That’s the message Economic Development Corporation head Seth Pinsky had for attendees of a panel on Coney Island at the Municipal Art Society on Wednesday night.
“If you really want to do something to help Coney Island, the only viable option that’s on the table right now is Read More
The Municipal Art Society has launched its Web site devoted to Coney Island, part of the civic group's initiative to bring in new ideas for designing a reimagined amusement zone. Check it out here, and feed them suggestions.
On Friday, we wrote about how the Municipal Art Society is putting together a design forum to come up with ideas for the redevelopment of Coney Island, kicking off the initiative today.
But this weekend, a Department of City Planning spokeswoman sent over a statement from planning director Amanda Burden that effectively fired a shot Read More
In the works for years now, the city's planned redevelopment of Coney Island has never been short on input. A sampling of what we've seen in the last year: A self-proclaimed "bombshell" press conference by a dissatisfied state Senator, an environmental "scoping" hearing with a stream of freaks, musicians, a hunger striker and Read More
The society has come out strongly against the development, planned by Read More
The Municipal Art Society, which also testified at the hearing, issued the following statement Read More
That commission is responsible for designating, and thereby protecting from alteration, city landmarks and landmarked districts.
“During Read More
The occasion was the Municipal Art Society’s 2008 MASterwork Awards, which, according to the program, “honor the year’s top projects Read More
The Municipal Art Society hath spoken.
More precisely, the organization's MASterwork Awards Committee -- with hotshots like Jerry Speyer (Tishman Speyer), John Belle ( Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners), Rick Bell (AIA New York Chapter), Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP Architects), and Judith Saltzman, (Li/Saltzman Architects) -- hath spoken, selecting the best examples of Read More
Because of the long time frame that will likely be needed to build the project—developer Read More
Since 2004, there has been a 40 percent increase in the number of community-based plans drafted in New York City. But for every high profile alternative rezoning proposal like the “Unity Plan” in response to Atlantic Yards, there are dozens like the proposed eco-industrial park in the Bronx that fall under the radar of the Read More
Under the current system. community boards can submit development Read More
The tool seems to be a technique Read More
Mr. Barkwick is serving his second term as president of MAS and was the entity's first full-time executive director. After stepping down, Mr. Barwick will become president emeritus and will Read More
Noticably missing from the debate: Thor Equities developer Joseph Sitt, whose controversial plan to soon raze and reconstruct the Brooklyn beach community's amusement district includes a proposed rezoning to allow high-rise luxury Read More
