Thursday, June 26, 2008

East Coast Neighbor has similar issues of urban pressure.

Article from the NY Sun on preserving Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.
http://www.nysun.com/arts/preserving-stuyvesant-town/76845/

Article on the "UP-scaling" of the property, and intentions....
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E2DA173FF93BA15752C0A9679C8B63

Article on the NYU influx into the rental community. (Similar to SFSU Masterplan and Columbia University impact on neighborhoods...) [Note: you cannot discriminate against students, but there are rules about impacts on neighborhoods, and the de-facto use of neighboring property as dormitories. The impacts on Universities on local rental and housing stock must be reviewed by city agencies. The SFSU MOU did not include HOUSING as a mitigation measure to be reviewed and looked at...]
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_27/stuyvesanttown.html

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