1. NYC Planning Milestones

2. Early Dutch New York

3. 1811 Commissioner’s Plan

4. Erie Canal

5. Buffalo, NY Syracuse, NY
Buffalo, NY Near Schenectady, NY

6. Raw material Production - Industry

7. Goods and Shipping – Finance/Market/Exchange

8. Industrial Jobs = Immigrants

9. Immigrants – Explosive Growth of New York City

11. Infrastructure: Water Supply

12. Infrastructure: Bridges

13. Reforms: Parks

14. Reforms: Building Laws

15. NYC Consolidation, 1898

16. Subways
Rapid Transit (IRT)

17. 1916 Zoning

18. IND Subway, 1920’s

19. NYC Housing Authority, 1935

20. Robert Moses, 1920’s – 1970’s

21. Robert Moses, 1920’s – 1970’s

22. Urban Renewal, 1948

23. 1961 Zoning

24. 1969 Master Plan

25. South Bronx
1970s

26. New York Times
August 16, 1971

27. New York Times
April 10, 1972

28. Ca. 1 Million

29. South Bronx

30. East New York, Brooklyn

31. Urban Flight, NYC’s Budget Crisis, 1970’s

32. New Daily News Time Magazine
October 30, 1975 1975

33. Koch Housing Program, 1980’s

34. Local Development Corporations (LDC), 1970’s

35. Wie sich New York wieder
verbesserte …
Housing Program of Mayor Ed Koch

36. Housing Program of Mayor Ed Koch

37. Housing Program of Mayor Ed Koch

38. Housing Program of Mayor Ed Koch

39. Housing Program of Mayor Ed Koch

40. Housing Program of Mayor Ed Koch

41. Housing Program of Mayor Ed Koch

43. Charlotte Street, South Bronx

44. President Jimmy Carter visits the
South Bronx, October, 1977

45. Presidential Candidate Ronald Reagan visits the South
Bronx, Summer 1980

46. Charlotte Street, South Bronx

47. Charlotte Street, South Bronx

48. Charlotte Street, South Bronx

49. Charlotte Street, South Bronx

50. Charlotte Street, South Bronx

51. Charlotte Street, South Bronx

54. Public Transit Improvements

55. Economic Growth

56. Immigration

57. Personal Safety

58. Quality of Life

59. Zoning for the Waterfront, 1993

60. Population Growth, 2000

61. Bloomberg Housing Program, 2003

62. Renaissance Plaza, Harlem, Manhattan

63. Madison Avenue, Harlem, Manhattan

64. Zoning for Affordable Housing, 2005

65. “Inclusionary Zoning”
City- and Privately-Owned Sites: Inclusionary Zoning

66. “Inclusionary Zoning”

67. “Inclusionary Zoning”

68. Complete Streets

69. • Street plazas – Times Square, Broadway,
Pedestrian Plazas

70. Bicycle Infrastructure

71. Mass Transit Construction

72. plaNYC, 2007

73. • Current Planning Issues
– Global Warming
– Climate Resilience
– Growth
– Community Development/ Preservation
– Urban/Community Design
– Affordable Housing