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Development
neighborhood report
Feb. 26, 2024
Everything’s Bigger in Long Island City Right Now The high-rise population is booming and rents are climbing as Manhattan expats learn to love the 7.
The Village Voice vs. Robert Moses The paper was editor Mary Perot Nichols’s weapon in the battle to save Washington Square Park.
By Tricia Romano
street view
Sept. 13, 2023
Need Housing? Need a Rail Line? Stack Them Up. Studio V’s proposal for a Borough Park rail cut.
By Justin Davidson
Point Goes to Disney in the Ron DeSantis Land Battle The company has invoked the British monarchy to retain power over a special tax district.
By Alissa Walker
the real estate
Feb. 3, 2023
By Adriane Quinlan
The Glamping Wars of Woodstock Local officials are trying to keep the peace as residents go all out against a proposed 77-acre “outdoor resort.”
By Clio Chang
Jon Snow May Come Back for the Throne If I fall, don’t bring me back (for a spin-off).
By Alejandra Gularte
Two Upscale Developments Offer Two Divergent Futures for the South Bronx Brookfield’s Bankside looks to Manhattan; the all-affordable Peninsula aims to raise the standard for locals.
By Justin Davidson
Why Throgs Neck Homeowners Are Up in Arms About Two 8-Story Buildings It’s not just the height, or the number of units — it’s who might end up living there too.
By Valeria Ricciulli
Bill Lawrence’s Ted Lasso Follow-up Is a Show About Vince Vaughn in Florida Bad Monkey is based on Carl Hiaasen’s 2013 novel, and you better believe there’s an actual monkey in it.
By Rebecca Alter
How a Denser Los Angeles Can Still Look Like Los Angeles Where the neighbors don’t want towers, a city competition provides some alternatives.
By Justin Davidson
What Could Governors Island Be? An aquatic botanical garden, a film-set landscape, and more: Four fanciful transformation plans, commissioned by Curbed.
By Justin Davidson
developments
Apr. 20, 2021
By Alissa Walker
preservation
Jan. 26, 2021
L.A. Doesn’t Need to Save Every Unremarkable Little Building When NIMBYs sneakily invoke nostalgia for something that’s neither old nor architecturally significant, it’s time to say no.
By Alissa Walker
rendering judgment
Jan. 22, 2021
By Christopher Bonanos
infrastructure
Jan. 20, 2021
By Alissa Walker
street view
Nov. 25, 2020
By Justin Davidson
Superhuman City: A Walk Through Hudson Yards Hudson Yards, a mega-neighborhood built from scratch, comes into view.
By Justin Davidson
dark sabrina
Sept. 20, 2017
By Jackson McHenry
street harassment
May 4, 2016
By Charley Lanyon
the miracle of life
Nov. 19, 2015
By Elaine Godfrey
‘I’m Special’: Jim Parsons Adapting ‘Thought Catalog’ Writer’s Book as a […] Jim Parsons, of Big Bang Theory fame, and his gay lover, Todd Spiewak, have optioned a book to make a half-hour comedy series, according to […]
By Choire Sicha
urban planning
May 1, 2015
Which New York Is Yours? Talking to Jeremiah Moss of Vanishing New York and Nikolai Fedak of New York YIMBY, 50 years after the Landmark Law.
By Justin Davidson
Better Visit 5Pointz While You Still Can A court order won’t save the graffiti haven.
By Adam Martin
madison square garden
July 24, 2013
By Adam Martin
Hannibal Buress Cast in 2013’s Zillionth Cop Comedy
It seems like for every two days these past few months, a TV network has announced a new comedy about cops. Today is no exception, as ABC […]
By Bradford Evans
Martha Stewart and Chelsea Handler Sell Comedy Pilots The networks are still buying up new shows like crazy in hopes of finding new hits for their fall 2013 schedules. Deadline reports Martha […]
By Bradford Evans
good things
Oct. 28, 2012
By Andre Tartar
Craig Robinson and Greg Daniels Escaping ‘The Office’ Together for a New […]
Actor Craig Robinson and showrunner Greg Daniels are the latest personnel from The Office to book a new TV show for next season as a […]
By Bradford Evans
New Pilot Roundup: Paranormal Cops, Hollywood Assistants, and a Comedy […] TV’s fall development season is still going strong, with all of the major networks still buying up new pilots that might end up picking up to […]
By Bradford Evans
Italian Market
July 11, 2012
Plans Afoot to Bring New Restaurants, Retail and Life to the Italian Market The plans call for building restaurants, retail and a ton of underground parking.
By Collin Keefe
development
Apr. 11, 2012
AMC Is Developing Another Robert Kirkman Show The Walking Dead has worked out pretty well for the network.
By Margaret Lyons
What’s Wrong with Comedy Central? I have been writing about comedy for about seven years now — hi, 2005! — and, whenever I interview a comedian, almost without fail […]
By Richard Morgan
Somehow, Fox Wants to Turn Texts From Last Night Into a Sitcom Sigh: the website Texts From Last Night, which gathers up funny text messages, is being turned into a TV show for Fox. Big Bang Theory writer […]
By Adam Frucci
neighborhood news
July 10, 2010
Developers Bail on Gowanus Canal The canal has been stigmatized, perhaps, since getting a “Superfund” label.
By Mike Vilensky
NYU Looking to Expand at Ground Zero University looking to “revitalize and diversify” the area.
By Josh Duboff
NYU Planning Extensive Expansion Over Next Twenty Years Proposal outlines a 40 percent increase in physical campus.
By Josh Duboff
unpleasant surprises
Mar. 4, 2010
By Josh Duboff
atlantic yards
Mar. 1, 2010
Atlantic Yards Project Gets Green Light From Judge Brooklyn residents will be evicted over the next few months.
By Josh Duboff
Cedar Tavern Site Is Still Cursed Foreclosure could be in the building’s future.
By Daniel Maurer
neighborhood news
Nov. 11, 2009
City Finally Buys Seven Key Acres on Coney Island Boardwalk For $95.6 million, the city can finally start building the amusement park of their dreams.
By Chris Rovzar
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