Fifty percent more than are in Los Angeles, in fact. The Center for an Urban Future has a new report out that shows New York as the nation’s busiest hub for what the report calls “design industries.” That includes architects as well as fashion and interior designers.
Here’s some stats, followed by, of course, some concerns regarding where all these designers are going to live and work, and show their wares. Read More
Brooklyn! At least more and more… Plus: Manhattan’s share drops and financial services is doomed. Read More
When the Center for an Urban Future, an urban policy think tank, released a report last week documenting in great detail the continued misfortunes of the middle class in New York City, many people responded with little more than a faint raising of the eyebrows and a disaffected shrug of the shoulders, as if to Read More
New York City’s middle class, long an endangered species, may be facing extinction if certain key economic factors don’t soon change, this according to a comprehensive · Manufacturing jobs have disappeared all over the country, but New York City and its metropolitan area have done worse in retaining this sector than almost anywhere Read More
From 1975 to 2005, New York City shrank as a regional job hub relative to 12 surrounding counties in Long Island, southern New York and northern New Jersey, according to a "New York by the Numbers" report (PDF) released today by local public policy group the Center for an Urban Future.
Back in 1975, Read More
“The Brooklyn Brewery was a confirmation of the American Dream,” co-founder Steve Hindy wrote in a commentary released today by the Center for an Urban Future called "Trouble Brewing."
“But after a frustrating, futile four-year search for a new Brewery site to expand operations in the city, I am now asking myself Read More
You could talk to any business in the city and hear a familiar lament about high overhead stemming from commercial rents, but for small-scale "food entrepeneurs" who don’t have enough revenue to justify a full-time licensed facility–let alone one equipped with ovens, mixers, and expensive cooking equipment–the problem has an accessible solution, according to a Read More
New York City may be the star of the Grand Theft Auto IV, but from a business standpoint, New York isn’t investing enough in the gaming industry, according to a study released today by the Center for an Urban Future, a Manhattan think tank.
In fact, New York City, whose gaming industry employs Read More
I got an email this morning from the Center for an Urban Future. They will host a forum on March 5 entitled, "Harnessing Brooklyn’s Creative Capital: The Impact of Self-Employed Creative Professionals on the Borough’s Economy." So, come one, come all, ye playwrights and graphic designers, ye aspiring novelists and copywriters. Admission’s free, but space Read More
The Federal Building.
The Center for an Urban Future, a New York City-based “think tank dedicated to independent, fact-based research about critical issues facing New York’s future,” released a study yesterday urging the city to redevelop two buildings in Sunset Park, smack-dab in the newly minted southwest Brooklyn industrial business zone.
The I.B.Z., you’ll Read More
