It appears that the ruling civic party, Vision Vancouver, defines "affordable housing" in a questionable way in order to justify rezoning and development projects.
They say that a civic-minded vision, clear-headed planning and modest transit improvements could help transform the area into the greatest, most generous work of urban design since Battery Park City.
(Cotter) Noguchi Museum: 'Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City' (through April 22) Several artists suggest their visions for the future of Long Island City, ranging from site-specific to silly.
(Rosenberg) Noguchi Museum: 'Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City' (through April 22) Several artists suggest their visions for the future of Long Island City, ranging from site-specific to silly.
"Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City" is on view through April 22 at the Noguchi Museum, 32-37 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens; (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.org
The future solutions in the exhibition "Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City" at the Noguchi Museum range from site specific to silly.
Citizenship laws are a product of politics, and, as the political scientist Rogers Smith argued in his magisterial study, "Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History," the contraction of citizenship closely tracks with the realignment of political parties.
"I think it's really very restrictive in terms of the options for the best development of the site," said Bruce S. Fowle, the senior principal at Fox & Fowle Architects who helped to oversee a report by the New York New Visions civic group on possible configurations and uses of ground zero.
It is a paean to what Professor Ballon hails as "the city's first great civic enterprise, and a vision of brazen ambition".
