Well said! Just piling on more to your point: City of Yes will do the opposite of demolishing historic buildings. The policy will make it easier for landmarks to transfer air rights, which is an important way for landmarked buildings to generate revenue without altering their historic fabric.
I served on Jane Jacobs’ Community Board — CB2 Manhattan — for 24 years and 20 years as the chair of its Landmarks Committee. I speak from great experience, unlike you do.
I never met Jacobs, she had already moved to Canada.
But I did get to know VERY well her long-lived contemporaries, like the legendary zoning maven Doris Diether and the "Mayor of Greenwich Village" Tony D’Apolito.
(Never heard of them, my California blow-in? Read their obits in the NY Times.)
I also was familiar with the surviving members of Jacobs’ West Village Committee.
They all marched with Jacobs to save the working-class South Village as well was SoHo, my home, from Moses’ wrecking ball.
From this three decades of collaborative working experience with them, I can assure you that they unflinchingly would oppose the City of Yes, as I do.
In fact, when Tony D’Apolito, in his 80s, left the community board, he said to me personally, “I am so glad to see there is a younger generation coming up to replace me."
So, you should be ashamed of yourself to besmirch Ms. Jacobs’ reputation in a vain attempt to promote your YIYBY agenda.
Well said! Just piling on more to your point: City of Yes will do the opposite of demolishing historic buildings. The policy will make it easier for landmarks to transfer air rights, which is an important way for landmarked buildings to generate revenue without altering their historic fabric.
I went on a kick writing about NYC landmarks a few months ago if interested.. 🤓(https://nycpolitics101.substack.com/p/nyc-politics-101-can-you-tell-nyc)
That's a very good point! And often overlooked
I served on Jane Jacobs’ Community Board — CB2 Manhattan — for 24 years and 20 years as the chair of its Landmarks Committee. I speak from great experience, unlike you do.
I never met Jacobs, she had already moved to Canada.
But I did get to know VERY well her long-lived contemporaries, like the legendary zoning maven Doris Diether and the "Mayor of Greenwich Village" Tony D’Apolito.
(Never heard of them, my California blow-in? Read their obits in the NY Times.)
I also was familiar with the surviving members of Jacobs’ West Village Committee.
They all marched with Jacobs to save the working-class South Village as well was SoHo, my home, from Moses’ wrecking ball.
From this three decades of collaborative working experience with them, I can assure you that they unflinchingly would oppose the City of Yes, as I do.
In fact, when Tony D’Apolito, in his 80s, left the community board, he said to me personally, “I am so glad to see there is a younger generation coming up to replace me."
So, you should be ashamed of yourself to besmirch Ms. Jacobs’ reputation in a vain attempt to promote your YIYBY agenda.