Crown Heights/Atlantic Avenue Rezoning and Revitalization Efforts

GZA planners have been deeply involved in this Crown Heights neighborhood for 10+ years, providing planning services to optimize its revitalization. Zoning had outgrown historical uses, resulting in conforming but waning manufacturing uses, brownfields, non-confirming residential housing, and blighted land uses. The neighborhood’s ready access to a vital transportation corridor added great value to its … Read more

The Shed – Hudson Yards Transportation Access and Operations Study

The Shed is a 225,000 square foot multi-functional art and performance space in the revitalized Hudson Yards neighborhood on Manhattan’s West Side. The unique project was designed to transform from an intimate venue to one with stadium seating, offering interior and exterior options under extremely varied operational hours. Challenge Like other high-end, high-profile urban hospitality … Read more