Telling the Story of Cities
Here’s what the Wagner Planner staff is reading. This week: an unprecedented rent decrease, office-to-residential conversion puzzles, and an update on NYC’s trash conundrum. Philly Plans to Cap the Vine Street Expressway to Reconnect Chinatown (The Philadelphia Inquirer) – “The planning also will address ground-level Vine Street itself, where traffic is plentiful and fast, so… Read more What We’re Reading – March 21st
We know what’s wrong with HUD’s methodology for AMI, so what would it take to finally improve it? There’s a strong case to be made that AMI – Area Median Income – has earned itself the title of “Most Important Three-letter Acronym” in the housing and urban planning world. “Affordable for who?” has been a… Read more Tired of Talking About Area Median Income: Fixing AMI Once and For All
Here’s what the Wagner Planner staff is reading. This week: Cultish Bushwick influencers, Asian neighborhoods moving right, and bad bus lanes. Welcome to the Neighborhood™ (Curbed) – “The vision of this “project” (which is not a cult) is to “bring high-agency, emotionally intelligent New Yorkers within walking distance of one another,” or, as they call… Read more What We’re Reading – March 7th
A three pronged approach to solving this omnipresent problem Photo: Abnan Abidi, Reuters Not every natural hazard has to turn into a natural disaster. In my previous article, I showcased the cyclical problem of urban flooding in India and how it threatens lives, displaces countless families, and sows lingering economic costs. Now, planners need to… Read more How Can Urban Planners Effectively Tackle Flooding in Indian Cities?
In this episode, recorded in November 2022, I speak with John Mangin, the Housing Director at the NYC Department of City Planning and Professor at NYU Wagner teaching Land Use Law. We talk about housing policy innovation, the significance of NYC public housing, and Lower East Side hangouts. Listen on podbean here. Browse the full… Read more The Wagner Planner Podcast – John Mangin