New York City development

[ZachariahDaMan]

Developer Larry Silverstein said he'll soon announce a timetable for building tower No. 2 at the World Trade Center site that will overlap in part with work on his Freedom Tower.

New York Daily News article: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/stor...1p-305180c.html

With the city's burgeoning population and skyrocketing rents, New Yorkers could soon outgrow New York, housing experts said yesterday.

New York Daily News article: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/stor...1p-305099c.html

[lammius]

With the city's burgeoning population and skyrocketing rents, New Yorkers could soon outgrow New York, housing experts said yesterday.

New York Daily News article: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/stor...1p-305099c.html

That really is a good idea! Those public housing compounds do waste lots of space. Open space is important in the city, but the poor design and lack of purpose for much of the space in these projects makes them wasteful. If this sort of thing starts happening I'd like to see site plans.