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Manhattan
Projects, Studies and Proposals
Active Studies & Proposals:
Hudson Yards
Hudson Yards District/Clinton District Follow-Up Zoning Text Changes:
The follow-up actions include zoning text changes to amend various sections of the Zoning Resolution related to use and bulk regulations, location of subway entrances, transit floor area and procedural and administrative processes for bonus provisions for the Special Hudson Yards District and the 42nd Street Perimeter Area of the Special Clinton District.

East Village / Lower East Side
East Village / Lower East Side:
A proposal to rezone approximately 114 blocks in the East Village and Lower East Side neighborhoods in Manhattan. The objectives of the proposal are to preserve the established neighborhood scale and character with contextual zoning districts and to provide opportunities for housing development and incentives for affordable housing along selected corridors.

Sherman Creek
Sherman Creek Study:
An interagency team is studying ways to create more opportunities for housing and commercial development, to allow mixed uses in the waterfront area and to provide access to the waterfront. The primary study area is between Dyckman Street, Broadway, West 207th Street and the Harlem River.

East River Waterfront Study - Proposed Plaza at the historic Battery Maritime Building
East River Waterfront Study:
This planning and urban design study proposes short-term improvements and long-term strategies to reconnect Lower Manhattan's diverse communities to a two-mile stretch of East River waterfront. The study area extends from the Battery to the southern edge of East River Park and forms a link between the financial district, the civic center, Chinatown and the Lower East Side.

 
Projects:
City Planning's recommendations for the redevelopment of the WTC site
City Planning's recommendations for the redevelopment of the WTC site:
City Planning Commission response to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation’s Amended General Project Plan for the World Trade Center site on March 8, 2004.
Manhattan Waterfront Greenway
Manhattan Waterfront Greenway:
Information on the past, present and future of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, a 32-mile route that circumnavigates the island of Manhattan.
MXB Virtual Tour
Virtual Tour of Malcolm X Boulevard:
Visit architectural, historical and cultural landmarks along and around this major street in the heart of Harlem.
Privately Owned Public Space
Privately Owned Public Space:
Information about the public spaces created as a result of the city’s incentive zoning program.
 
Recently Adopted Rezonings*:
125th Street
125th Street Adopted: 4/30/08:
In response to recent and anticipated development activity in Harlem, DCP has initiated the 125th Street/River to River Study to generate a development framework for the entire 125th Street corridor between the Harlem and Hudson Rivers.

* Most recently approved proposals are described as originally proposed by the Department of City Planning. Any modifications of the proposals by the City Planning Commission or the City Council are summarized under Public Review, where viewers may link to the CPC report and, in some instances, to the final enacted zoning text.

 
Earlier Rezonings**:


** The Earlier Rezonings are no longer being updated. They are presented for reference purposes.

 

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