Recently, a new plan to rezone part of New York City’s west side has been interrupted: a big thing for many New Yorkers.
Mayor Bloomberg once called it “the single most important economic project that this city has undertaken in decades”, and it was created, mainly to attract the 2012 Olympics to New York City. Bloomberg’s ambitions to redevelop West Side Manhattan, transforming warehouses, factories, parking lots and railroad tracks between Penn Station and the Hudson River seem to be in danger, even more now the economy is shaking.
The New York Times recently posted an article on their website stating that the redevelopment problems of West Side Manhattan were caused by logistical problems, the economical ‘dip’ and, according to critics, “flaws” in the design of the Redevelopment Plans.
Is this a period of concern or is it an opportunity to think about this city’s future?
It can be disappointing for many parties involved, including apartment owners and renters, when redevelopment plans do not work out the way they were planned. The good thing about an economic decline or slowdown, however, is that more time will have to be spent on rethinking strategy, which will hopefully result in better plans for the future.
Robert D. Yaro, the President of the Regional Plan Association, acknowledges that it is unaffordable to implement everything that was planned. It is now time to make some serious choices. The question is: What will be changed and how will it affect this city’s image? Will it affect the number and type of accommodations in this neighborhood?
In the meantime, wouldn’t it be nice to spend your holiday in the West Side before all the changes occur. Consider apartment rentals in the Upper West Side or vacation rentals in Midtown West. For example, take a look at this Studio apartment in Clinton – Midtown West (NY-2351) near where these projects have been proposed.
Today’s economy is critical, however NYC seems to be getting more and more new buildings. Sometimes we wonder where do they come up with land to build on? Well, that is not as important as the fact that each and every day it is more expensive to make ends meet in the city. It is hard to understand how some people manage to suvive on 30k; let alone minimum wage. Where will we end up and what are the plans if any to better our economy?
Let’t hope that our future government would do something in terms of our economy because we deperatly need it.
It is great that redevelopments are taking place in our city. However I think that there should be other projets in such as the betterment of our children’s education which is in desperate need of a higher budget. But it seems that day by day education becaomes less of a priority and more resorces are being taken away.
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