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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…

A Soho artist’s plaint: Up against the city’s upzoning and a greedy co-op board
The writer, Harry Pincus, chose this illustration of his about high-rise development, "Empire State," to run with this column. Pincus sees the city's push to upzone Soho as part of a trend that has been going on for years, as wealthy nonartists — who are not even legally supposed to be living in the district — seek to force out longtime certified artists. (Courtesy the artist)

A Soho artist’s plaint: Up against the city’s upzoning and a greedy co-op board

October 18, 2020

BY HARRY PINCUS | As a certified artist, who bought a space in an old harpsichord factory in 1975, I am concerned about the recent…

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