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Papers by Barry Hersh
https://www.thecasecentre.org/submission/previewProduct?id=5977&ocs\_product\_id=13235, 2024
Willets Point is no ordinary redevelopment! This 110-acre (44.5 hectares) contaminated, misused s... more Willets Point is no ordinary redevelopment! This 110-acre (44.5 hectares) contaminated, misused site, is located in northern Queens, NYC. This site had defied plans of NYC Mayors from LaGuardia and Wagner to Bloomberg, DiBlasio, and Adams, the legendary power broker Roberts Moses, Governor Mario Cuomo, and numerous powerful developers. For decades, known as the Iron Triangle for its auto repair chop shops, had marginal, polluting occupants, a one-inch water line and no sewers. Given a central location on the water, access to highways, airports, and a subway station plus thriving communities nearby, why had so many plans failed?
Now under construction are 2,500 new affordable homes, New York City’s first soccer-specific stadium, along with public open space, a hotel, and neighborhood-serving, ground-floor retail shops that will create good-paying jobs for community residents. Also included is a new 650-seat public school. All told the project is expected to create over 16,000 jobs as well as generate $6.1 billion in economic impact over the next 30 years.
The current vision follows a variety of plans that have been proposed but failed to materialize, as well as numerous court cases needed to settle political, legal, economic, and environmental issues. The Related-Sterling designated Development Team and NYC EDC are proceeding, while still pending a decision is the recent proposal of Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire owner of the New York Mets, for a casino, competing with a dozen other proposals for only three New York State gambling licenses.
Routledge eBooks, Aug 29, 2017
Routledge eBooks, May 25, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Aug 29, 2017
This study was conducted by the NYU SPS Schack Institute of Real Estate with support from the New... more This study was conducted by the NYU SPS Schack Institute of Real Estate with support from the New York City Brownfield Partnership. The NYU Schack team is responsible for this impartial analysis of the NYS BCP and is grateful for the assistance and expertise of the NYCBP and especially its study committee. While considering the overall program, this report builds upon an earlier NYU study that covered Generations 1 and 2 of the program written prior to the 2015 amendments. This study focuses primarily on Generation 3, the program as it is today and will be considered for renewal in the 2022 legislative session. While much of the study utilizes New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation and Finance and Taxation databases, other sources for housing and economic data, were also utilized and cited in Addendum 2.
Routledge eBooks, Aug 29, 2017
New York City Brownfields, 2024
Purchase and history of s 16-acre brownfield parcel in Coney Island, Brooklyn NY by Prologis in F... more Purchase and history of s 16-acre brownfield parcel in Coney Island, Brooklyn NY by Prologis in February 2024. Discusses former uses, cleanup, nearby ballfields and plans.
Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines 3.0, 2023
This is the 2023 updated and expanded version of Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines. While I was ... more This is the 2023 updated and expanded version of Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines. While I was more involved in the large group that created the original version, I support this new and improved WEDG and thought it more useful on Academia
Waterfront Urbanism, 2022
The chapter focuses on the catalytic role of non-profit organizations in waterfront development a... more The chapter focuses on the catalytic role of non-profit organizations in waterfront development and starts with describing works by two US-based non-profits with global aspirations; it goes on to analyze local and regional waterfront non-profits around the globe (Figure 18.1). The Washington, DC-based Waterfront Centerearly advocates for what are now widely accepted conceptshas promoted enlightened waterfront development and quality design for 42 years, and has shared its thoughts and materials. It has recognized 383 award-winners for the outstanding designs and often strong nonprofit roles, including Shipyard Park in Zhongshan, China, and River Action, in the Quad Cities, USA. The second non-profit, the Waterfront Alliance, began in 2007 as a coalition of over 1,000 local organizations in the New York metropolitan area (Waterfront Alliance 2019). It convened 600 experts and created WEDG (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines): a carefully thought-out system to analyze and measure waterfront projects using the full range of variables, starting with resilience in post-Hurricane Sandy era, to ecological impacts and public access, with standards applicable to any coastal waterfront (Lewis et al. 2019). Since 2018, notable projects from Brooklyn to North Carolina have sought and achieved WEDG Certification.
Routledge eBooks, May 25, 2022
Routledge eBooks, May 25, 2022
Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism is the first resource to address cities' trans... more Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism is the first resource to address cities' transformations of their coastlines and riverbanks and the resulting effects on environment, culture, and identity in a genuinely global context. Spanning cities from Gdańsk to Georgetown, this reference for design, development, and planning explores the transition of waterfronts from industrial and port zones to crowd-drawing urban spectacles within the frameworks of urban development, economics, ecology, governance, globalization, preservation, and sustainability. Provides perspectives, project reviews, and analyses of evolution and emerging trends provides critical insight .into the phenomenon of waterfront development and urbanism in cities from the East to the West. Features: Explores the transformation of waterfronts from industrial hubs to urban playgrounds through the lenses of preservation, governance, economics, ecology, and more. This book presents chapter-length case studies drawn from cities in China, Bangladesh, Turkey, the United States, Malaysia, the European Union, Egypt, and other countries. It also includes contributions from an interdisciplinary team of international scholars and professionals, a corrective to the historical exclusion of researchers and issues from the Global South. My chapter (#18) "Leading the Way, The Role of Non-Profits in Waterfront Development" discusses the unique role of local, regional, and global nonprofits in advocating and defining waterfront developments in the United States and the world. The chapter features examples of non-profits from the globally influential Waterfront Center to local organizations in Iowa. NYU SPS interview about this recently published book chapter regarding the catalytic role of non-profits in urban waterfront development around the globe.
NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program and Tax Credits, 2021
This study was conducted by the NYU SPS Schack Institute of Real Estate with support from the New... more This study was conducted by the NYU SPS Schack Institute of Real Estate with support from the New York City Brownfield Partnership. The NYU Schack team is responsible for this impartial analysis of the NYS BCP and is grateful for the assistance and expertise of the NYCBP and especially its study committee. While considering the overall program, this report builds upon an earlier NYU study that covered Generations 1 and 2 of the program written prior to the 2015 amendments. This study focuses primarily on Generation 3, the program as it is today and will be considered for renewal in the 2022 legislative session. While much of the study utilizes New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation and Finance and Taxation databases, other sources for housing and economic data, were also utilized and cited in Addendum 2.
Redevelopment Institute, 2022
Podcast of discussion with Redevelopment Institute covering trends in brownfield technology and f... more Podcast of discussion with Redevelopment Institute covering trends in brownfield technology and financing
https://www.thecasecentre.org/submission/previewProduct?id=5977&ocs\_product\_id=13235, 2024
Willets Point is no ordinary redevelopment! This 110-acre (44.5 hectares) contaminated, misused s... more Willets Point is no ordinary redevelopment! This 110-acre (44.5 hectares) contaminated, misused site, is located in northern Queens, NYC. This site had defied plans of NYC Mayors from LaGuardia and Wagner to Bloomberg, DiBlasio, and Adams, the legendary power broker Roberts Moses, Governor Mario Cuomo, and numerous powerful developers. For decades, known as the Iron Triangle for its auto repair chop shops, had marginal, polluting occupants, a one-inch water line and no sewers. Given a central location on the water, access to highways, airports, and a subway station plus thriving communities nearby, why had so many plans failed?
Now under construction are 2,500 new affordable homes, New York City’s first soccer-specific stadium, along with public open space, a hotel, and neighborhood-serving, ground-floor retail shops that will create good-paying jobs for community residents. Also included is a new 650-seat public school. All told the project is expected to create over 16,000 jobs as well as generate $6.1 billion in economic impact over the next 30 years.
The current vision follows a variety of plans that have been proposed but failed to materialize, as well as numerous court cases needed to settle political, legal, economic, and environmental issues. The Related-Sterling designated Development Team and NYC EDC are proceeding, while still pending a decision is the recent proposal of Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire owner of the New York Mets, for a casino, competing with a dozen other proposals for only three New York State gambling licenses.
Routledge eBooks, Aug 29, 2017
Routledge eBooks, May 25, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Aug 29, 2017
This study was conducted by the NYU SPS Schack Institute of Real Estate with support from the New... more This study was conducted by the NYU SPS Schack Institute of Real Estate with support from the New York City Brownfield Partnership. The NYU Schack team is responsible for this impartial analysis of the NYS BCP and is grateful for the assistance and expertise of the NYCBP and especially its study committee. While considering the overall program, this report builds upon an earlier NYU study that covered Generations 1 and 2 of the program written prior to the 2015 amendments. This study focuses primarily on Generation 3, the program as it is today and will be considered for renewal in the 2022 legislative session. While much of the study utilizes New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation and Finance and Taxation databases, other sources for housing and economic data, were also utilized and cited in Addendum 2.
Routledge eBooks, Aug 29, 2017
New York City Brownfields, 2024
Purchase and history of s 16-acre brownfield parcel in Coney Island, Brooklyn NY by Prologis in F... more Purchase and history of s 16-acre brownfield parcel in Coney Island, Brooklyn NY by Prologis in February 2024. Discusses former uses, cleanup, nearby ballfields and plans.
Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines 3.0, 2023
This is the 2023 updated and expanded version of Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines. While I was ... more This is the 2023 updated and expanded version of Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines. While I was more involved in the large group that created the original version, I support this new and improved WEDG and thought it more useful on Academia
Waterfront Urbanism, 2022
The chapter focuses on the catalytic role of non-profit organizations in waterfront development a... more The chapter focuses on the catalytic role of non-profit organizations in waterfront development and starts with describing works by two US-based non-profits with global aspirations; it goes on to analyze local and regional waterfront non-profits around the globe (Figure 18.1). The Washington, DC-based Waterfront Centerearly advocates for what are now widely accepted conceptshas promoted enlightened waterfront development and quality design for 42 years, and has shared its thoughts and materials. It has recognized 383 award-winners for the outstanding designs and often strong nonprofit roles, including Shipyard Park in Zhongshan, China, and River Action, in the Quad Cities, USA. The second non-profit, the Waterfront Alliance, began in 2007 as a coalition of over 1,000 local organizations in the New York metropolitan area (Waterfront Alliance 2019). It convened 600 experts and created WEDG (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines): a carefully thought-out system to analyze and measure waterfront projects using the full range of variables, starting with resilience in post-Hurricane Sandy era, to ecological impacts and public access, with standards applicable to any coastal waterfront (Lewis et al. 2019). Since 2018, notable projects from Brooklyn to North Carolina have sought and achieved WEDG Certification.
Routledge eBooks, May 25, 2022
Routledge eBooks, May 25, 2022
Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism is the first resource to address cities' trans... more Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism is the first resource to address cities' transformations of their coastlines and riverbanks and the resulting effects on environment, culture, and identity in a genuinely global context. Spanning cities from Gdańsk to Georgetown, this reference for design, development, and planning explores the transition of waterfronts from industrial and port zones to crowd-drawing urban spectacles within the frameworks of urban development, economics, ecology, governance, globalization, preservation, and sustainability. Provides perspectives, project reviews, and analyses of evolution and emerging trends provides critical insight .into the phenomenon of waterfront development and urbanism in cities from the East to the West. Features: Explores the transformation of waterfronts from industrial hubs to urban playgrounds through the lenses of preservation, governance, economics, ecology, and more. This book presents chapter-length case studies drawn from cities in China, Bangladesh, Turkey, the United States, Malaysia, the European Union, Egypt, and other countries. It also includes contributions from an interdisciplinary team of international scholars and professionals, a corrective to the historical exclusion of researchers and issues from the Global South. My chapter (#18) "Leading the Way, The Role of Non-Profits in Waterfront Development" discusses the unique role of local, regional, and global nonprofits in advocating and defining waterfront developments in the United States and the world. The chapter features examples of non-profits from the globally influential Waterfront Center to local organizations in Iowa. NYU SPS interview about this recently published book chapter regarding the catalytic role of non-profits in urban waterfront development around the globe.
NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program and Tax Credits, 2021
This study was conducted by the NYU SPS Schack Institute of Real Estate with support from the New... more This study was conducted by the NYU SPS Schack Institute of Real Estate with support from the New York City Brownfield Partnership. The NYU Schack team is responsible for this impartial analysis of the NYS BCP and is grateful for the assistance and expertise of the NYCBP and especially its study committee. While considering the overall program, this report builds upon an earlier NYU study that covered Generations 1 and 2 of the program written prior to the 2015 amendments. This study focuses primarily on Generation 3, the program as it is today and will be considered for renewal in the 2022 legislative session. While much of the study utilizes New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation and Finance and Taxation databases, other sources for housing and economic data, were also utilized and cited in Addendum 2.
Redevelopment Institute, 2022
Podcast of discussion with Redevelopment Institute covering trends in brownfield technology and f... more Podcast of discussion with Redevelopment Institute covering trends in brownfield technology and financing
Urban redevelopment plays a major part in the growth strategy of the modern city, and the goal of... more Urban redevelopment plays a major part in the growth strategy of the modern city, and the goal of this book is to examine the various aspects of redevelopment, its principles and practices in the North American context.
Urban Redevelopment: A North American Reader seeks to shed light on the practice by looking at both its failures and successes, ideas that seemed to work in specific circumstances but not in others.
The book aims to provide guidance to academics, practitioners and professionals on how, when, where and why, specific approaches worked and when they didn’t. While one has to deal with each case specifically, it is the interactions that are key. The contributors offer insight into how urban design affects behavior, how finance drives architectural choices, how social equity interacts with economic development, how demographical diversity drives cities’ growth, how politics determine land use decisions, how management deals with market choices, and how there are multiple influences and impacts of every decision.
The book moves from the history of urban redevelopment, The City Beautiful movement, grand concourses and plazas, through urban renewal, superblocks and downtown pedestrian malls to today’s place-making: transit-oriented design, street quieting, new urbanism, publicly accessible, softer, waterfront design, funky small urban spaces and public-private megaprojects. This history also moves from grand masters such as Baron Haussmann and Robert Moses through community participation, to stakeholder involvement to creative local leadership. The increased importance of sustainability, high-energy performance, resilience and both pre- and post-catastrophe planning are also discussed in detail.
Cities are acts of man, not nature; every street and building represents decisions made by people. Many of today’s best recognized urban theorists look for great forces; economic trends, technological shifts, political movements and try to analyze how they impact cities. One does not have to be a subscriber to the "great man" theory of history to see that in urban redevelopment, successful project champions use or sometimes overcome overall trends, using the tools and resources available to rebuild their community. This book is about how these projects are brought together, each somewhat differently, by the people who make them happen.
By: Steven J. Ancona The COVID pandemic has left the U.S. with 9.7 million to 14.2 million househ... more By: Steven J. Ancona
The COVID pandemic has left the U.S. with 9.7 million to 14.2 million households unable to pay rent and at risk of eviction, affecting between 23.3 million and 34 million people. The amount of rental arrears that will be owed by January 2021 is estimated between 25.1billionand25.1 billion and 25.1billionand34.3 billion.1 In my own hometown of New York City, which has 2.2 million renter-occupied units, evictions in 2019, pre-pandemic, totaled ~140,000.2 Once can only imagine what that figure could be once the moratorium is lifted. The costs of this problem going unabated could be disastrous. Homelessness would rise, the courts would be overwhelmed, and lives will be upended. No one wants this, not landlords, not tenants, not society.
Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism, 2022
Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism is the first resource to address cities' transformatio... more Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism is the first resource to address cities' transformations of their coastlines and riverbanks and the resulting effects on environment, culture, and identity in a genuinely global context. Spanning cities from Gdańsk to Georgetown, this reference for design, development, and planning explores the transition of waterfronts from industrial and port zones to crowd-drawing urban spectacles within the frameworks of urban development, economics, ecology, governance, globalization, preservation, and sustainability. Provides perspectives, project reviews, and analyses of evolution and emerging trends provides critical insight .into the phenomenon of waterfront development and urbanism in cities from the East to the West. Features: Explores the transformation of waterfronts from industrial hubs to urban playgrounds through the lenses of preservation, governance, economics, ecology, and more. This book presents chapter-length case studies drawn from cities in China, Bangladesh, Turkey, the United States, Malaysia, the European Union, Egypt, and other countries. It also includes contributions from an interdisciplinary team of international scholars and professionals, a corrective to the historical exclusion of researchers and issues from the Global South. My chapter (#18) "Leading the Way, The Role of Non-Profits in Waterfront Development" discusses the unique role of local, regional, and global nonprofits in advocating and defining waterfront developments in the United States and the world. The chapter features examples of non-profits from the globally influential Waterfront Center to local organizations in Iowa. NYU SPS interview about this recently published book chapter regarding the catalytic role of non-profits in urban waterfront development around the globe.