Presentation Crown Heights

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HISTORY

18271814 1855 1868 18831660 1920 1945 1957 1965 1991 2008Lenape Indians

Weeksville & Carrville

FultonFerry

Street Grid

Eastern Parkway

Brooklyn Bridge

OpeningSubway

WhiteFlight

BrooklynDodgers to LA

Immigration and Nation-ality Act

Crown Heights Riots

IncreasedRacialTension

1855 1868 1883 1920 1945 1957 1965 1991 2008StreetGrid

EasternParkway

BrooklynBridge

OpeningSubway

WhiteFlight

BrooklynDodgersto LA

Immigrationand Nation-ality Act

CrownHeightsRiots

IncreasedRacialTension

500

2.000

8.000

32.000

128.000

512.000

65 % Caucasian35 % African American

100 % Total Population

Total Population

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HISTORY

18271814 1855 1868 18831660 1920 1945 1957 1965 1991 2008Lenape Indians

Weeksville & Carrville

FultonFerry

Street Grid

Eastern Parkway

Brooklyn Bridge

OpeningSubway

WhiteFlight

BrooklynDodgers to LA

Immigration and Nation-ality Act

Crown Heights Riots

IncreasedRacialTension

1945 1957 1965 1991 2008WhiteFlight

BrooklynDodgersto LA

Immigrationand Nation-ality Act

CrownHeightsRiots

IncreasedRacialTension

182718141660Lenape Indians

Weeksville & Carrville

FultonFerry

500

2.000

8.000

32.000

128.000

512.000

30 % African American

70 % Caucasian

100 % Total Population

Total Population

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HISTORY

18271814 1855 1868 18831660 1920 1945 1957 1965 1991 2008Lenape Indians

Weeksville & Carrville

FultonFerry

Street Grid

Eastern Parkway

Brooklyn Bridge

OpeningSubway

WhiteFlight

BrooklynDodgers to LA

Immigration and Nation-ality Act

Crown Heights Riots

IncreasedRacialTension

1991 2008CrownHeightsRiots

IncreasedRacialTension

18271814 1855 1868 18831660 1920Lenape Indians

Weeksville & Carrville

FultonFerry

StreetGrid

EasternParkway

BrooklynBridge

OpeningSubway

60% African American

30 % Caucasian

10 % Hispanic

100 % Total Population

Total Population

500

2.000

8.000

32.000

128.000

512.000

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HISTORY

18271814 1855 1868 18831660 1920 1945 1957 1965 1991 2008Lenape Indians

Weeksville & Carrville

FultonFerry

Street Grid

Eastern Parkway

Brooklyn Bridge

OpeningSubway

WhiteFlight

BrooklynDodgers to LA

Immigration and Nation-ality Act

Crown Heights Riots

IncreasedRacialTension

18271814 1855 1868 18831660 1920 1945 1957 1965LenapeIndians

Weeksville & Carrville

FultonFerry

StreetGrid

EasternParkway

BrooklynBridge

OpeningSubway

WhiteFlight

BrooklynDodgersto LA

Immigrationand Nation-ality Act

60 % African American

15 % Caucasian

25 % Hispanic

100 % Total PopulationTotal Population

500

2.000

8.000

32.000

128.000

512.000

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THE GRID

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TRAFFIC INTENSITY

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LAYERS OF INFRASTRUCTUREBike lanes, busses and (subway-)trains

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COMMERCIAL SYSTEMInfrastructure defi nes landuse

Infrastructure Commercial and offi ce buildings

Mixed residential and commercial buildings

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INDUSTRIAL LINEInfrastructure defi nes landuse

Manufacturing S- & L-train

Transportation and utility Atlantic Avenue

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INFRASTRUCTURE

How can we prevent infrastructure from defi ning borders?

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THE GRID

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IRREGULARITIES IN THE GRID

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IRREGULARITIES IN THE GRIDTotal area of irregularities

23 %

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vacant land

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vacant land and IRREGULARITIES

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vacant land and IRREGULARITIES

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vacant land and IRREGULARITIES

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IRREGULARITIES

How can we use these irregularities in the grid more effi ciently?

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TYPOLOGY

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TYPOLOGY

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TYPOLOGICAL DIVERSITY Manufacturing Commercial Multi residential Institution

Transportation and utility

Mixed use Single residential Vacant

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TYPOLOGICAL DIVERSITY Manufacturing Commercial Multi residential Institution

Transportation and utility

Mixed use Single residential Vacant

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TYPOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Do we need a new fl exible typology, on the scale of the block?

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PUBLIC HOUSING AND POVERTY NYCHA Development

Median household income below $ 25.000

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TOWER IN THE PARKA problematic episode for the neighborhood

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TOWER IN THE PARK

How can we rehabilitate the ‘tower in the park’, without simply pushing the low-income tenants out?

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Opportunities for a ‘toolbox’ to improve the grid