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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: 596 Acres

URL: http://596acres.org/

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Subject:   Land use ,  City planning Vacant lands Open spaces Community development

Title: Brooklyn views : ideas about the proposed Atlantic Yards project in Prospect Heights

URL: http://brooklynviews.blogspot.com/

Description: Blog active from 2005-2007 discussing the plans for the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, New York.

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Subject:   Atlantic Yards (Project),  Land use ,  City planning

Title: Castle Coalition

URL: http://castlecoalition.org/

Description: "The Castle Coalition is the Institute for Justice's nationwide grassroots property rights activism project."

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Subject:   Eminent domain Right of property,  Land use

Title: Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn

URL: http://dddb.net/

Description: Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn is a coalition of community organizations opposed to the Atlantic Yards development project in Brooklyn, New York proposed by Forest City Ratner Companies.

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Subject:   Atlantic Yards (Project) City planning,  Land use

Title: East River 50s Alliance

URL: http://erfa.nyc/

Description: "The East River 50s Alliance (ERFA) is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) corporation founded in 2015 by East River Fifties residents, co-operatives and condominiums to reform New York City’s zoning laws to prevent out-of-scale development in the East River Fifties (the area between 52nd Street and 59th Street, east of First Avenue). "

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Subject:   Zoning,  Land use ,  City planning Real estate development

Title: Essex Crossing

URL: http://essexcrossingnyc.com/

Description: "In the heart of the Lower East Side of Manhattan lies Essex Crossing, an unprecedented development comprising 1.9 million square feet of residential, commercial, and community space. The nine sites on six acres, commonly known as the Seward Park Extension Urban Renewal Area (SPEURA), have sat mostly vacant since 1967 and represent one of the most significant urban renewal developments in the history of New York City. Phased construction is expected to begin in the late Spring/ early Summer of 2015 and to be completed by 2024."

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Subject:   Real estate development,  Land use

Title: New York YIMBY

URL: http://newyorkyimby.com/

Description: "New York YIMBY says 'Yes In My Backyard' to new development. The site covers architecture, construction, and real estate in the New York City region. With this in mind, not all development is good development; YIMBY supports projects that meet both pedestrian and aesthetic standards that will improve the city."

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Subject:   Real estate development Skyscrapers City planning,  Land use

Title: Save the View Now

URL: http://savetheviewnow.org/

Description: "This website is dedicated to preserving the iconic views from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade"

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Subject:   Historic sites--Conservation and restoration,  Land use ,  Real estate development Brooklyn Heights Promenade (New York, N.Y.)

Title: 2nd Ave. sagas, Second Ave. sagas, Second Avenue sagas

URL: http://secondavenuesagas.com/

Description: Second Ave. Sagas has been the home for news, views and commentary on the subway system, MTA and transportation in New York City since November 2006. Founded with an eye toward tracking the progress of the long awaited Second Ave. Subway, SAS has morphed into a site that focuses on all things transit underground--and some things above ground."

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Subject:   Transportation Subways Subway stations,  Land use ,  City planning

Title: Atlantic Yards Watch

URL: http://www.atlanticyardswatch.net/

Description: "Atlantic Yards Watch is a community-based initiative to protect the health and livability of neighborhoods impacted by Atlantic Yards and the Barclays Center."

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Subject:   Atlantic Yards (Project) Barclays Center (New York, N.Y.) City planning,  Land use

Title: Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector, Brooklyn Queens Connector, BQX

URL: http://www.bqx.nyc/

Description: "Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector, Inc. is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit that supports the Mayor's initiative to create connectivity and generate economic development along the East River waterfront corridor from Sunset Park to Astoria through the construction of a modern streetcar that complements and enhances existing transportation infrastructure."

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Subject:   Transportation,  Land use ,  City planning

Title: BrooklynSpeaks

URL: http://www.brooklynspeaks.net/

Description: "BrooklynSpeaks is an initiative of civic associations, community-based organizations, and advocacy groups concerned about the future of development at the Atlantic Yards site."

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Subject:   Atlantic Yards (Project) Barclays Center (New York, N.Y.) City planning,  Land use

Title: East River Skyway

URL: http://www.eastriverskyway.com/

Description: Website of proposed plan to build East River Skyway "to alleviate congestion on the L subway line, connect Brooklyn and Queens to Manhattan, and create access to the Brooklyn Navy Yards."

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Subject:   Transportation,  Land use ,  City planning

Title: Hudson Yards

URL: http://www.hudsonyardsnewyork.com/

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Subject:   Real estate development,  Land use

Title: Maker Park

URL: http://www.maker-park.org/

Description: "We envision an adaptive reuse park that captures the eclectic vibrancy of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and honors its history by breathing new life into the site's rich industrial fabric. The idea for Maker Park springs from an awareness that our waterfront heritage is being wiped away at alarming speed and the fact that parks have the potential to be more than one-dimensional green spaces. Maker Park is posed to achieve the acute community need for green open space while also serving as a dynamic, interactive and educational public space that unites a neighborhood."

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Subject:   Parks,  Land use ,  Bayside Oil Depot (New York, N.Y.) City planning

Title: Making of Manhattanville

URL: http://www.manhattanville.net/

Description: "This site is meant to function as a comprehensive archival record of the Manhattanville area -- as it existed at its earliest stages of development and urbanization in the mid- to late-nineteenth century, through its rapid industralization through the early 1900s, and its slow decline toward the second half of the century. By 2030, Manhattanville will undergo one last, presumably final reincarnation into another Columbia campus. This project is an attempt to capture the neighborhood as it appears now, teetering on the cusp of that next great change."

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Subject:   Columbia University--Buildings Columbia University--Planning Campus planning City planning,  Land use ,  Manhattanville (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Motor Parkway East

URL: http://www.motorparkwayeast.com/

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Subject:   Greenways Open spaces,  Land use

Title: Hudson Yards

URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/hyards/hymain.shtml

Description: "Hudson Yards is the future of New York City. Over the next decade the public sector will provide subway service, create parks, deck over unsightly railroad infrastructure and expand the convention facilities. These improvements are anticipated to be completed by 2012; private sector development is expected to occur over a longer period, transforming the area with highrise and midrise office and residential buildings."

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Subject:   City planning Real estate development,  Land use ,  Hudson Yards (Project)

Title: Save Manhattan Valley

URL: http://www.savemanhattanvalley.org/

Description: "Manhattan Valley is a working class neighborhood that runs from 96th to 110th Street, Broadway to Central Park West. Save Manhattan Valley (SMV) is a rapidly growing coalition of neighborhood groups, housing activists, residents of Manhattan Valley, car owners, parents of students at nearby schools and concerned individuals"

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Subject:   Housing,  Land use ,  Historic districts--Conservation and restoration

Title: Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance

URL: http://www.sbrwa.org/

Description: "The Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance is a coalition of community-based and city-wide organizations who wish to see a vibrant community in the place of the Sheridan. Through consensus building among community stakeholders, SBRWA works toward a vision of the southern Bronx River watershed that includes a healthy environment, a prolific economy and a community that reaps the benefits of the river as a rich natural and recreational resource."

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Subject:   Bronx River Watershed Transportation Parks Community development,  Land use ,  Waterfronts

Title: UNITY : Understanding, Imagining and Transforming the Yards

URL: http://www.unityplan.org/

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Subject:   Atlantic Yards (Project),  Land use ,  City planning

Title: Waterline Square

URL: http://www.waterlinesquare.com/

Description: Official site from developer GID Development Group for Waterline Square development.

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Subject:   Real estate development,  Land use

Title: Willets Point United

URL: http://www.willetspoint.org/

Description: Willets Point United is a group of "business and land owners dedicated to fighting eminent domain abuse at Willets Point in Queens, NY."

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Subject:   Land use ,  City planning

Title: Atlantic Yards report, Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Watch

URL: https://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/

Description: "This watchdog blog, written by journalist Norman Oder, offers analysis, commentary, and reportage about Forest City Ratner's planned $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards project, to build the Barclays Center basketball arena and 16 high-rise buildings at a crucial site in Brooklyn." Succeeds the author's previous blog on this topic called Times Ratner report.

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Subject:   Atlantic Yards (Project) Economic development projects City planning,  Land use ,  Basketball arenas Forest City Ratner Companies

Title: Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park

URL: https://bushwickinletpark.org/

Description: "Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park is dedicated to realizing, protecting and serving Bushwick Inlet Park."

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Subject:   Parks,  Land use

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: Our streets -- our stories

URL: https://deanstreet11217.wordpress.com/

Description: The Dean Street Block Association (DSBA), between 6th and Vanderbilt Avenues, is an association of residents, businesses and institutions dedicated to the improvement of our community in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Atlantic Yards (Project) Barclays Center (New York, N.Y.) City planning,  Land use ,  Prospect Heights (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Pennsylvania Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project

URL: https://esd.ny.gov/penn-station-area/

Description: "Governor Hochul has unveiled her vision for a new commuter-first world-class Penn Station and revitalized surrounding neighborhood that reflects the community's needs and focuses on public transit and public realm improvements. The plan prioritizes the reconstruction of the existing station while the station expansion and the Gateway Project initiatives, both of which the Governor strongly supports, continue on their federally-established timelines. Governor Hochul's new plan thus allows the expedited reconstruction of the existing Penn Station, 60% of whose users are subway and LIRR riders."

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Subject:   Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.),  Land use ,  Transportation Urban development Moynihan Station (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Metro Area Governors Island Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.)

URL: https://govislandcoalition.org/

Description: "Metro Area Governors Island Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.) was co-founded in November 2020 by long time Governors Island devotees and lower Manhattan residents Roger Manning and Allie Ryan...Our mission: To promote increased public awareness of and involvement in the currently less-than-transparent process of determining the future of Governors Island [and] To oppose the rezoning currently proposed by The Trust for Governors Island (filed Autumn 2020)".

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Subject:   Parks Open spaces Zoning,  Land use ,  Governors Island National Monument (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Grand Penn Community Alliance

URL: https://grandpenn.org/

Description: "The Grand Penn Community Alliance’s mission is to advocate for a major (complete) renovation of Penn Station to return it to its grand and glorious prominence serving as a world-class, sustainable public space and transportation destination that will transform the neighborhood and serve the needs of commuters, community, businesses, and visitors in an uplifting and gratifying building that relates to the design and architecture of the original Penn Station and the existing Grand Central Terminal."

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Subject:   Public spaces Transportation Railroads,  Land use ,  Parks Urban development

Title: Living Lots NYC

URL: https://livinglotsnyc.org/

Description: "Living Lots NYC was built by the 596 Acres Team. It is based on best practices identified through a pilot project they built and used from August 21, 2011 to March 1, 2015. In that time, a combination of accessible information and committed facilitation led to the official transformation of 32 NYC vacant lots into community spaces. Living Lots NYC is a clearinghouse of information that New Yorkers can use to find, unlock and protect our shared resources. 596 Acres started with vacant lots and remains committed to helping fill these holes. "

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Subject:   Public lands Vacant lands,  Land use

Title: Stop Sunnyside Yards

URL: https://stopsunnysideyards.com/

Description: "We are a grassroots, non-partisan neighborhood group in Western Queens that's fighting for a better quality of life, against displacement, for the protection of small businesses, and for better infrastructure in our communities ... We oppose Sunnyside Yards, not because we are against all development, but because the policies being pushed by the Mayor, city council, and the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) would greatly harm Western Queens and, indeed, the entire city."

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Subject:   Sunnyside Yard (Project) Sunnyside Yard (New York, N.Y. : Railroad yard) Real estate development City planning,  Land use

Title: The Halo, Halo NY

URL: https://thehalony.com/

Description: Website proposing development of the Halo, "a vertical, urban amusement ride, where visitors can rise and fall 1200 feet vertically at speeds tuned to their desired thrill level" to be built atop Penn Station or the Farley building.

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Subject:   Amusement rides Real estate development City planning,  Land use

Title: QueensLink

URL: https://thequeenslink.org/

Description: "The QueensLink looks to provide a new north-south transit link in Queens while also using available land for new park space. The QueensLink proposes rerouting the M train south after 63rd Dr-Rego Park station along a new 3.5-mile extension south along the border of Rego Park and Forest Hills, the through Forest Park, Woodhaven, and Ozone Park before connecting to the existing A train to Rockaway Park."

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Subject:   Railroads Transportation,  Land use ,  Parks

Title: BQX, Brooklyn Queens Connector

URL: https://www.brooklynqueensconnector.nyc/

Description: "The Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) is a City investment to better connect New Yorkers who have limited transit options to where they need to go. The BQX is a proposed streetcar that will connect a dozen neighborhoods along an 11-mile corridor from Red Hook to Astoria. "

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Subject:   Land use ,  Transportation City planning

Title: CityLand : New York City land use news and legal research

URL: https://www.citylandnyc.org/

Description: "CityLand provides in-depth coverage of land use applications undergoing public review in New York City. We focus on the major players, including the City Council, City Planning Commission, Board of Standards & Appeals, and Landmarks Preservation Commission, and report on related legal challenges. Our articles highlight the most newsworthy actions, and include relevant public testimony, comments from elected officials and commissioners, and other crucial information not readily available elsewhere."

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Subject:   City planning,  Land use

Title: Rebuild the original Penn Station, Rebuild Penn Station

URL: https://www.rebuildpennstation.org/

Description: Mission: "To dramatically enhance the quality of life in the New York City metropolitan area by rebuilding the original Pennsylvania Station as the centerpiece of a new world-class transportation network for the entire region."

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Subject:   Land use ,  City planning Transportation Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)

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