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Well done, well said. [pdf-embedder url=”http://tribecatrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-03-25-Chair-Weisbrod-re-DEIS-Zoning-for-Quality-and-Affordability.pdf”]
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26 Mar '15
The Mayor and City Planning have been trying to rush through ill-considered zoning changes that are dressed up in a pretty package covered with affordable housing ribbons and sparkly bows about housing for senior citizens. But open up the pretty package and you see an effort to get rid of hard-won contextual zoning districts. Contextual […]
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Proposed zoning changes need your attention: Andrew Berman of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation sent out an alert on an important zoning proposal that affects everyone in Tribeca – and anyone who cares about a human-scaled New York. The alert asks you to write your elected officials and tell them 3 things: no to developers […]
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Here is proof, brought to my attention by a biographer of Jane Jacobs, Professor Peter Laurence. The picture below is of her riding her bike on what appears to be Washington Street, just north of Canal Street. She is riding in the direction of what is now Tribeca. Note that the entire area there is […]
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A Call to the Arts Community of Tribeca The sculptor Alain Kirili (whose work can be seen throughout the Tuileries in Paris) and the artist Ariane Lopez-Huici approached Tribeca Trust about the need to rally Tribecans behind better protections for our neighborhood. They hosted a dinner and invited many artists, many of whom were pioneers […]
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Here is a portrait of Tribeca from the Census Bureau. Fun facts to be gleaned from the table below: 1. Tribeca is already as dense or even denser than it needs to be. In fact, it may be optimally dense. Tribeca South is denser than Paris (which many, including myself, consider an optimal density). Chinatown […]
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Recap of what happened (see pictures further down) Last year a developer sought to put a glass building on the two tiny triangle lots at 100 Franklin, right in Tribeca East Historic District. The neighborhood really came out in force against it. There was a petition with 1500 signatures and massive turnouts at the various […]
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02 Feb '15
How is the Integrity of Historic Districts Maintained? Historic Districts are cultural assets. Their integrity is a real problem. “Architectural integrity is defined as “those qualities in a building and its site that give it meaning and value” (Morton and Hume, cited in Murtagh, 2005). It is very clear that from both preservation law […]
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I was asked some questions about historic districts recently. So I decided to work up good answers. Here is the short of it. What is a historic district? A historic district is a neighborhood knitted together by some visual commonality and historical experience. The National Register of Historic Places defines it as “a geographically definable […]
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We really need zoning reform. The problem is simple: Big Real Estate has been allowed to run amok in NYC for too long. They toss up over-scaled high-rises right next to fine old neighborhoods. They attack the concept of zoning and the actual existence of historic districts. They tear down buildings that should be landmarks. […]
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