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• Master
Plan (2003)
• Economic Perspective
• Framework (2001)
Far West Midtown
A Framework for Development (December 2001)
- Executive Summary
In December 2001, the Department of City
Planning released a framework for the redevelopment
of the Far West Side. The redevelopment of Far
West Midtown offers an extraordinary
opportunity
to
meet
the City's
need for an expanded central business district.
Together with the reconstruction of Lower Manhattan,
the redevelopment of Far West Midtown would provide
the expansion space the City's prime office
users
will need as the City's economy rebounds, spreading
economic benefits throughout the City and region.
With proper planning and investment, Far West
Midtown would be a transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly
urban central business district, with office,
hotel, entertainment, exhibition, and retail
space
that would be accessible to, and integrated with
Midtown, while strengthening the City's tax
base
and providing new housing and public parks in
an environmentally beneficial manner. Moreover,
the value that would be created by the redevelopment
of Far West Midtown, and the tax revenues it
would
generate, would permit the financing of the needed
public investment without impinging on public
funds needed elsewhere in the City.
This Framework establishes a plan for
the revitalization, over the next two decades,
of this critical but long-neglected area of Manhattan,
through areawide infrastructure investments and
zoning changes that reflect the growth potential
of the area, and through innovative strategies
for financing and implementation. An extension
of the Number 7 Subway line to Far West Midtown,
the first subway construction since the 1930's
intended specifically to open new areas to development,
is the key to ensuring that the area's infrastructure
supports the projected new development.
Related
Links:
Press
Release - December 12, 2001
Reports in PDF Format:
 Far
West Midtown: A Framework for Development - Full
Report (4.9 megabytes)
- or -
Part
One (Executive Summary, Existing Conditions, Opportunities
and Issues (2.2 megabytes)
Part
Two (Development Framework, Implementation Strategy
(2.8 megabytes)
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