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    Commentary: City Club of New York Opposes LPC Approval of New South Street Seaport Tower

    Certificates of Appropriateness  •  South Street Seaport Historic District

    Rendering of the proposed new building at 250 Water Street, which will replace a parking lot. Landmarks approved the certificate of appropriateness for the project on May 4th. Image Credit: NYC LPC

    On Tuesday, May 4, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved by a 6-2 vote an application for a new residential tower at 250 Water Street in the South Street Seaport Historic District. This was the third time the Howard Hughes Corporation had presented the project, and this time, after the architects at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill made a few tweaks to the design, the LPC determined that the building was appropriate. (read more…)

    Tags : certificate of appropriateness, Commentary, guest commentary, Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Date:05/13/2021
    Category : Commentary
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    COMMENTARY: The BQE’s Cantilevered Bridge Demands Urgent Action

    Repair and Reconstruction  •  Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

    On June 1, 1988, while I was commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation the underside of the elevated FDR Drive fell to the roadway below and killed a Brooklyn dentist who was driving into Manhattan to pick up his wife. The next day on Friday, June 2, 1989, the New York Times reported his death: (read more…)

    Tags : Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Commentary, Ross Sandler
    Date:04/02/2021
    Category : Commentary
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    Comment on Peyton v. NYC BSA

    Court Decisions  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan

    Part of Park West Village. Image Credit: Google Maps

    On December 17, 2020, by a 4-3 decision and over a strong dissent, the Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the Appellate Division in Peyton v. NYC Board of Standards and Appeals, 2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 07662.  The decision is an unseemly show of deference to the Board of Standards and Appeals, a body that is widely viewed as captive to the real estate industry, on a pure question of law as to which no deference is owed.  The City Council should follow the lead of the U.S. Congress, which, in the Dodd-Frank Act, legislated a less deferential standard of review for certain actions of an agency widely deemed captive to the industry it is supposed to regulate. (read more…)

    Tags : Board of Standards and Appeals, Court Decisions, guest commentary
    Date:01/11/2021
    Category : Commentary
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    COMMENTARY: Learning from Bryant Park, a book by Andrew Manshel

    Ross Sandler

    Ross Sandler, Center for New York City Law Director

    A new book recalls the glory of Bryant Park before the Covid-19 shutdown: the movable chairs, the green grass, magazine racks and ping pong tables, shady paths and, most of all, the large numbers of people enjoying Bryant Park. (read more…)

    Tags : books, Bryant Park, CityLaw, CityLaw Commentary, Commentary, Urban Space
    Date:12/07/2020
    Category : Commentary
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    GUEST COMMENTARY: Response to Jeffrey Kroessler’s Op-Ed

    Brendan J. Sexton

    The Roosevelt Memorial Sculpture outside the American Museum of Natural History. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/MacLachlan

    Jeffrey Kroessler’s view on the Teddy Roosevelt statue at the entrance to the Natural History Museum is clear and provocative, even if I have no certain answer to the questions it raises. (read more…)

    Tags : American Museum of Natural History, Brendan Sexton, guest commentary, statues
    Date:08/28/2020
    Category : Commentary
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