Archives: Posts From April 2008
Elevating Culture
By Sandy Ikeda | Sun, 27 Apr 2008 | Permalink
Excerpt: Nick Paumgarten has written a fascinating sort of "all you ever wanted to know about elevators" article in the April 21st issue of The New Yorker, "Up and Then Down."
(I don't recall how I came across this piece, so a hat-tip may be necessary later if I ...
David Sucher’s Three Rules for Walkable Neighborhoods
By Sandy Ikeda | Fri, 25 Apr 2008 | Permalink
Excerpt: David Sucher thoughtfully addressed in his blog "City Comforts" back on April 17th (Sorry David, I'm a bit slow) the question I raised somewhat tongue-in-cheek in my post on "Jean Nouvel v. Community Board 5," which objected to Mr. Nouvel's proposed ...
'City Council rebuffs Willets Point plan'
By Sandy Ikeda | Tue, 22 Apr 2008 | Permalink
Excerpt: That's a headline in today's Crain's New York Business.
"This plan is unacceptable, and we wish to inform you that without significant modifications, we will strongly oppose it, leaving no chance of it moving forward," 29 council members wrote to Deputy ...
Peter Gordon, Why Congestion Pricing Failed, and The City of Water
By Sandy Ikeda | Fri, 18 Apr 2008 | Permalink
Excerpt: I'm long overdue in recommending the excellent blog of my friend and colleague at USC, Peter Gordon, "Peter Gordon's Blog," which covers mainly urban planning and real estate issues with engaging common sense.
In his April 11 post, Peter blogs an ...
Jean Nouvel v. Community Board 5
By Sandy Ikeda | Thu, 17 Apr 2008 at 10:12 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: A recent Sun article makes me wonder just what community boards think their role is when they try to block new architecture in their jurisdiction. I had blogged before about incentive and knowledge problems facing CBs, but the issue here is different ...
Willets Point Businesses Fight Back
By Sandy Ikeda | Sun, 13 Apr 2008 | Permalink
Excerpt: As a follow-up on an earlier post — "The Taking of Willets Point" – I'd like to share a Crain's New York Business article that reports: A group of businesses facing eviction by the city from their homes in Willets Point, Queens, filed a federal lawsuit ...
On Crow Eating, Madonna Dissing & Kindred-Spirit Sightings
By Sandy Ikeda | Fri, 11 Apr 2008 | Permalink
Excerpt: OK, I was wrong. In my penultimate post on Mayor Bloomberg's congestion-pricing proposal, I asserted, based on my reading of the political tea leaves, that its passage by the State Assembly should be "a done deal." Well, I wasn't close (unless you're ...
The city of perfect love and trust
By Sandy Ikeda | Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | Permalink
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Following Up on My Last Post and Responding to a Critic
By Sandy Ikeda | Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | Permalink
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Can helping artists stay put spur development?
By Sandy Ikeda | Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | Permalink
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A moratorium on eminent domain? An eminent idea!
By Sandy Ikeda | Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | Permalink
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Community Boards Face Incentive and Knowledge Problems
By Sandy Ikeda | Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | Permalink
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A Walker in the City, Just Not Where You'd Expect
By Sandy Ikeda | Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | Permalink
Excerpt: Where do commuters walk to work the most?
New York? Celebration, FL? Portland, OR? Try Tempe, AZ — part of metro Phoenix, Exhibit A in the case against so-called urban sprawl.
Here's a list of the top cities with "The highest percentage of residents ...
With Recession in the Wind, Local Mega-Projects Scale Back and Slow Down
By Sandy Ikeda | Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | Permalink
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What’s the (Public) Use of Atlantic Yards?
By Sandy Ikeda | Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | Permalink
Excerpt: Brooklyn residents near the proposed $4 billion Atlantic Yards project are petitioning the United States Supreme Court to stop the government from using eminent domain to evict them from their homes. You can read the Sun article here and a related ...
One Cheer for Congestion Pricing
By Sandy Ikeda | Fri, 4 Apr 2008 | Permalink
Excerpt: Earlier this week the New York City Council voted for congestion pricing. You can get the story here and here.
From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays you will now have to pay $8 ($9 if you don't have EZ Pass) to drive your car (or $21 if you drive a truck) ...
Rem Koolhaas: Delirious Dubai?
By Sandy Ikeda | Tue, 1 Apr 2008 | Permalink
Excerpt: "A city cannot be a work of art," Jane Jacobs once wrote. Well, the renowned architect Rem Koolhaas has designed an enormous city-district that looks like a gorgeous work of art. To call it a mega-project would be a gross understatement. How about ...
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