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Landmarks Preservation Commission in thrall to Big Real Estate, panel says
No. 12 Fifth Ave. is braced as the future of the adjacent 10 Fifth Ave. (not pictured) remains unclear. In February, foundation drilling for a new building at 14-16 Fifth Ave. cracked and destabilized 10 Fifth Ave. The L.P.C. allowed a landmarked building at the site in the Greenwich Village Historic District to be demolished for the project. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Landmarks Preservation Commission in thrall to Big Real Estate, panel says

November 14, 2023

BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | “Time To Reform Our Landmarks Preservation Commission?” That was the question before an Oct. 18 panel at Grace Church High School…

What kind of planning do we want? Not another Robert Moses!
The writer warns that a proposed law for long-range planning would steer development to already overbuilt neighborhoods in the city's historic core — areas already aggressively coveted by Big Real Estate seeking maximum profits. The law would also be fundamentally antidemocratic, in her view.

What kind of planning do we want? Not another Robert Moses!

February 20, 2021

BY LYNN ELLSWORTH | In 1961, Jane Jacobs, author of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities,” called city planning “a pseudo-science” that had…

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