A mix of new development focused on future needs and new tools for preservation are included in the rezoning package for the south end of Governors Island approved by the New York City Council in May.
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How Highway Removal Can Benefit Cities
Cities across the country are reevaluating the impacts of major highway on neighborhoods and looking for ways to revitalize and reconnect communities. June 1, 2021, 7am PDT | Diana Ionescu |
Chicago s Disappearing Multi-Unit Buildings
The city is seeing a rapid loss of its signature two-, three-, and four-flat residential buildings, which historically served as affordable housing for working-class families. May 20, 2021, 7am PDT | Diana Ionescu | A report from the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University released Thursday shows Chicago has lost more than 4,800 two- to four-unit buildings since 2013, representing 11,775 rental and owner-occupied housing units, writes Hannah Alani in Block Club Chicago. But wealthy and poor neighborhoods are losing this housing stock for starkly different reasons.
Across the city, 47.5 percent of demolished two-, three-, and four-flats were replaced with a single-family home through conversion, or demolition and new construction, with the work being done mostly in North Side neighborhoods. But about one-third of the city’s flats gave way to vacant land, with that happening mostly in South and West side neighborh
While the southern end of the thoroughfare is seeing rapid redevelopment and gentrification, the northern end has yet to reap any benefits from the nearby projects.