Category Archives: Urban Planning

Urban Planning

Anxiety in Scarano-Land

Posted on July 26, 2011 by archipae

Brooklyn would look very different today without Robert Scarano. The architect of hundreds of buildings, Scarano was incredibly prolific during the aughts building boom, especially in Williamsburg. He became known as a developer’s best partner, a man who could squeeze every salable square foot onto a lot. Continue reading →

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The Standard- Friends in high places

Posted on January 19, 2011 by archipae

The latest creation from André Balazs is a New York branch of his modish Standard hotels. Rising from one of the city’s most sought-after sites, in the heart of the Meatpacking District, two glass-curtain slabs literally jump the tracks of the High Line, the old freight railroad that’s been transformed into a park on stilts. The design spans—and expands on—a century of modern architecture. Continue reading →

Posted in High Line, Hotel, Meatpacking District, Midcentury Modern Revivial, Offbeat, Polshek Partnership, Public Space, Urban Planning | Leave a comment

Upper West Side- Trump Place

Posted on July 27, 2010 by archipae

The land for the development was formerly a freight rail yard owned by the New York Central Railroad. New York Central’s rail track north of 72nd Street was covered in the 1930s in a Robert Moses project called the West Side Improvement. Continue reading →

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What Went Wrong With “Atlantic Yards?”

Posted on July 15, 2010 by archipae

“There is disappointment, annoyance, and anger because there hasn’t been any way for anyone to have a voice. Who is listening to the people living around Atlantic Yards?” Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic Yards Development, Brooklyn, Urban Planning | 1 Comment

Atlantic Yards will be many things to many people.