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Wikipedia launches 01.15.2001 |
George W. Bush elected 43rd President of the US 01.20.2001 |
Publication of Human Genome Sequence 02.16.2001 |
Apple releases iPod 10.23.2001 |
President Bush signs PATRIOT Act 10.26.2001 |
Michael Bloomberg elected Mayor of NYC 11.06.2001 |
Microsoft launches Xbox 11.15.2001 |
Enron files for bankruptcy 12.02.2001 |
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Euro enters circulation in Europe 01.02.2002 |
President Bush signs No Child Left Behind 01.08.2002 |
President Bush declares "Axis of Evil" 01.29.2002 |
2002 Winter Olympics open in Salt Lake City 02.08.2002 |
Tribeca Film Festival opens 05.20.2002 |
"The Wire" premieres 06.02.2002 |
"American Idol" premieres 06.11.2002 |
International Criminal Court created 07.01.2002 |
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Gawker launches 01.01.2003 |
Space shuttle Columbia explodes 02.01.2003 |
Beginning of Dafur conflict 02.01.2003 |
"Operation Iraqi Freedom" begins 03.19.2003 |
"The DaVinci Code" published 04.01.2003 |
Skype launches 08.01.2003 |
Myspace launches 08.10.2003 |
45 million lose power in Northeast Blackout 08.14.2003 |
Staten Island ferry crash kills 11 10.15.2003 |
Gay priest becomes New Hampshire Bishop 11.02.2003 |
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Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction 01.31.2004 |
Flickr launches 02.01.2004 |
Facebook launches 02.04.2004 |
"Sex and City finale 02.22.2004 |
Madrid commuter train bombings 03.11.2004 |
Same-sex marriage legal–Massachusetts 05.17.2004 |
Republican National Convention held in NYC 08.30.2004 |
2004 Summer Olympics opens in Athens 08.13.2004 |
George W. Bush wins Presidental election 11.02.2004 |
Tsunami kills 200,000in Southeast Asia 12.26.2004 |
Taipei 101 world's tallest building 12.31.2004 |
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"The Gates" opens in Central Park 02.12.2005 |
YouTube launches 02.14.2005 |
Terri Schiavo dies 03.31.2005 |
Google Earth launches 06.28.2005 |
Bombings in London's public transit system 07.07.2005 |
Hurricane Katrina strikes Gulf Coast 08.29.2005 |
Michael Bloomberg wins re-election 11.08.2005 |
New York City transit workers strike 12.20.2005 |
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Jane Jacob dies 04.25.2006 |
Beginning of 2006 Lebanon war 07.12.2006 |
Twitter launches 07.01.2006 |
Music club CBGB closes on the Bowery 10.31.2006 |
USA population exceeds 300 million 10.17.2006 |
Uniqlo opens store in New York 11.01.2006 |
Democrats win control of Congress 11.07.2006 |
Nintendo launches Wii 11.19.2006 |
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Eliot Spitzer sworn in as Governor of NY 01.01.2007 |
Gunman kills 33 on Virginia Tech campus 04.16.2007 |
"The Sopranos" finale 06.10.2007 |
Apple releases iPhone 06.29.2007 |
Steam pipe explodes in midtown Manhattan 07.01.2007 |
Final Harry Potter book released 07.21.2007 |
I-35W Mississippi Bridge collapses 08.01.2007 |
Amazon introduces Kindle 11.19.2007 |
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Earthquake in Sichuan. 05.12.2008 |
Fidel Castro relinquishes Cuban presidency. 02.24.2008 |
Eliot Spitzer resigns as Governor of NY 03.12.2008 |
Crane collapse in midtown Manhattan 03.15.2008 |
Summer Olympics open in Bejing 08.08.2008 |
Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy 09.15.2008 |
Barack Obama elected 44th US President 11.04.2008 |
Madoff arrested for running Ponzi scheme 12.11.2008 |
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Sully Sullenberger lands plane in Hudson 01.15.2009 |
President Obama signs Stimulus Bill 02.17.2009 |
Dow Jones hits decade low close of 6547 03.09.2009 |
H1N1 flu pandemic begins in Mexico 04.04.2009 |
Chysler files for bankruptcy 04.30.2009 |
General Motors files for bankruptcy 06.01.2009 |
Michael Jackson dies 06.25.2009 |
Mayor Bloomberg elected for 3rd term 11.09.2009 |
Tavern on the Green closes 12.31.2009 |
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Burj Khalifa world's tallest building 01.04.2010 |
Earthquake in Haiti 01.12.2010 |
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed 03.23.2010 |
Apple introduces iPad 04.03.2010 |
Deepwater Horizon begins to leak oil into the Gulf 04.20.2010 |
Failed car bomb attack in Times Square 05.01.2010 |
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Lincoln Center 01.18.2001 Lincoln Center initiates project to oversee comprehensive reconstruction, renovation, and modernization of its campus. |
Midtown East 06.01.2001 FSM East River Associates selects architects for mixed-use development on former Con Edison site on East River. |
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2 Columbus Circle 06.21.2002 NYC Economic Development Corporation announces American Craft Museum selected to redevelop 2 Columbus Circle. |
Austrian Cultural Forum 2002 Raimund Abraham |
Perry Street Towers 2002 Richard Meier Architects |
Columbia University 09.2002 Columbia University announces plans to build new campus in Manhattanville area of West Harlem. |
2 Columbus Circle 11.04.2002 Museum of Arts and Design selects Allied Works to redesign 2 Columbus Circle. |
East River Waterfront 12.31.2002 Guggenheim Museum cancels plans for Frank Gehry building on East River. |
PRIVATE |
Columbia University 02.15.2003 Columbia University hires Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to design Manhattanville expansion. |
Lincoln Center 02.24.2003 Lincoln Center selects team led by Diller and Scofidio with FX Fowle to redesign West 65th Street and some portions of Julliard School. |
Columbia University 04.2003 Coalition to Preserve Community forms to organize against Columbia University’s expansion plans in Manhattanville. |
Whitney Museum 04.15.2003 Whitney Museum cancels expansion project designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 2001. |
80 South Street 2003 Santiago Calatrava |
2 Columbus Circle 10.12.2003 Tom Wolfe publishes two-part op-ed in New York Times about 2 Columbus Circle. |
PRIVATE |
Brooklyn Museum Entry 2004 Polshek Partnership Architects |
New York Hall of Science 2004 Polshek Partnership Architects |
Eyebeam 2004 Diller Scofidio+Renfro |
Lincoln Center 04.13.2004 Lincoln Center releases design for Alice Tully Hall. |
2 Columbus Circle 05.24.2004 National Trust for Historic Preservation names 2 Columbus Circle one of America’s most endangered buildings. |
Whitney Museum 06.15.2004 Whitney Museum hires Renzo Piano Building Workshop to design expansion of Madison Avenue building. |
Domino Sugar Factory 07.01.2004 Refinery LLC (CPC Resources and Katan Group) purchases former Domino Sugar Factory for $55 million. |
Greenwich Street Project 2004 Archi-tectonics |
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2 Columbus Circle 05.17.2005 Landmarks West! submits Request for Evaluation of 2 Columbus Circle to NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission. |
Whitney Museum 05.24.2005 NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission approves modified expansion plan for Whitney Museum. |
Bloomberg Tower 2005 Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects |
Astor Place 2005 Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects |
Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy 2005 Davis Brody Bond Aedas |
Austin, Nichols Warehouse 09.20.2005 Landmarks Preservation Commission awards landmark status to prominent waterfront facility designed by Cass Gilbert. |
Midtown East 11.10.2005 Master plan for former Con Edison site on East River by Richard Meier and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is unveiled. |
Austin, Nichols Warehouse 11.30.2005 City Council votes to overrule Landmarks Preservation Commission decision to give landmark status. |
PRIVATE |
Lincoln Center 03.20.2006 Construction begins on transformation of West 65th Street and reconstruction plans expand to include Alice Tully Hall, Josie Robertson Plaza, and other portions of Lincoln Center’s campus. |
Morgan Library 2006 Renzo Piano Building Workshop in
collaboration with Beyer Blinder Belle |
Green-Wood Columbarium 2006 Platt Byard Dovell White Architects |
The Reece School 2006 Platt Byard Dovell White Architects |
East Harlem School 2006 Peter Gluck & Partners |
Lincoln Center 05.2006 City Opera cancels plans to move to new home in proposed building on Amsterdam Avenue and 65th Street. |
Bronx River Greenway 06.2006 Bronx River Alliance publishes Bronx River Greenway Plan. |
Hearst Tower 2006 Foster + Partners |
Bronx Library Center 2006 78,000 sf library building |
Apple Store-Fifth Avenue 2006 Bohlin Cywinski Jackson |
Domino Sugar Factory 09.2006 Coalition of groups asks NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission to landmark former Domino Sugar Factory. |
New York University 10.2006 Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer forms Community Task Force on NYU Development. |
Brooklyn Navy Yard 10.08.2006 New York Times reports Brooklyn Navy Yard in beginning stages of $100 million renovation. |
Brooklyn Navy Yard 10.25.2006 Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation marks ten historic homes in disrepair for demolition to make way for supermarket. |
Whitney Museum 11.28.2006 Whitney Museum reaches conditional agreement to buy city-owned site near High Line for new building after Dia abandons plans for same site; Whitney Museum cancels plan to expand Madison Avenue building. |
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980 Madison Avenue 01.16.2007 NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission votes against Foster + Partners design for 980 Madison Avenue. |
Blue 2007 Bernard Tschumi Architects |
Lincoln Square Synagogue 2007 Cetra Ruddy Architecture |
245 10th Avenue 2007 Della Valle Bernheimer |
IAC 2007 Gehry Partners |
Via Verde–The Green Way 2007 Grimshaw/Dattner |
40 Bond 2007 Herzog & de Meuron |
Midtown East 06.10.2007 Municipal Art Society organizes design charrette for former Con Edison site on East River to propose alternative to FSM East River Associates plan. |
Columbia University 07.10.2007 Columbia University presents Manhattanville plan to to NYC Planning Commission. |
Solar 2 Education Center 2007 Kiss + Cathcart Architects |
Switch Building 2007 nARCHITECTS |
Columbia University 08.15.2007 CB 9 votes against Manhattanville plan, seeking to ban use of eminent domain. |
Columbia University 09.2007 Community Board 9 and Pratt Center for Community Development release alternative development plan for Manhattanville. |
Domino Sugar Factory 09.25.2007 Landmarks Preservation Commission designates Domino Sugar Factory New York City landmark. |
New York Times Building 2007 Renzo Piano Building Workshop in
colloabration with FXFowle Architects |
Columbia University 10.04.2007 Community Board 9 and and Columbia University present development plans for Manhattanville to NYC Department of City Planning. |
Brooklyn Navy Yard 11.19.2007 New York Post reports Steiner Studios, current tenant at the Brooklyn Navy Yards, plans to expand space by 20 acres. |
Columbia University 12.19.2007 NYC City Council approves modified 35-acre rezoning of Manhattanville based on plans from Community Board 9 and Columbia University. |
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Brooklyn Navy Yard 01.19.2008 Army National Guard officials indefinitely delay plan to demolish homes in historic Admirals’ Row. |
Lincoln Center 01.2008 Groundbreaking for renovation of promenade and fountain. |
Domino Sugar Factory 02.01.2008 Refinery LLC unveils plans by Rafael Vinoly Architects for redevelopment of Domino Sugar Factory. |
Midtown East 03.27.2008 City Council votes to rezone Con Edison site on East River, advancing development proposal by East River Realty. |
New York University 04.2008 Architects SMWM present NYU Plans 2031, recommendations for campus development over next 25 years. |
St. Vincent's Hospital 04.01.2008 NYC Landmarks Commission holds eight-hour public hearing to consider proposal to build new facility and sell development rights. |
Midtown East 04.23.2008 Tudor City residents file lawsuit against development plan for former Con Edison site on East River. |
Whitney Museum 05.01.2008 Whitney Museum releases design by Renzo Piano Building Workshop for new building near High Line. |
South Street Seaport 06.18.2008 General Growth Properties makes public design by SHoP Architects for mixed-use development to replace retail mall on Pier 17. |
Domino Sugar Factory 06.24.2008 NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission approves revised design for Domino Sugar Factory by Beyer Blinder Belle. |
40 Mercer Street Residences 2008 Ateliers Jean Nouvel, SLC Architects |
Cooper Square Hotel 2008 Carlos Zapata Studio |
Kalahari 2008 Frederic Schwartz Architects, GF55 with Jack Travis Studio |
Brooklyn Navy Yard 08.20.2008 Municipal Art Society proposes alternative plans for Admirals’ Row. |
2 Columbus Circle 09.27.2008 Museum of Arts and Design opens new home at 2 Columbus Circle. |
56 Leonard Street 2008 Herzog & de Meuron |
23 East 22nd Street 2008 OMA |
Midtown East 10.2008 Sheldon Solow receives $250 million in tax credits under the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program for site remediation and cleanup. |
South Street Seaport 11.18.2008 NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission objects to General Growth Properties’ plan to redevelop Pier 17. |
Midtown East 12.2008 Citibank files $85 million lawsuit against Sheldon Solow for defaulting on loan payment. |
Austin, Nichols Warehouse 12.2008 New owner donates deed of easement to Trust for Architectural Easements. |
Columbia University 12.18.2008 Empire State Development Corporation unanimously votes to authorize use of eminent domain on proposed site of new campus. |
South Street Seaport 12.19.2008 General Growth Properties puts South Street Seaport up for sale. |
Bronx Prep Charter School 2008 Peter Gluck & Partners |
PRIVATE |
Nehemiah Spring Creek Affordable Housing 2009 |
Lincoln Center 02.22.2009 Alice Tully Hall reopens after two-year renovation. |
St. Vincent's Hospital 03.10.2009 NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission votes to approve medical tower as part of scaled-back expansion proposal. |
Columbia University 05.20.2009 New York State Public Authorities Control Board grants final approval to Columbia University for Manhattanville campus plan. |
Brooklyn Navy Yard 05.28.2009 Army National Guard announces 9 of 10 buildings in historic Admirals’ Row to be demolished to make way for retail and industrial development. |
New York University 06.2009 NYU completes construction of 26-story dorm on East 12th Street that saved facade but not remainder of St. Ann’s Church. |
Brooklyn Navy Yard 07.09.2009 Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation announces RFP for supermarket development on Admirals’ Row. |
Nehemiah Spring Creek Affordable Housing 2009 Alexander Gorlin Architects |
980 Madison Avenue 10.13.2009 NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission approves revised design for 980 Madison Avenue by Foster + Partners. |
The Brook 2009 Alexander Gorlin Architects |
The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park 2009 Cook+Fox Architects |
Columbia University 12.03.2009 NY Appellate Court rules Empire State Development Corporation cannot use eminent domain on behalf of Columbia University. |
505 Fifth Avenue 2009 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
Lincoln Center 12.17.2009 Harmony Atrium reopens as ticketing facility and performance space for Lincoln Center. |
One Jackson Square 2009 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
41 Cooper Square 2009 Morphosis Architects |
The Standard, New York 2009 Polshek Partnership Architects |
Schermerhorn House 2009 Polshek Partnership Architects |
PRIVATE |
Lincoln Center 02.03.2010 Lincoln Center Theater announces plan to construct new theater on top of Vivan Beaumont Theater. |
Columbia University 03.09.2010 Empire State Development Corporation files brief appealing State Court ruling that it cannot use eminent domain. |
Domino Sugar Factory 03.10.2010 Community Board 1 rejects redevelopment of former Domino Sugar Factory. |
South Street Seaport 04.08.2010 General Growth Properties emerges from bankruptcy to resurrect development plans for South Street Seaport. |
St. Vincent's Hospital 04.10.2010 St. Vincent’s Hospital declares bankruptcy and announces hospital will close. |
Domino Sugar Factory 04.12.2010 Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz approves, with modifications, redevelopment plans for Domino Sugar Factory. |
New York University 04.14.2010 New York University releases more details of NYU Plans 2031 expansion, including plans for Greenwich Village, downtown Brooklyn, and Governors Island. |
166 Perry Street 2010 Asymptote Architecture |
100 Eleventh Avenue 2010 Ateliers Jean Nouvel |
One Madison Park 2010 Cetra Ruddy Architecture |
Beekman Street Tower 2010 Gehry Partners |
Trump SoHo 2010 Handel Architects |
Columbia University Northwest Corner Building 2010 Rafael Moneo Design Architect, David Brody Bond Aedas Associate Architect |
Bronx River Greenway River House 2010 Kiss + Cathcart Architects |
HL23 2010 Neil M. Denari Architects |
200 West Street 2010 Pei Cobb Freed & Partners |
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BAM Cultural District 01.2001 Mayor Giuliani pledges $50 million to Brooklyn Academy of Music Cultural District. |
Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George 06.24.2001 Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George on Staten Island opens. |
Keyspan Park 06.26.2001 Keyspan Park opens. |
World Trade Center 07.24.2001 Larry Silverstein signs lease for World Trade Center. |
World Trade Center 09.11.2001 World Trade Center collapses. |
BAM Cultural District 09.12.2001 Mark Morris Dance Center opens in BAM Cultural District. |
World Trade Center 11.01.2001 Architects, designers, engineers and planners create New York New Visions. |
World Trade Center 11.29.2001 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, joint state-city corporation, is created to oversee redevelopment of Lower Manhattan. |
High Line 12.20.2001 Mayor Giuliani signs agreement for voluntary abandonment of High Line. |
PUBLIC / PRIVATE |
World Trade Center 01.17.2002 A New World Trade Center: Design Proposals, invited exhibition of ideas for World Trade Center, opens at Protetch Gallery. |
High Line 02.2002 Friends of the High Line and Design Trust for Public Space publish “Reclaiming the
High Line.” |
World Trade Center 02.2002 New York New Visions releases Principles for Rebuilding of Lower Manhattan. |
World Trade Center 03.11.2002 Tribute in Light is turned on for first time.
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World Trade Center 04.09.2002 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation releases Principles for Action and Blueprint for Renewal. |
Brooklyn Bridge Park 05.02.2002 Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg announce creation of Brooklyn Bridge Park. |
BAM Cultural District 05.15.2002 Brooklyn Public Library selects TEN Arquitectos as winner of competition to design Visual and Performing Arts Library in BAM Cultural District. |
World Trade Center 07.16.2002 Port Authority and Lower Manhattan Development Corporation unveil six planning options for development of World Trade Center site.
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World Trade Center 07.20.2002 Civic Alliance holds “21st Century Town Meeting” at Javits Center for 4,000 people to comment on rebuilding process and concept plans. |
World Trade Center 08.14.2002 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and Port Authority announce Innovative Design Study. |
World Trade Center 09.08.2002 New York Times Magazine publishes “Don’t Rebuild. Reimagine,” study project proposing alternatives for World Trade Center site and adjacent areas. |
NYC2012 11.02.2002 United States Olympic Committee names New York as U.S. Candidate City for 2012 Olympics. |
World Trade Center 12.18.2002 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation releases Innovative Design Study proposals for World Trade Center site. |
PUBLIC / PRIVATE |
Hudson Yards 02.10.2003 NYC Dept. of City Planning releases Preferred Direction Plan for the Hudson Yards area. |
World Trade Center 02.27.2003 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and Port Authority select Studio Daniel Libeskind to provide design concept for World Trade Center site. |
Moynihan Station 03.27.2003 Pennsylvania Station project which would incorporate Farley Post Office renamed Moynihan Station. |
World Trade Center 04.28.2003 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation announces international design competition for World Trade Center memorial. |
High Line 07.2003 "Designing the High Line,” exhibition of entries for ideas competition, goes on view in Grand Central Terminal. |
World Trade Center 07.2003 David Childs and Daniel Libeskind agree to collaborate on design of Freedom Tower. |
SeaGlass Carousel 2003 |
Brooklyn Bridge Park 09.22.2003 Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg open 1.5 acre former parking lot as newest section of Brooklyn Bridge Park. |
World Trade Center 11.19.2003 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation announces eight finalists for memorial design competition. |
World Trade Center 12.2003 NYPD announces concerns over safety issues for Freedom Tower design. |
Atlantic Yards 12.10.2003 Forest City Ratner announces development plan for Atlantic Yards that includes Nets
Arena and Frank Gehry as designer. |
World Trade Center 12.19.2003 Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg unveil design for Freedom Tower by David Childs. |
PUBLIC / PRIVATE |
World Trade Center 01.06.2004 World Trade Center Memorial Competition jury announces winning design. |
Atlantic Yards 01.21.2004 Ownership group that includes Bruce Ratner and Jay-Z buys Nets. |
World Trade Center 01.22.2004 Santiago Calatrava unveils design commissioned by Port Authority for
World Trade Center transportation hub. |
Atlantic Yards 02.03.2004 Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn founded. |
NYC2012 03.10.2004 Mayor Bloomberg unveils five finalists for Olympic Village in Queens West. |
Javits Center 03.24.2004 New York State approves initial plans for expanded Javits Center designed by HOK. |
West Side Stadium 03.25.2004 City and State officials announce plans to build 75,000 seat stadium for New York Jets and 2012 Olympic Games. |
NYC2012 05.18.2004 International Olympic Committee names New York City one of five finalists for 2012 Olympics, with London, Madrid, Moscow, and Paris. |
NYC2012 05.26.2004 Morphosis selected as designer of 2012 Olympic Village in Queens. |
World Trade Center 06.10.2004 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation announces four cultural institutions selected for WTC site. |
High Line 06.2004 Friends of the High Line and Center for Architecture exhibit entries from four teams selected as finalists to design High Line. |
World Trade Center 07.04.2004 Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg unveil design for World Trade Center cultural center. |
Moynihan Station 10.2004 NJ Transit and LIRR express interest in occupying Farley building. |
High Line 10.06.2004 Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro selected to design High Line. |
Brooklyn Bridge Park 12.24.2004 State and city officials approve revised Master Plan for Brooklyn Bridge Park by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. |
PUBLIC / PRIVATE |
Brooklyn Bridge Park 01.03.2005 New York Post reports that Brooklyn Bridge Park will include private apartments to help pay for park maintenance. |
BAM Cultural District 01.2005 WORKac becomes master planner for BAM Cultural District, succeeding team of Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Diller + Scofidio. |
Atlantic Yards 02.2005 Atlantic Yards Development Workshop announces UNITY Plan as alternative to Forest City Ratner proposal. |
BAM Cultural District 02.03.2005 Theater for a New Audience unveils design for new building by Frank Gehry and Hugh Hardy. |
West Side Stadium 03.23.2005 New York City conditionally awarded 2010 Super Bowl if West Side Stadium built. |
West Side Stadium 03.31.2005 MTA approves Jets $720 million plan for West Side Stadium. |
NYC2012 04.23.2005 Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island opens; included in NYC 2012 Olympic bid as training center. |
NYC2012 06.12.2005 New York City announces plans for Olympic Stadium in parking lot of Shea Stadium, after plans for West Side Stadium are denied by Public Authorities Control Board. |
High Line 04.28.2005 Friends of the High Line presents preliminary designs by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. |
Atlantic Yards 05.24.2005 MTA retracts announcement that it will sell Vanderbilt Railyards to Forest City Ratner and issues open Request for Proposals for site. |
West Side Stadium 06.05.2005 Public Authorities Control Board votes no on contribution to stadium, denying possibility of stadium approval NYC 2012 decision. |
Mets Stadium 06.12.2005 Mayor Bloomberg commits to helping Mets build new stadium in parking lot of Shea Stadium to be used for 2012 Olympic Games. |
Yankee Stadium 06.15.2005 Yankees announce plans to build new stadium adjacent to existing stadium in South Bronx. |
Coney Island 06.22.2005 Coney Island Development Corporation and Van Alen Institute announce winners of
Parachute Pavilion Design Competition. |
World Trade Center 06.29.2005 Revised design for Freedom Tower unveiled after NYPD voices concerns over safety vulnerabilities. |
Atlantic Yards 07.2005 Forest City Ratner and Extell submit competing proposals to MTA for Vanderbilt Railyards site. |
Moynihan Station 07.2005 New York State designates joint venture of Related Companies and Vornado Realty Trust as developers of Pennsylvania Station. |
NYC2012 07.06.2005 International Olympics Committee selects London to host 2012 Olympics. |
Moynihan Station 09.2005 Joint venture of Related Companies and Vornado Realty Trust releases new design for station by James Carpenter Design Associates in collaboration with HOK. |
Atlantic Yards 09.15.2005 MTA selects Forest City Ratner as developer of Atlantic Yards site. |
Coney Island 09.15.2005 Mayor Bloomberg announces strategic plan to transform Coney Island into year-round entertainment destination. |
Coney Island 09.18.2005 Thor Equities proposes $1.5 billion resort in Coney Island with glass-enclosed water park, hotels, restaurants and waterfront condos. |
World Trade Center 09.25.2005 Governor Pataki evicts International Freedom Center from World Trade Center site, three months after Drawing Center voluntarily withdraws. |
Moynihan Station 11.2005 NJ Transit agrees to be main tenant of Moynihan Station. |
PUBLIC / PRIVATE |
Javits Center 01.23.2006 State and City officials unveil design of Jacob K. Javits Convention Center expansion. |
Moynihan Station 03.2006 Cablevision signs tentative agreement to move Madison Square Garden to west end of Farley Post Office Building. |
Atlantic Yards 03.31.2006 Forest City Ratner scales back revised proposal by 5% in response to criticisms regarding scale of development. |
High Line 04.11.2006 Construction starts on Section 1 of High Line. |
Moynihan Station 04.27.2006 Joint venture of Related Companies and Vornado Realty Trust and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill release new design for Moynihan Station. |
Yankee Stadium 04.26.2006 New York City Council approves $866 million in tax-exempt bonds for new stadium. |
Yankee Stadium 05.2006 City announces plan to spend $160 million to create new parkland and recreational facilities to compensate for parkland displaced by new Yankee Stadium. |
World Trade Center 05.01.2006 7 World Trade Center opens. |
Atlantic Yards 05.11.2006 Frank Gehry unveils design for Miss Brooklyn, tallest tower in the Atlantic Yards development. |
Atlantic Yards 05.26.2006 Forest City Ratner increases height and density of original proposal. |
Brooklyn Bridge Park 05.30.2006 Port Authority transfers Piers 1 through 5 to Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation. |
Moynihan Station 07.2006 Related Companies and Vornado Realty Trust builds support for “Plan B." |
Hudson Yards 07.06.2006 New York City offers MTA $500 million for right to develop Hudson Yards site. |
BAM Cultural District 08.15.2006 BAM Local Development Corporation subsumed into Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. |
World Trade Center 09.07.2006 Governor Pataki and Larry Silverstein unveil designs for World Trade Center Towers 2, 3, and 4. |
Hudson Yards 09.28.2006 MTA receives appraisal on Hudson Yards site for $1.5 billion. |
Moynihan Station 10.19.2006 Pataki administration declares plans for new Pennsylvania Station dead after Sheldon Silver blocks approval. |
Atlantic Yards 10.26.2006 Daniel Goldstein and other residents file lawsuit with U.S. District Court claiming abuse of eminent domain. |
Citifield 11.13.2006 Mets break ground on CitiField, after signing most lucrative marketing contract in baseball history with Citigroup for $20 million a year for 20 years. |
Coney Island 12.02.2006 NYC Economic Development Corporation releases renderings for Coney Island to amplify city’s strategic plan. |
PUBLIC / PRIVATE |
Atlantic Yards 02.20.2007 Forest City Ratner begins demolition on site. |
World Trade Center 03.01.2007 Signature Theater Company withdraws from World Trade Center site. |
Coney Island 03.07.2007 New York Sun reports that Wildlife Conservation Society finalist from competition finalists to redesign NY Aquarium. |
Moynihan Station 03.30.2007 Empire State Development Corporation purchases Farley Post Office Building from United States Postal Service. |
Atlantic Yards 04.05.2007 Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn files lawsuit with New York State Court of Appeals addressing environmental impact study. |
World Trade Center 05.23.2007 Insurance companies reach a final settlement agreement with Larry Silverstein over destruction of World Trade Center, bringing the total payout to more than $4.5 billion. |
Atlantic Yards 06.06.2007 U.S. District Court rejects lawsuit claiming abuse of eminent domain. |
Coney Island 06.17.2007 Thor Equities scales back plans to build resort in Coney Island. |
Erie Basin Park 2007 |
Hudson Yards 10.11.2007 MTA receives five development proposals for Hudson Yards site. |
BAM Cultural District 11.01.2007 Carlton Brown selected to develop Brooklyn Arts Tower on city-owned land at Ashland Place and Fulton Street. |
Coney Island 11.08.2007 Mayor Bloomberg announces 19-block plan for Coney Island. |
PUBLIC / PRIVATE |
Moynihan Station 03.2008 Empire State Development Corporation releases renderings of Moynihan East and West Station, including newly configured office development. |
Atlantic Yards 03.31.2008 Miss Brooklyn and three other towers are eliminated from development as Forest City Ratner reveals new Frank Gehry design. |
Hudson Yards 03.26.2008 MTA awards development rights to Tishman Speyer for $1.004 billion for 99 year lease. |
Moynihan Station 04.2008 Cablevision announces it will not move Madison Square Garden to Farley Post Office building. |
Javits Center 05.05.2008 New York Observer reports that Richard Rogers withdraws from Javits Center project. |
Hudson Yards 05.13.2008 After negotiations with Tishman Speyer fail, MTA reopens talks with other developers that submitted bids to develop site. |
Hudson Yards 05.19.2008 MTA reaches agreement with Related Companies and Goldman Sachs for rights to develop site. |
BAM Cultural District 06.16.2008 NY Sun reports that BAM Visual and Performing Arts Library has been replaced on same site by mixed-use facility. |
Atlantic Yards 06.23.2008 U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal by property owners claiming seizure of their property unconstitutional. |
Hudson Yards 09.22.2008 Hudson Yards Development Corporation unveils designs of five finalists in Hudson Yards Park and Boulevard design competition. |
World Trade Center 09.09.2008 National September 11 Memorial Museum at World Trade Center and architect Davis Brody Bond release images of museum design. |
Coney Island 10.15.2008 City buys Wonder Wheel Park for $11 million. |
Coney Island 10.27.2008 Municipal Art Society holds Imagine Coney, call for ideas and charrette to develop news ideas for design Coney Island. |
PUBLIC / PRIVATE |
Yankee Stadium 01.2009 Bank of America withdraws from possible $20 million sponsorship deal for new stadium. |
Yankee Stadium 01.16.2009 NYC Industrial Development Agency approves $370.9 million in primarily tax-exempt bonds for Yankees to finish new stadium. |
Hudson Yards 02.02.2009 MTA and Related Companies reach agreement to delay closing on project. |
Citifield 02.03.2009 Citigroup denies looking to back out of 20 year naming deal with Mets for new stadium. |
Atlantic Yards 02.26.2009 New York State Court of Appeals rejects lawsuit challenging environmental review. |
Javits Center 03.19.2009 Empire State Development Corporation approves scaled down expansion plans for Javits Center, cutting $1 billion from previous budget. |
World Trade Center 03.26.2009 Freedom Tower renamed 1 World Trade Center. |
Coney Island 04.01.2009 Asser Levy Park Amphitheater, $64 million concert venue designed by Grimshaw, proposed for park in Coney Island. |
Citifield 04.13.2009 Mets lose to San Diego Padres in first game in new stadium. |
Yankee Stadium 05.21.2009 Yankees win over Chicago Cubs in first game in new stadium. |
Atlantic Yards 05.29.2009 NYC Independent Budget Office determines that Atlantic Yards will result in net loss to city of $65 million. |
Yankee Stadium 06.2009 Opening of new parks to replace parks displaced by Stadium postponed because of delayed demolition of old stadium. |
Atlantic Yards 06.05.2009 Ellerbe Becket replaces Frank Gehry as designer of Nets Arena. |
High Line 06.09.2009 Section 1 of High Line opens to public. |
Atlantic Yards 06.24.2009 Barclays obtains naming rights to Atlantic/Pacific subway station for $200,000 a year for 20 years. |
Moynihan Station 09.2009 Amtrak announces plan to move to Farley Post Office building. |
Atlantic Yards 09.09.2009 Codesigners SHoP Architects and Ellerbe Becket release new images of Nets Arena plan. |
Atlantic Yards 11.24.2009 New York State Court of Appeals rules that state can exercise eminent domain on site, ending major legal challenges. |
Coney Island 12.18.2009 City buys 6.9 acres of land from Thor Equities for $95.6 million, advancing city’s plan for Coney Island. |
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Moynihan Station 02.2010 Moynihan Station receives federal stimulus money to begin construction of first phase of project. |
Brooklyn Bridge Park 03.09.2010 New York State relinquishes its role in joint city/state partnership, giving full control of Brooklyn Bridge Park to New York City. |
Atlantic Yards 03.11.2010 Officials break ground for arena in Atlantic Yards. |
Atlantic Yards 03.11.2010 Protesters oppose use of eminent domain at Atlantic Yards groundbreaking ceremony. |
Brooklyn Bridge Park 03.22.2010 Pier 1 of Brooklyn Bridge Park opens to public. |
Atlantic Yards 04.21.2010 Daniel Goldstein, last holdout on Atlantic Yards property, vacates home in $3 million settlement with Forest City Ratner. |
Hudson Yards 04.29.2010 MTA approves $1 billion deal with Related Companies to redevelop Hudson Yards site. |
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Madison Square North 06.26.2001 Historic District designated in Midtown South, Manhattan |
Long Island City 07.26.2001 37 blocks rezoned |
Second Avenue Subway 10.2001 MTA releases Manhattan East Side Transit Alternatives (MESA) study. |
Hamilton Heights/ Sugar Hill Extension 10.23.2001 Historic District designated in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan |
Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northeast 10.23.2001 Historic District designated in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan |
Fresh Kills Park 12.18.2001 NYC Department of City Planning announces three finalists of international design competition for Fresh Kills Master Plan. |
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Murray Hill 01.29.2002 Historic District designated in Murray Hill, Manhattan
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Irish Hunger Memorial 2002 1100 Architect |
59th Street-Columbus Circle Station 2002 MTA initiates redesign and rehabilitation of 59th Street - Columbus Circle Station Complex. |
Governors Island 04.01.2002 President Bush, Governor Pataki, and Mayor Bloomberg announce federal government will sell Governors Island to city for $1. |
Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northwest 06.18.2002 Historic District designated in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan |
Forest Hills/Rego Park 09.25.2002 61 blocks rezoned |
Tribeca South Extension 11.19.2002 Historic District designated in Tribeca, Manhattan |
New Housing Marketplace 12.10.2002 Mayor Bloomberg announces New Housing Marketplace. |
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Governors Island 01.31.2003 Governors Island returned to NYC through Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation. |
Park Slope 04.30.2003 110 blocks rezoned |
Hudson River Park 05.30.2003 Greenwich Village segment of Hudson River Park opens to public. |
Fresh Kills Park 06.2003 Field Operations is selected as planning and design consultant for Fresh Kills master plan. |
Holliswood 06.17.2003 36 blocks rezoned |
East Harlem 06.24.2003 57 blocks rezoned |
Noho East 06.24.2003 Historic District designated in NoHo, Manhattan |
Morrisania 08.19.2003 13 blocks rezoned |
Bridge Plaza 08.19.2003 8 blocks rezoned |
Hudson Square 08.19.2003 34 blocks rezoned |
North Corona 09.17.2003 120 blocks rezoned |
City Island 09.30.2003 56 blocks rezoned |
Gansevoort Market 09.09.2003 Historic District designated in Meatpacking District, Manhattan |
Fresh Kills Park 09.23.2003 Mayor Bloomberg launches Master Plan process for 2,200-acre Fresh Kills park on Staten Island. |
Frederick Douglass Blvd. 11.06.2003 44 blocks rezoned |
Weeksville Heritage Center 2003 Caples Jefferson Architects |
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Murray Hill Extension 03.30.2004 Historic District designated in Murray Hill, Manhattan |
Second Avenue Subway 04.26.2004 MTA presents plans for building Second Avenue Subway in four phases. |
Stillwell Avenue Station 05.23.2004 Reconstructed subway station on Surf Avenue opens to public. |
Fulton Street Transit Center 05.26.2004 MTA unveils plans for Fulton Street Transit Center. |
Downtown Brooklyn 06.28.2004 64 blocks rezoned |
St. Paul’s Avenue/Stapleton Heights 06.29.2004 Historic District designated in Stapleton, Staten Island |
Design + Construction Excellence Initiative 07.12.2004 Mayor Bloomberg announces Design and Construction Excellence Initiative. |
Bellerose 07.21.2004 22 blocks rezoned |
Ladies Mile 08.12.2004 6 blocks rezoned |
Hunters Point 08.12.2004 43 blocks rezoned |
Security Bollards 09.2004 NYC Department of City Planning and LMDC complete first phase of new street security architecture for Financial District. |
Central Riverdale/ Spuyten Duyvil 09.28.2004 30 blocks rezoned |
Brookville 09.28.2004 88 blocks rezoned |
Throgs Neck 09.28.2004 242 blocks rezoned |
Van Cortlandt Park 09.30.2004 City Council approves Croton Water Filtration Plant in Van Cortlandt Park, with additional commitment of $220 million in improvements for Bronx Parks. |
Jamaica Hill 10.13.2004 28 blocks rezoned |
City Lights 10.15.2004 NYC Department of Design and Construction selects new streetlight design. |
Union Square 10.25.2004 Reconstruction of northern section of Union Square Park begins. |
North Riverdale 12.07.2004 |
Douglaston Hill 12.14.2004 Historic District designated in Douglaston, Queens |
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Hudson Yards 01.19.2005 32 blocks rezoned |
Staten Island Ferry 02.08.2005 New Whitehall Ferry Terminal opens to public. |
New Housing Marketplace 02.23.2005 Mayor Bloomberg expands New Housing Marketplace plan to create or preserve 165,000 units by 2013. |
Kew Gardens/Richmond Hill 03.09.2005 |
Port Morris/ Bruckner Boulevard 03.09.2005 |
Bay Ridge 03.23.2005 249 blocks rezoned |
Bayside 04.12.2005 350 blocks rezoned |
Springfield Gardens 04.12.2005 68 blocks rezoned |
Greenpoint/Williamsburg 05.11.2005 184 blocks rezoned |
Kissena Park 05.11.2005 40 blocks rezoned |
Staten Island Ferry 05.20.2005 New St. George Ferry Terminal opens to public. |
East River Waterfront 05.31.2005 Mayor Bloomberg unveils concept plan for transforming East River waterfront below Grand Street. |
Bensonhurst 06.23.2005 128 blocks rezoned |
West Chelsea/High Line 06.23.2005 16 blocks rezoned |
Street Furniture 07.2005 NYC DOT awards contract to Cemusa. |
Pelham Gardens 07.27.2005 16 blocks rezoned |
Cambria Heights 07.27.2005 196 blocks rezoned |
East Flushing 07.27.2005 103 blocks rezoned |
Columbus Circle 2005 |
Battery Bosque 2005 |
Far Rockaway/Mott Creek 09.15.2005 21 blocks rezoned |
College Point 09.28.2005 161 blocks rezoned |
Morris Park 10.11.2005 29 blocks rezoned |
Riverdale-on-Hudson 10.11.2005 22 blocks rezoned |
Second Avenue Subway 11.08.2005 New York state voters approve Renew and Rebuild New York. |
Far West Village 10.11.2005 14 blocks rezoned |
Fulton Fish Market 11.14.2005 Fulton Fish Market relocates from historic location on East River Waterfront to Hunts Point, Bronx.
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South Park Slope 11.16.2005 |
Olinville 12.08.2005 39 blocks rezoned |
Whitestone 12.21.2005 310 blocks rezoned |
Glen Oaks Branch Library 2005 Marble Fairbanks Architects |
EMS 50: Queens Hospital EMS Station 2005 Dean/Wolf Architects |
Queens Museum of Art Expansion 2005 Renovation of 100,000 sf existing structure and addition of 50,000 sf to museum structure
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Fieldston 01.10.2006 Historic District designated in Fieldston, Bronx |
Village of Baychester 02.15.2006 |
Woodlawn 02.15.2006 39 blocks rezoned |
Brush Avenue 02.22.2006 5 blocks rezoned |
Homecrest 02.15.2006 70 blocks rezoned |
Sheepshead Bay 02.15.2006 8 blocks rezoned |
Second Avenue Subway 03.2006 $1.3 billion in federal funding approved for first phase of Second Avenue Subway. |
Pelham Bay 03.22.2006 24 blocks rezoned |
Westchester Square 03.22.2006 36 blocks rezoned |
Middle Village/Glendale 03.22.2006 160 blocks rezoned |
Midwood 04.05.2006 80 blocks rezoned |
Union/Utopia 04.05.2006 83 blocks rezoned |
Bayswater/Far Rockaway 04.26.2006 72 blocks rezoned |
Fresh Kills Park 05.23.2006 Mayor Bloomberg and City Planning Director Amanda Burden announce release of Draft Master Plan for Fresh Kills Park. |
Weehawken Street 05.02.2006 Historic District designated in West Village, Manhattan |
Greenwich Village Extension 05.02.2006 Historic District designated in Greenwich Village, Manhattan |
Jamaica Hill/Hillcrest 06.29.2006 68 blocks rezoned |
Maspeth/Woodside 06.29.2006 117 blocks rezoned |
Pelham Parkway/Indian Village 07.19.2006 75 blocks rezoned |
Middle Village II 08.16.2006 21 blocks rezoned |
Bicycle Lanes 09.12.2006 NYC Department of Transportation announces plan to build 200 miles of bike lanes throughout city. |
No. 7 Line Extension 10.05.2006 NYC and MTA agree on $2.1 billion extension of No. 7 line as part of rail yard development on Manhattan’s west side. |
Stapleton Waterfront 10.25.2006 19 blocks rezoned |
Prince's Bay 11.15.2006 57 blocks rezoned |
South Bronx Greenway 11.20.2006 Mayor Bloomberg unveils South Bronx Greenway plan. |
Hudson River Park 12.11.2006 Segments 6 and 7 in Chelsea North section of Hudson River Park, open to public, transforming industrial waterfront into public maritime amenity. |
Douglaston/Little Neck 12.20.2006 135 blocks rezoned |
Bronx Museum of the Arts Expansion 2006 Arquitectonica |
Bronx Hall of Justice 2006 Rafael Viñoly Architects |
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Second Avenue Subway 02.12.2007 MTA breaks ground on first phase of project. |
Queensboro Hill 02.28.2007 100 blocks rezoned |
PlaNYC 2030 04.22.2007 Mayor Bloomberg releases PlaNYC2030: A Greater, Greener New York. |
Congestion Pricing 04.22.2007 Mayor Bloomberg announces congestion pricing plan as one of 100 initiatives in PlaNYC 2030. |
Crown Heights North 04.24.2007 Historic District designated in Crown Heights, Brooklyn |
Harding Park/Clason Point 05.09.2007 34 blocks rezoned |
Park Stratton 05.09.2007 13 blocks rezoned |
Manhattan Avenue 05.15.2007 Historic District designated in Upper West Side, Manhattan |
Governors Island 05.29.2007 Competition proposals for Governors Island by five teams of architects and landscape architects go on view. |
Sunnyside Gardens 06.26.2007 Historic District designated in Sunnyside, Queens
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Construction Codes 07.03.2007 Mayor Bloomberg signs legislation establishing new construction codes. |
Wakefield/East Chester 07.25.2007 135 blocks rezoned |
Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton 07.25.2007 160 blocks |
Fort Greene/Clinton Hill 07.25.2007 99 blocks rezoned |
Jamaica 09.10.2007 368 blocks rezoned |
Upper West Side 09.25.2007 51 blocks rezoned |
Newtown Creek 09.29.2007 NYC Department of Environmental Protection opens Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. |
Mariners Harbor Branch Library 2007 Atelier Pagnamenta Torriani |
New Settlement Community Campus 2007 Dattner Architects in association with Edelman Sultan Knox Wood Architects |
SIHS 2007 Lyn Rice Architects |
121st Precinct 2007 Rafael Viñoly Architects |
Queens Botantical Garden 2007 BKSK Architects |
Bedford-Stuyvesant South 10.29.2007 206 blocks rezoned |
Forest Hills South 10.29.2007 41 blocks rezoned |
St. Albans/Hollis 10.29.2007 317 blocks rezoned |
Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory 10.30.2007 Historic District designated in Greenpoint, Brooklyn |
Dumbo 12.18.2007 Historic District designated in Dumbo, Brooklyn |
Governors Island 12.19.2007 Governor Spitzer and Mayor Bloomberg announce design team led by West 8 will design park and open space on Governors Island. |
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Briarwood 02.27.2008 39 blocks rezoned |
Fiske Terrace/Midwood Park 03.18.2008 Historic District designated in Midwood, Brooklyn |
Grand Street 03.26.2008 13 blocks rezoned |
Congestion Pricing 04.07.2008 Speaker Sheldon Silver announces that NY State Assembly will not vote on congestion pricing measure. |
Westerleigh 04.16.2008 75 blocks rezoned |
125th Street 04.30.2008 24 blocks rezoned |
NoHo Extension 05.13.2008 Historic District designated in NoHo, Manhattan
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Summer Streets 06.2008 NYC Department of Transportation announces first Summer Streets weekend. |
City Racks 07.23.2008 Jury selects new bicycle rack design by Ian Mahaffy and Maarten de Greeve from entries in CityRacks competition. |
Second Avenue Subway 07.2008 MTA agrees to full environmental review of 72nd Street station after area residents file lawsuit. |
West Chelsea 07.15.2008 Historic District designated in Chelsea, Manhattan |
Fulton Street Transit Center 07.16.2008 Federal Transit Administration confirms that it will not provide funds to assist in construction of Fulton Street Transit Center. |
Hunts Point 07.23.2008 70 blocks rezoned |
The Rockaways 08.14.2008 280 blocks rezoned |
Laurelton 09.04.2008 220 blocks rezoned |
Waldheim 09.24.2008 |
Dutch Kills 10.07.2008 40 blocks rezoned |
St. George 10.23.2008 12 blocks rezoned |
University Village 11.18.2008 Landmarks Preservation Commission designates University Village as historic landmark. |
East Village/Lower East Side 11.19.2008 111 blocks rezoned |
TKTS Booth 2008 Choi Ropiha & Perkins Eastman Architects |
Saratoga Avenue Community Center 2008 George Ranalli, Architect |
Flushing Meadows Corona Park Natatorium & Ice Rink 2008 Handel Architects |
Brooklyn Children's Museum 2008 Rafael Viñoly Architects |
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New Housing Marketplace 01.06.2009 Deadline for New Housing Marketplace plan is extended one year to 2014 due to economic recession. |
Fulton Street Transit Center 01.29.2009 Amid rising construction costs, reports suggest that entrance pavilion to Fulton Street Transit Center may be removed from project. |
Fulton Street Transit Center 01.30.2009 Fulton Street Transit Center receives $497 million in federal stimulus money to help fund entrance pavilion. |
Alice and Agate Courts 02.10.2009 Historic District designated in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
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East Windsor Terrace/Stable Brooklyn 03.11.2009 5 blocks rezoned |
Forest Hills Special District 03.24.2009 10 blocks rezoned |
North Corona II 03.24.2009 100 blocks rezoned |
North Flushing 04.22.2009 257 blocks rezoned |
Hudson River Park 05.01.2009 Chelsea North section of Hudson River Park opens to public. |
Audubon Court 05.12.2009 Historic District designated in Washington Heights, Manhattan
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Fillmore Place 05.12.2009 Historic District designated in Williamsburg, Brooklyn |
Washington Square Park 05.19.2009 Washington Square Park reopens after controversial Department of Parks and Recreation redesign. |
Street Design Manual 05.19.2009 NYC Department of Transportation releases Street Design Manual. |
Fulton Street Transit Center 05.20.2009 MTA announces that Fulton Street Transit Center will open in 2014, seven years behind schedule. |
Pedestrian Plazas 05.31.2009 NYC Department of Transportation turns part of Times and Herald Squares into pedestrian malls as pilot project to test effect on traffic movement. |
Development Coordinator Initiative 06.2009 Mayor’s Office introduces Development Coordinator pilot initiative in Brooklyn and Queens. |
Bicycle Lanes 06.2009 NYC DOT announces 200 miles of bike lanes, 20 sheltered bike parking structures, and 3,100 bike racks have been installed throughout city. |
Prospect Place Heights 06.23.2009 Historic District designated in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn |
Lower Concourse 06.30.2009 30 blocks rezoned |
Canarsie 06.30.2009 250 blocks rezoned |
Cord Meyer/Forest Hills 06.30.2009 32 blocks rezoned |
Flatbush 07.29.2009 180 blocks rezoned |
Middle Village/Glendale/Maspeth 07.29.2009 300 blocks rezoned |
Coney Island 07.29.2009 19 blocks rezoned |
Dumbo 07.29.2009 12 blocks rezoned |
Greenpoint/Williamsburg Contextual 07.29.2009 175 blocks rezoned |
East River Waterfront 08.18.2009 Groundbreaking for East River esplanade. |
Greenwich South 09.2009 Alliance for Downtown New York completes study of Greenwich South. |
Ridgewood North 09.15.2009 Historic District designated in Ridgewood, Queens |
161st Street/River Avenue 09.30.2009 8 blocks rezoned |
Sunset Park 09.30.2009 128 blocks rezoned |
Lamartine Place 10.13.2009 Historic District designated in Chelsea, Manhattan |
Ocean on the Park 10.27.2009 Historic District designated in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
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Carroll Gardens/Columbia Street 10.28.2009 86 blocks rezoned |
Perry Avenue 12.15.2009 Historic District designated in Bedford Park, Bronx |
Hunters Point South Park 2009 |
Concrete Plant Park 2009 |
Port Authority Ferry Terminal 2009 Port Authority Ferry Terminal in Battery Park City opens to public. |
FDNY Rescue Co. #3 2009 Polshek Partnership Architects |
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts 2009 Polshek Partnership Architects |
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urbanSHED 01.21.2010 Jury announces new sidewalk shed design. |
Active Design Guidelines 02.02.2010 Active Design Guidelines released. |
Pedestrian Plazas 02.11.2010 Mayor Bloomberg announces Times Square and Herald Square pedestrian malls are to become permanent after successful pilot test. |
Upper East Side Extension 03.23.2010 Historic District designated in Upper East Side, Manhattan |
96th Street Headhouse 04.05.2010 MTA opens new headhouse as part of major renovation of IRT 96th Street/Broadway Station. |
Governors Island 04.11.2010 Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation releases master plan by West 8 team for park and public space. |
Governors Island 04.11.2010 New York State relinquishes control of Governors Island to City, clearing way for redevelopment. |
South Ferry Station 2010 Exterior landscaping completed on renovated South Ferry Station. |
Queens Theatre-in-the-Park 2010 Caples Jefferson Architects |
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