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Digging for Pay Dirt: Former Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe Spreads New York’s Grassy Gospel

Adrian Benepe donned swim trunks for the opening of McCarren Park pool (after the ribbon cutting, he jumped in and
By Kim Velsey

El Barrio’s Secret Gardens: East Harlem Has Some Unexpected Parks, But It Still Needs Better Ones

Standing at the corner of 125th Street and 2nd Avenue, no one would ever guess that this was the gateway
By Matt Chaban

Is It O.K. for the 9/11 Memorial to Become a Glorified Playground?

People are enjoying themselves at the 9/11 Memorial and the Post (as always) is mortified.
By Matt Chaban
NYU had planned to expand its campus by nearly 2.5 million square feet on two superblocks south of Washington Square Park (pictured). After months of negotiations, it has not agreed to a 1.9 million square foot expansion, a 22 percent reduction in space. Almost half the campus is located underground, so the sections above have been cut 26 percent over time.

Renderings and Reactions to NYU’s Greenwich Village Expansion: What It Looks Like, What It Means

By Matt Chaban
Kings Cross Central, one of London's newest "private estates."

New York Is Not the Only Place Struggling With Privately Owned Public Space

By Matt Chaban

Vacancies at Brooklyn Bridge Park: Hotel Requirement Sinks Developers

By Matt Chaban

N.Y.U.’s Fuzzy Math: Just How Much Open Space Is There In the Rezoning?

By Matt Chaban
Think of the children! (Save Ruppert Park)

Time Out! Speaker Quinn Wants a Closer Look at Related’s Ruppert Playground Plan

By Matt Chaban
This'll do. (City Review)

We Need More Zoning

By Matt Chaban

One-Fourth of the Concrete Jungle Is Covered by Backyards

By Matt Chaban

Payment Dispute May Doom Jelly NYC Concert Series on Williamsburg Waterfront

By The Real Estate Desk
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