Matt A. V. Chaban
Gotham Gazette
Barrington, NJ, United States
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The Transit Crisis Without A Rescue Plan
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
On New York’s Amazon Wishlist? More Homegrown College Graduates
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books
Pairing affordable housing with new library branches can revitalize New York’s far-flung communities. → Read More
The Batcave, a Graffiti Landmark in Brooklyn, Grows Up
A nonprofit plans to renovate and expand a former power station in Gowanus, turning it into a factory of sorts for producing art. → Read More
10 New York Sites Get Landmark Status as Panel Clears Backlog
The Bergdorf Goodman store on Fifth Avenue and the Excelsior Power Company building in the Financial District were among those designated landmarks. → Read More
Designing Luxury Condos, and Operas, Too
The Manhattan developer DDG not only puts up apartments but also builds the staging for operas, free. → Read More
The New Shapes of New York
Over the past decade, the city skyline has been transformed. How many of these buildings do you recognize? → Read More
Business and Housing Move in Together in Crowded Cities
With land scarce and costly, developers are turning to multiuse projects, as the Durst Organization is with its building on the Avenue of the Americas. → Read More
Future Neighbor Will Tower Over Grand Central, but Allow It to Shine
A 1,401-foot building called One Vanderbilt will rise beside the rail terminal. Its design will try to preserve as many views of the station as possible. → Read More
Future Neighbor Will Tower Over Grand Central, but Allow It to Shine
A 1,401-foot building called One Vanderbilt will rise beside the rail terminal. Its design will try to preserve as many views of the station as possible. → Read More
Federal Investigators Search for Cause of Deadly Hoboken Train Crash
Safety concerns at the site have posed a challenge to investigators, allowing few answers to emerge about why the train careened into a wall at Hoboken Terminal. → Read More
Federal Investigators Search for Cause of Deadly Hoboken Train Crash
Safety concerns at the site have posed a challenge to investigators, allowing few answers to emerge about why the train careened into a wall at Hoboken Terminal. → Read More
Affordable Housing Rules Apply to Bronx Complex, but Not One in Manhattan
The projects, approved by the City Planning Commission, serve as important tests for the de Blasio administration’s efforts to blunt gentrification. → Read More
As the Revival of Governors Island Reaches a Peak, Its Architect Steps Down
With another section of the island set to open this summer, Leslie Koch is retiring as president and chief executive of the Trust for Governors Island. → Read More
Experiment on Queens Waterfront Would Mix Manufacturers and Dwellers
To retain the character of the Long Island City shoreline, New York City is asking developers to dream up buildings that combine residents and industrial businesses. → Read More
A Literary House Keeps the Village Spirit Alive
The Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, home to N.Y.U.’s Creative Writing Program, is an artistic enclave where one might find Jonathan Safran Foer eating a sandwich, or Sharon Olds having tea. → Read More
Much to Save in Harlem, but Historic Preservation Lags, a Critic Says
A preservationist mourned an important building of the Harlem Renaissance and other sites that he said would surely have been preserved in another neighborhood. → Read More
Deal Restricts Tourist Helicopter Flights Over New York
Under the agreement, the number of helicopter flights will be halved by January 2017, and they will be banned from flying over Governors Island and Staten Island. → Read More
As Demolition Looms, Slave Theater’s Ownership Is Disputed
The theater in Bedford-Stuyvesant, once owned by a judge who was declared mentally incompetent, is being torn down to make room for residential development. → Read More
A Janitor, Once an Addict, Cleans Up His Life
Eric Gonzalez sold and took drugs until a friend’s fatal shooting over drug turf compelled him to seek treatment. Now he’s trying to keep his family on the right path. → Read More