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November 30, 2008
Jane Jacobs Atlantic Yards Report Card #9: Park Design Makes Use of “Enclosure” to Define Park Space? NO
Noticing New York produced six new segments of the "Jane Jacobs Atlantic Yards Report Card," five deal with the definition of park space, and the sixth asks "Appropriate Density? NO":
The absolutely incomparable density of Atlantic Yards is one of its most clearly controversial features. Jane Jacobs considered herself to be a proponent of density, describing in her book as dense the similarly dense neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights and Greenwich Village, but she was not a proponent of a particular level of density which should be mathematically measured. Instead, she was a proponent of density at a level that would perform well, which would vary according to many other specific factors in play. She also called for gradual reductions of density when appropriate. Atlantic Yards is immensely more dense than, at least double, Manhattan and any area of New York City now or that might have been targets for such a density reduction at the time she wrote.
Uses Parks as Focal Points? NO
Has Intricacy of Park Design? NO
Parks Are Designed with Desirable Centers? NO
Parks Are Designed So Sun Shines Within Them? NO
Park Design Makes Use of “Enclosure” to Define Park Space? NO
Posted by amy at November 30, 2008 8:30 AM