Upper West Side Developments

What is Council Member Gale A. Brewer’s Development Blog?

It is a resource for interested New Yorkers to learn about the changes happening on the Upper West Side and Clinton.

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To learn about a specific project, click the street or avenue of the project.

You can also search the entire blog with words or phrases.

Click here – to view a development map of the Upper West Side

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Explore the following great resources to learn more about…

…development terminology:

◊ As-of-Right Guide

◊ Environmental Assesment Statement (EAS)

◊ Floor-Area-Ratio Illustrated

◊ 80/20 defined

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(You can also visit the website of Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer for the entire Land Use primer, “Land Use 101,” and for more information on Land Use, Planning, and Development.)

…zoning regulations, at the NYC Government Website.
…everything about buildings, at the Department of Buildings.

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Community Board 7
“Community Boards play an important role in improving the quality of life for all New Yorkers, but many people don’t know about them. We urge you to learn how your Community Board can help you, and how you may be able to help your Community Board.” Visit CB7’s website.
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Landmarks Preservation Commission
The Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency that is responsible for identifying and designating the City’s landmarks and the buildings in the City’s historic districts. The Commission also regulates changes to designated buildings.
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Landmark West!
LANDMARK WEST! is a non-profit award-winning community group working to preserve the best of the Upper West Side’s architectural heritage from 59th to 110th Streets between Central Park West and Riverside Drive. Since 1985, we have worked to achieve landmark status for individual buildings and historic districts. Today, LANDMARK WEST! is the proud curator of the area’s 2,606 designated landmarks (up from only 337 in 1985), and continues to promote awareness of these architectural treasures and the urgent need to protect them against insensitive change and demolition.
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Board of Standards and Appeals
The Board of Standards and Appeals was established as an independent board to help protect the city government’s ability to regulate the development of private property.

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Special Thanks and Credit to:

Sean Almonte, Sharon Benjamin, Benjamin Howard-Cooper, Peter Kolokow, Peter Mellman, Lee Kaplan and John Wittrock.