Comments on: A Better Way To Do Development http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/05/15/a-better-way-to-do-development/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:07:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Norman Oder http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/05/15/a-better-way-to-do-development/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Norman Oder Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:52:14 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/05/15/a-better-way-to-do-development/#comment-473 Ditto on that Aaron. See Paul Moses's observations: Nowhere in the country do so many people get so little local coverage. http://csb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ Ditto on that Aaron. See Paul Moses's observations: Nowhere in the country do so many people get so little local coverage.
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]]> By: aaron http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/05/15/a-better-way-to-do-development/comment-page-1/#comment-460 aaron Wed, 17 May 2006 02:19:00 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/05/15/a-better-way-to-do-development/#comment-460 I'll say, Mitch. Brooklyn, New York might be one of the most under-represented precincts in the entire United States. The borough has a population of 2.5 million. I think Brooklyn would be something like the 4th largest city in the USA were we on our own. Yet, these 2.5 million don't have their own mayor or City Hall. We don't even have our own daily newspaper or television news channel. I'll say, Mitch. Brooklyn, New York might be one of the most under-represented precincts in the entire United States. The borough has a population of 2.5 million. I think Brooklyn would be something like the 4th largest city in the USA were we on our own. Yet, these 2.5 million don't have their own mayor or City Hall. We don't even have our own daily newspaper or television news channel.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/05/15/a-better-way-to-do-development/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Mitch Wed, 17 May 2006 00:06:00 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/05/15/a-better-way-to-do-development/#comment-459 I'm proud to say that in Madison, Wisconsin, where I live, it's almost impossible to push through a development project in most parts of the city without the neighborhood's participation. Some developers complain bitterly that they have to defer to the opinions of people who do not know as much as they do about architecture and real estate. But in most cases, in my opinion, the design we see at the end of the process is better than the original proposal. It's probably easier to assert the community's power in a smallish city like Madison than in New York, but community involvement is worth fighting for. I'm proud to say that in Madison, Wisconsin, where I live, it's almost impossible to push through a development project in most parts of the city without the neighborhood's participation.

Some developers complain bitterly that they have to defer to the opinions of people who do not know as much as they do about architecture and real estate. But in most cases, in my opinion, the design we see at the end of the process is better than the original proposal.

It's probably easier to assert the community's power in a smallish city like Madison than in New York, but community involvement is worth fighting for.

]]> By: c.s.p. http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/05/15/a-better-way-to-do-development/comment-page-1/#comment-458 c.s.p. Tue, 16 May 2006 13:56:00 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/05/15/a-better-way-to-do-development/#comment-458 People realize that particapatory, clean, development raises their property values. Developers, if they are financed well enough, can reap larger financial rewards if the blend into the community. People want to get along with their neighbors. It makes me think of some hilarious high-rises going up next to public housing projects in NYC nowadays. Do you think they spoke to the people in the jex? Hardly. People realize that particapatory, clean, development raises their property values. Developers, if they are financed well enough, can reap larger financial rewards if the blend into the community.

People want to get along with their neighbors. It makes me think of some hilarious high-rises going up next to public housing projects in NYC nowadays. Do you think they spoke to the people in the jex? Hardly.

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