Zoning for LifestyleImplementation Tools in New York
City
Professor Raquel RamatiNYU Schack Institute of Real Estate
New York CitySeptember 26, 2013
The High LineRedevelopment initiated by Friends of the Highline, a local community activist group
The Fund for Park AvenueA private fund sponsored by area developers
Central ParkCentral Park Conservancy
Bryant ParkRedevelopment initiated by the Bryant Park
Restoration Fund, paid for by local developers and businesses
Privately-Owned Public SpacesThe Apple Store Plaza
Through-block ArcadeSony Building
Covered Pedestrian SpaceFormer IBM Atrium
Covered Pedestrian SpaceTrump Tower
Street PlantingMandatory every 25 feet
Fifth Avenue Special District
Retail Pedestrian Environment
Mandatory retail on 50% of lot frontage
Sidewalk CafesLower Manhattan, Madison Avenue
Subway EasementsLexington Avenue at 59th
Street
Visual CorridorsThe Edge in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn
Visual Corridor59th Street towards the
Hudson River
Respecting ContextThe Copper Building, Stephen
B JacobsAvenue B at 13th Street
Context: LVMH Headquarters Christian de Portzamparc
Mixed Use BuildingsBloomberg Tower
Cesar Pelli
Time Warner CenterSkidmore, Owings and Merrill
One57Christian de Portzamparc
Moderate Income HousingWilliamsburg
Landmark BuildingsGrand Central Station, 1871
The Plaza Hotel, 1907, converted in 2008
Henry Janeway Hardenbergh
Hearst TowerBuilt in 2006 over 1928 original
Lord Norman Foster
Preserving the Theatre DistrictAmsterdam Theatre, 1903
Upper East Side BrownstonesHistoric Districts limit height and floor
area