#Solving the US housing shortage

#Solving the US housing shortage

“#Solving the US housing shortage” A new generation of startups wants to disrupt the way houses are built by automating production with industrial 3D printers. 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, uses machines to deposit thin layers of plastic, metal, concrete and other materials atop one another, eventually producing three-dimensional objects from the bottom…

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#Landmarks panel mustn’t kill historic district’s lifeline

#Landmarks panel mustn’t kill historic district’s lifeline

“#Landmarks panel mustn’t kill historic district’s lifeline” “Without the museum, there is no historic district,” City Councilwoman Margaret Chin rightly told the Landmarks Preservation Commission in January in support of the plan to build at 250 Water Street in the South Street Seaport Historic District. The Howard Hughes Corp. would create a substantial endowment to…

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#Steven Madden threatens to ditch Queens headquarters

#Steven Madden threatens to ditch Queens headquarters

“#Steven Madden threatens to ditch Queens headquarters” Steve Madden’s shoe company is ready to walk away from its Queens headquarters — and take 400 workers with it — over a proposed affordable-housing development that will step on the company’s parking. The designer’s eponymous brand uses two buildings on Barnett Avenue in Sunnyside for offices and…

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#How the next NYC mayor can guarantee affordable housing

#How the next NYC mayor can guarantee affordable housing

“#How the next NYC mayor can guarantee affordable housing” New York City mayoral candidates often make extravagant promises on affordable housing, and underproduce on results.  Back in 2013, for example, then-candidate Bill de Blasio banked on solving the city’s crisis of housing affordability with Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, a policy that required developers to build affordable…

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#Amazon to spend B on affordable housing in 3 regions

#Amazon to spend $2B on affordable housing in 3 regions

“#Amazon to spend $2B on affordable housing in 3 regions” Amazon on Wednesday pledged to spend more than $2 billion on affordable housing efforts in three regions where big chunks of its workforce live. The e-commerce colossus said it will use the money to create and preserve more than 20,000 affordable homes in and around…

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