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land use

Queens Triple Play: Willets West, Major League Soccer, and the National Tennis Center

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Elena Conte
Keywords: 
land use
Queens
sustainable community planning

Three separate proposals impacting Flushing Meadows Corona Park are being advanced independently – but they would cumulatively transform Queens’ flagship park, and the densely-populated neighborhoods of Corona, Flushing, and Elmhurst that surround it. This Issue Brief report...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Friday, September 21, 2012
Document: 
fmcp_9-21-12_-_queens_triple_play_final_2.pdf

New York City's Housing Crisis: Private Development and Public Need

Keywords: 
affordable housing
land use
citywide

In commemoration of Pratt Center’s 50th anniversary, we’re proud to present our 1983 report with the Center for Metropolitan Action at Queens College, “New York City’s...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Monday, December 12, 1983
Document: 
housing_crisis_and_housing_trust_fund_1983.pdf

Urban Manufacturing Alliance 2nd National Convening Summary Report

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Tanu Kumar
Adam Friedman
Keywords: 
urban manufacturing
nationwide
land use
local manufacturing

The Urban Manufacturing Alliance (UMA) 2nd National Convening, held in Oakland, California in early October, brought together more than 70 manufacturing and economic development professionals representing 40 organizations from 25 cities. This year’s convening theme, “Priming the...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Document: 
uma-2nd-national-convening_report.pdf

Global Cities, Inequality, and the Public Realm

Keywords: 
sustainable community planning
citywide
land use

“Global Cities, Inequality and the Public Realm” – a new report by Joan Byron, Pratt Center’s Director of Policy – is the culmination of Ms. Byron’s Fellowship with the German Marshall Fund of the United States. In light of the seemingly inexorable growth of...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Document: 
1375109966byron_globalcities_jul13_web_hires.pdf

Preserving Local Retail: Issues and Strategies

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Vicki Weiner
Keywords: 
citywide
land use
sustainable community planning
local retail
small businesses

Presentation for the APA Metro Chapter Zoning Committee

Research Type: 
Presentation
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Document: 
prattcenter-preserving_local_retail.pdf

Sunset Park Voices in the Rezoning Process

Keywords: 
Brooklyn
sustainable community planning
zoning
land use
affordable housing

As Sunset Park awaits the results of a zoning study being conducted by the NYC  Department of City Planning, City Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez and Brooklyn Community Board 7 co-sponsored one community education workshop and two community conversations about development issues and...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Monday, December 17, 2007
Document: 
prattcenter-sunset_park_rezoning.pdf

Platform for Responsible Redevelopment of the Gowanus Canal

Keywords: 
Brooklyn
sustainable community planning
affordable housing
land use
zoning
urban manufacturing
local manufacturing

We believe that the rezoning and development of the Gowanus Canal area provides a great opportunity for our community.

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Monday, October 15, 2007
Document: 
prattcenter-gowanus_summit-principles_for_responsible_development_0.pdf

Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA)

Intro Paragraph: 
Four decades ago, an urban renewal project near the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge on Manhattan's Lower East Side displaced thousands of low-income tenants.
Keywords: 
Manhattan
sustainable community planning
land use
Pratt Center assisted local stakeholders in conducting visioning sessions to address the development of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area in lower Manhattan.
Body: 

While the city built affordable housing on some of the cleared parcels in the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA), several large blocks went undeveloped. In 2009, parking lots occupied the undeveloped zone of SPURA along Delancey Street, even while the Lower East Side,...

Project Status: 
Archived
Location: 
Manhattan
Status: 
Completed in 2013

Gowanus Summit: Responsible Development

Intro Paragraph: 
Pratt Center helped convene the Gowanus Summit: a coalition of civic, housing and community development, manufacturing, and labor groups to establish ground rules for development around the Gowanus Canal. Our work aimed to ensure that new development meets the needs of area residents and sets high standards for local quality of life.
Keywords: 
Brooklyn
sustainable community planning
affordable housing
land use
zoning
urban manufacturing
local manufacturing
Pratt Center helped convene the Gowanus Summit, a coalition to establish ground rules for development in the Gowanus Canal area.
Body: 

The Gowanus Summit's Platform for Responsible Development of the Gowanus Canal Area, developed with the Pratt Center's support, calls for the...

Project Status: 
Archived
Location: 
Brooklyn
Status: 
Completed in 2007

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