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Active Studies & Proposals:

East River Waterfront Study - Proposed Plaza at the historic Battery Maritime Building

East River Waterfront Study:
This planning and urban design study proposes short-term improvements and long-term strategies to reconnect Lower Manhattan's diverse communities to a two-mile stretch of East River waterfront. The study area extends from the Battery to the southern edge of East River Park and forms a link between the financial district, the civic center, Chinatown and the Lower East Side.

Projects:

	City Planning's recommendations for the redevelopment of the WTC site: City Planning Commission response to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation’s Amended General Project Plan for the World Trade Center site on March 8, 2004.
	Manhattan Waterfront Greenway: Information on the past, present and future of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, a 32-mile route that circumnavigates the island of Manhattan.
	Virtual Tour of Malcolm X Boulevard: Visit architectural, historical and cultural landmarks along and around this major street in the heart of Harlem.
	Privately Owned Public Space: Information about the public spaces created as a result of the city’s incentive zoning program.
	Sherman Creek Study: (Currently Inactive) An interagency team is studying ways to create more opportunities for housing and commercial development, to allow mixed uses in the waterfront area and to provide access to the waterfront. The primary study area is between Dyckman Street, Broadway, West 207th Street and the Harlem River.

Recently Adopted Rezonings*:

125th Street Follow-Up Text Amendment Adopted 11/19/08 :
The follow-up text amendment application includes a zoning text amendment that would reduce the allowed maximum building height and allowed density in the C4-7 district within the Core Subdistrict of the Special 125th Street District. The follow-up application responds to concerns expressed by the community and elected officials throughout the 125th Street Rezoning public review process regarding the allowed maximum height of buildings in this portion of the corridor.

East Village / Lower East Side Rezoning Adopted 11/19/08 :
A proposal to rezone approximately 114 blocks in the East Village and Lower East Side neighborhoods in Manhattan. The objectives of the proposal are to preserve the established neighborhood scale and character with contextual zoning districts and to provide opportunities for housing development and incentives for affordable housing along selected corridors.

Hudson Yards District/Clinton District Follow-Up Zoning Text Changes
Adopted by the City Council on September 4, 2008.
125th Street
Adopted by the City Council on April 30, 2008.

* Most recently approved proposals are described as originally proposed by the Department of City Planning. Any modifications of the proposals by the City Planning Commission or the City Council are summarized under Public Review, where viewers may link to the CPC report and, in some instances, to the final enacted zoning text.

Earlier Rezonings**:

Upper West Side
Adopted by the City Council on September 25, 2007.
Far West Village
Adopted by the City Council on October 11, 2005.
West Chelsea
Adopted by the City Council on June 23, 2005.
Hudson Yards
Adopted by the City Council on January 19, 2005.
Ladies Mile
Adopted by the City Council on August 12, 2004.
Small Sidewalk Cafes Proposal
Adopted by the City Council on May 5, 2004.
Frederick Douglass Boulevard
Adopted by the City Council on November 6, 2003.
Hudson Square
Adopted by the City Council on August 19, 2003.
East Harlem
Adopted by the City Council on June 24, 2003.
Unenclosed Sidewalk Cafes
Adopted by the City Council on January 29, 2003.
Chelsea Rezoning Becomes Effective
Adopted by the City Council on September 9, 1999

** The Earlier Rezonings are no longer being updated. They are presented for reference purposes.