Regional Plan Association
The Waterfront
Kathleen McGowan |
When Bob Moses built the Gowanus Expressway in 1941, he split up South Brooklyn, condemned a major commercial strip–and created a safe haven for industry in Sunset Park.
David Dinkins
Lone Ranger No More
Michael Hirsch |
For decades the Regional Plan Association padded the corridors of power and flexed muscle for its sweeping visions of regional development. But now the group must court communities if it wants to see its latest plan take wing.
Regional Plan Association
No-Go Gowanus
Michael Hirsch |
A new truck-and-car tunnel v. repairs to the Gowanus Expressway.
Regional Plan Association
Isle Fly Away
Gian-Claudia Sciara |
Planners who want to build a park on Governor’s Island, New York Harbor’s grassy knoll, are fighting to keep the bucolic bastion out of the commercial mainstream.
City Hall
IT TAKES A VILLAGE, IDIOT
Mary Barr |
An urban reformer has a downsizing dream to give power back to the neighborhoods.
