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June 1, 2005
New Urbanism in Denver
The NY Times covers the highly touted Stapleton mixed-use development, a recent Forest City Enterprises project. Stapleton has become the most high-profile development in the nation which embraces the principles of the New Urbanist movement.
This article is complete with a disclosure of the relationship between FCE's subsidiary, Forest City Ratner and The Times.
NoLandGrab: Forest City Enterprises is getting a lot of respect for the Denver project.
Meanwhile Forest City Ratner is defying current urban planning standards to embrace the Battery-Park-style planning model for Atlantic Yards, complete with high-rises, private "public" spaces, and street closures. Past errors in city planning, such as these, inspired urban designers to analyze successful mixed-use neighborhoods, the foundation of the New Urbanism movement.
The development of the Atlantic Railyards is an opportunity for NYC to learn from itself. Unfortunately, it is being proposed as the next step in Bruce Ratner's learning curve.
Posted by lumi at June 1, 2005 8:02 AM