A Friday In Pictures and Words
Hayley Richardson | Fri, Feb 22nd, 2008 | Category: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, new york city, gentrification, baltimore, harlem, eminent domain, pictures, friday, cloverleaf, tree-oriented planning, historic zone, university of vermont, snowfall, skywalk, words, tenant
”The First Real Snowfall of the Season”
Baltimore Votes Against Eminent Domain
The Baltimore City Planning Commission voted against the West Covington Urban Renewal Plan by a 7-to-1 vote Thursday night, sending the redevelopment proposal to City Council with the suggestion of eliminating eminent domain from the plan. The commissioners were in agreement that the plan presented a needed redevelopment opportunity for the city, but they couldn’t approve of the plan because it would have meant relocating three businesses and residents from seven homes in West Covington – a Middle Branch waterfront location south of Interstate 95 and west of Hanover Street.
Should All of Harlem be Declared Historic?
“Adam Leitman Bailey, a lawyer who was born in Queens and grew up in New Jersey, has devised a novel way to halt gentrification in Harlem. Mr. Bailey, 37, has proposed having 125th Street, from river to river, declared the “Harlem Historic Zone,” which he believes would make it more difficult to tear down the neighborhood’s old buildings and replace them with new ones.”
”Angry Letters to a Tenant in Bayridge”
Skywalks? Really?
“The last time I was in New York, I was on foot and grateful for sidewalk sheds.I understand why New Yorkers don’t like them: It’s dingy under scaffolds. With some 3,300 of them around Manhattan alone, wooden tunnels get tedious. But it was raining, my head was wet, my shoes were sodden, and I was wishing the sheds could cover crosswalks, too. What I really wished for was a skywalk.”
“Increasingly, trees are the new must-have for American cities.Some prodded by environmental awareness, some by regulatory edict, they’re stepping up tree plantings in hopes of improving air quality, reducing energy consumption and easing storm water flows. And a four-man team of scientists at the University of Vermont is helping urban planners and foresters gauge the existing “tree canopy” — or cover — in their cities and set realistic goals for increasing it.”
”Our National Flower Is a Cloverleaf”
