unTRUE Stories

unTRUE Stories

In the mid-1980s, preservation policy in the US and New York City was still nascent.  In comparison to today, New York was a lawless playground for building owners and developers.  The thriving real estate market prompted growth and made demolition...
Breaking News

Breaking News

The news picked up on our original reports from April.  Today’s West Side Rag as well as The New York Times followed up about the sale of ABC’s UWS holdings to Larry Silverstein.  The latest news: ABC is selling BOTH of its UWS campuses. ...

Zoning in Action: Building Blocks of the Upper East Side

Floor area ratio, R8B, and POPS, oh my! Zoning is one of the fundamental factors that shapes the look and feel of our city, but NYC’s zoning resolution weighs in at nearly 4,000 pages – not exactly light reading. Led by urban planner George Janes and...