenants who believe in our motto of “housing for people, not profit.” We formed 60 years ago to fights for a city where everyone has access to safe, decent, affordable housing. We organize tenants to stand up not only for their individual rights, but also for changes to our housing policies."

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Subject:   Housing Apartment dwellers Landlord and tenant

Title: Open New York : New Yorkers for more housing

URL: https://www.opennewyork.city/

Description: "Open New York is a member-driven pro-housing organization. We advocate for equitable development that expands all housing options for New Yorkers, including both affordable and market rate housing. Affordable housing means affordable housing for everyone: those earning minimum wage, working families, public servants, immigrants, young people, seniors, those who recently arrived and the longtime residents – all New Yorkers."

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Subject:   Housing

Title: RHOAR NYC : restore homeowner autonomy & rights, Restore Homeowner Autonomy & Rights

URL: https://www.rhoar.org/

Description: "In response to the passage of LL18 and the regulations set out by OSE, a group of one- and two-family homeowners have united to form a group, RHOAR. Our diverse coalition currently comprises hundreds individual homeowners. We live in all five boroughs and represent 75% of all City Council Districts. We advocate for the return of our rights and autonomy, so we have the flexibility of short-term rentals to afford and maintain our homes. RHOAR is a self-funded, self-organized grassroots group not affiliated with Airbnb or any home sharing platform."

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Subject:   Homeowners Rental housing

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