In all the uproar over the $3 billion that New York city and state plan to give away to win Amazon’s new Queens corporate center, one of the defenses put forward by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio … Continue reading
Willets Point, the warren of auto-repair shops that for generations sat on a muddy peninsula between the Mets’ ballpark and Flushing Creek, has been targeted for an overhaul ever since “the Mets’ ballpark” still meant Shea Stadium. When the Bloomberg … Continue reading
Monday’s bombshell revelation that Amazon might be ready to split its new second headquarters in two and locate one half in Long Island City, initially reported in the Wall Street Journal but later repeated by the Times, let loose a … Continue reading
When we reported last month on the approximately $4.5 billion that city taxpayers are spending on the “dynamic neighborhood” of Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s West Side, eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that our breakdown of the costs featured a tilde … Continue reading
As the massive stalagmites of Hudson Yards intrude upon the Manhattan skyline, it’s easy to focus just on the impact on the streetscape of the onetime no-man’s land between Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen: Out with the diners and gas stations, … Continue reading
When the state of Rhode Island offered up $38 million in June to the owners of the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox toward a new stadium, it seemed likely to be the first step on the road to a replacement for … Continue reading
In recent years, the Bronx neighborhood of Highbridge — perched on a steep ridge between the Harlem River on one side, and the valley that holds the 4 train and Yankee Stadium on the other — has become pockmarked with … Continue reading
When the Brownsville Community Justice Center won a small city grant to erect an informational kiosk beneath the elevated 3 train tracks last fall, it seemed like a fun project for the group’s youth photography club. No one expected it … Continue reading
When New York state’s 421-a tax break program came crashing down early last year amid a standoff between developers and construction unions over wages, there were mixed feelings among many housing advocates. On the one hand, 421-a had been a … Continue reading
At a Sunset Park “visioning meeting” for Mayor de Blasio’s Brooklyn-Queens Connector waterfront streetcar plan last June, one local resident responded with exasperation when asked by a city official how new transit would help his neighborhood. “You should get the … Continue reading