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New York City Places and Spaces

Collected by: Columbia University Libraries

Archived since: Jan, 2010

Description:

A growing collection of websites selected by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library staff for web archiving preservation by the Columbia University Libraries' Web Resources Collection Program. Website captures began in 2010 and are ongoing; in 2020, to reflect the collection's evolving subject focus, the collection title was changed to 'New York City Places and Spaces' (from the original 'Avery Library Historic Preservation and Urban Planning'). The collection's principal thematic focus is documenting the evolution of the built environment and public spaces in and around New York City through the interaction of historic preservation efforts and new development projects within urban planning debates. Selected websites are mostly published by non-profit groups or individuals based in the New York City area, including historic preservation groups, neighborhood associations, community development groups, public policy organizations, parks and open space conservancies, and both sponsors and critics of ongoing development projects.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities Government - Cities Society & Culture Community development Public spaces,  Parks ,  City planning Historic preservation Architecture

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Title: Battery Park City Parks Conservancy

URL: http://www.bpcparks.org/

Description: Battery Park City Parks Conservancy (BPC Parks) operates nearly 36 acres of open space on the southern tip of Manhattan, including parks and gardens, playing fields, playgrounds, plazas and walkways.

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Subject:   Battery Park City (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Community United to Protect Theodore Roosevelt Park, Save Our Park

URL: https://www.saveourpark.nyc/

Description: "Community United to Protect Theodore Roosevelt Park was established in 2016 after the American Museum of Natural History, a private institution, released plans for a building expansion into a public park that significantly reduced public green space and threatened the health and community-centered character of the neighborhood."

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Subject:   American Museum of Natural History Theodore Roosevelt Park (New York, N.Y.) Neighborhood planning Historic preservation,  Parks

Title: East Village Parks Conservancy

URL: http://evpcnyc.org/

Description: "The East Village Parks Conservancy is a not-for-profit, community-based organization of volunteers who are committed to the care, restoration and expansion of East Village public parkland. Building upon our rich, local heritage of diversity and community activism, and working in partnership with governmental agencies and like-minded community organizations and businesses, we work to ensure that our green spaces survive and prosper."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Fort Independence Park Neighborhood Association, FIPNA

URL: http://www.fipna.org/

Description: "The Fort Independence Park Neighborhood Association is a community group dedicated to preserving and improving the quality of life for residents of our historic community."

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Subject:   Neighborhood planning Community development,  Parks ,  Fort Independence Park (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Friends of Fort Totten Park

URL: https://www.forttottenparks.org/

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Subject:   Fort Totten Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Friends of Ruppert Park

URL: https://www.friendsofruppertpark.com/

Description: "Friends of Ruppert Park is an all volunteer group dedicated to maintaining and improving Ruppert Park. In cooperation with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), members will organize garden maintenance days, ensure repairs/improvements are acted upon quickly, and enhance the park for the enjoyment of all UES residents."

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Subject:   Ruppert Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Friends of St Catherine's Park

URL: http://www.saintcatherinespark.com/friends-of-St-Catherines-Park

Description: "Since 1997, the Friends of St. Catherine's Park (FSCP), an all-volunteer community group on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, has been dedicated to maintaining and enhancing St. Catherine's Park - the second most visited park per square foot in New York City - located on First Avenue between East 67th and East 68th Streets."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Friends of St. Nicholas Park - Harlem’s Historic Green

URL: http://stnicholasparknyc.org/

Description: "The Friends of St. Nicholas Park is a coalition of residents and community based organizations, working together to revitalize our neighborhood’s natural resource. We advocate for the increase in programming, beautification projects, and the over all positive use of our 23-acre park."

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Subject:   Saint Nicholas Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Maker Park

URL: http://www.maker-park.org/

Description: "We envision an adaptive reuse park that captures the eclectic vibrancy of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and honors its history by breathing new life into the site's rich industrial fabric. The idea for Maker Park springs from an awareness that our waterfront heritage is being wiped away at alarming speed and the fact that parks have the potential to be more than one-dimensional green spaces. Maker Park is posed to achieve the acute community need for green open space while also serving as a dynamic, interactive and educational public space that unites a neighborhood."

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Subject:   Parks ,  Land use Bayside Oil Depot (New York, N.Y.) City planning

Title: Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn

URL: http://osanb.org/

Description: "The Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA) works with the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, elected officials, and our community to maintain, activate, enhance, and expand parks and public spaces in North Brooklyn."

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Subject:   Open spaces,  Parks

Title: Parkways

URL: http://www.park-ways.com/

Description: "Parkways parklets are flexible interventions that reclaim and beautify underutilized vehicular hardscapes for plants and people. Using permaculture as a model we integrate holistic approaches to create ecosystems that increase health and happiness in urban areas."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Red Hook Preservation.Org

URL: http://redhookpreservation.org/

Description: "Residents of Red Hook and visitors to Valentino park are alarmed at a recent proposal for the construction of a very large Comfort Station and more pavement throughout the park. They feel that the construction project is too elaborate and will significantly reduce the green area of this very small park. The large footprint of the Comfort Station alone will reduce the park’s lawn area by about one-third."

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Subject:   Parks ,  Red Hook (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Riverside Park Fund

URL: http://www.riversideparkfund.org/

Description: Riverside Park Fund is the non-profit support organization for Riverside Park in New York City.

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Subject:   Riverside Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Save Teddy Roosevelt Park

URL: https://saveteddyrooseveltpark.org/

Description: "The Defenders of Teddy Roosevelt Park Inc. has succeeded in blunting the American Museum of Natural History's proposed massive expansion into Theodore Roosevelt Park Street at 79th Street."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Shore Road Parks Conservancy

URL: http://shoreroadparks.org/

Description: The Conservancy's objective is "to beautify, improve, promote and protect the acres of parkland in Bay Ridge, from the Verrazano Bridge to and including Owl’s Head Park, for the enjoyment of the public, by coordinating the efforts of government agencies and volunteers and securing public and private funding."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance

URL: http://www.sbrwa.org/

Description: "The Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance is a coalition of community-based and city-wide organizations who wish to see a vibrant community in the place of the Sheridan. Through consensus building among community stakeholders, SBRWA works toward a vision of the southern Bronx River watershed that includes a healthy environment, a prolific economy and a community that reaps the benefits of the river as a rich natural and recreational resource."

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Subject:   Bronx River Watershed Transportation,  Parks ,  Community development Land use Waterfronts

Title: Stuyvesant Cove Park Association

URL: http://stuyvesantcove.org/

Description: "The SCPA is committed to bringing people of all ages to the park and presents free programming open to all during the summer season. The SCPA has also provided financial support to Solar 1, the organization contracted to manage and maintain the park."

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Subject:   Stuyvesant Cove (New York, N.Y.) City planning,  Parks ,  Waterfronts

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