Area Planning and Renewal – Page 2

Why Warblers Flock to Tonier Neighborhoods

In the unequal distribution of birds and other species, ecologists are tracing the impact of bigoted urban policies adopted decades ago.

China Wants to Bulldoze ‘Urban Villages’ to Revive the Economy

The halting revitalization of one “urban village” in Shenzhen shows the challenges of fixing a national property crisis after years of overborrowing.

Why the Bronx Voted Republican for the First Time in a Generation

Was the Democratic incumbent — called the ‘Benedict Arnold’ of Throgs Neck in an ad — punished for allowing new construction?

As Coal Plants Shutter, a Chance to Redevelop ‘the Gates of Hell’

Developers are combining new strategies with state and federal funds to turn decayed power plants once considered a blemish into potential assets for economic growth.

How Chelsea Became the Unlikely Center of the Art World

The art business took over a neighborhood on the Far West Side of Manhattan previously known as Gasoline Alley. Then the city turned the area into a ‘monument to real estate developers.’