Comments on: Planetizen Interview With Amanda Burden http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/11/planetizen-interview-with-amanda-burden/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Nicolo Macchiavelli http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/11/planetizen-interview-with-amanda-burden/comment-page-1/#comment-5901 Nicolo Macchiavelli Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:51:01 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/11/planetizen-interview-with-amanda-burden/#comment-5901 She shares with Bloomberg an ultra-rich pedigree. Give me back the corrupt urban bosses driven by the need to grab the votes of local neighborhood machers. Atlantic Center could have been stopped by George Washington Plunkett. Moses to Doctoroff, wealthy reformers, have not given the neighborhoods more power. Quite the opposite. She shares with Bloomberg an ultra-rich pedigree. Give me back the corrupt urban bosses driven by the need to grab the votes of local neighborhood machers. Atlantic Center could have been stopped by George Washington Plunkett. Moses to Doctoroff, wealthy reformers, have not given the neighborhoods more power. Quite the opposite.

]]> By: Boogiedown http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/11/planetizen-interview-with-amanda-burden/comment-page-1/#comment-5823 Boogiedown Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:51:53 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/11/planetizen-interview-with-amanda-burden/#comment-5823 "Where in the world has Amanda Burden been during the discussion of the "Atlantic Yards" development in Brooklyn?" Apparently, chumming it up with Ratner! I attended the Jane Jacobs vs Robert Moses panel discussion this evening at the Graduate Center, and you should have seen her performance. Let's just say: she likey! "Where in the world has Amanda Burden been during the discussion of the "Atlantic Yards" development in Brooklyn?"

Apparently, chumming it up with Ratner! I attended the Jane Jacobs vs Robert Moses panel discussion this evening at the Graduate Center, and you should have seen her performance. Let's just say: she likey!

]]> By: someguy http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/11/planetizen-interview-with-amanda-burden/comment-page-1/#comment-5792 someguy Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:03:08 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/11/planetizen-interview-with-amanda-burden/#comment-5792 Unfortunately I have to agree with Boogiedown and Matthew on both of their points. Either way, the DCP and Planning Commission have been overshadowed since the beginning of Bloomberg's term by the top-secret, top-down, corporate development-driven approach to planning of this administration. They may see themselves as populists but it's easy to be wildly disconnected in your perception of yourself when you're a wealthy individual at the top of the city's pyramid of power. Unfortunately I have to agree with Boogiedown and Matthew on both of their points.

Either way, the DCP and Planning Commission have been overshadowed since the beginning of Bloomberg's term by the top-secret, top-down, corporate development-driven approach to planning of this administration. They may see themselves as populists but it's easy to be wildly disconnected in your perception of yourself when you're a wealthy individual at the top of the city's pyramid of power.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/11/planetizen-interview-with-amanda-burden/comment-page-1/#comment-5782 Matthew Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:35:57 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/11/planetizen-interview-with-amanda-burden/#comment-5782 While it sounds real peachy to say that "There is no such thing as successful planning or a good plan without real, ongoing community involvement," what part of NYC planning happens with real community input?? The only chance the community has to weigh in on plans is at the (D)EIS level, and by then it's only a reactive "up or down" option. 197 a Plans?? Forget about it, only advisory. Even the connection to the street that Holly Whyte would have advocated for only seems to matter if it raises the value of the property. Similar to Bloomberg, she says great populist things in public, then operates in the dark where the public cannot tread. While it sounds real peachy to say that "There is no such thing as successful planning or a good plan without real, ongoing community involvement," what part of NYC planning happens with real community input?? The only chance the community has to weigh in on plans is at the (D)EIS level, and by then it's only a reactive "up or down" option.

197 a Plans?? Forget about it, only advisory. Even the connection to the street that Holly Whyte would have advocated for only seems to matter if it raises the value of the property. Similar to Bloomberg, she says great populist things in public, then operates in the dark where the public cannot tread.

]]> By: Boogiedown http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/11/planetizen-interview-with-amanda-burden/comment-page-1/#comment-5781 Boogiedown Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:16:36 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/11/planetizen-interview-with-amanda-burden/#comment-5781 "How could it be that such an important voice has been so utterly silent during such a significant development process?" Don't be fooled by the dollar salary: hers is a POLITICAL voice. "How could it be that such an important voice has been so utterly silent during such a significant development process?"

Don't be fooled by the dollar salary: hers is a POLITICAL voice.

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