Report on City Planning Committee hearing

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

On this segment of Around New York, Robert C. Weinberg announces an upcoming City Planning Committee meeting on November 2nd, 1966. The purpose of the meeting is to vote on a proposal to limit the high of buildings in historic areas. Other items include two urban renewal projects in Coney Island and East Harlem as well as map and zoning changes which would create new parks in the Bronx and Queens.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


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