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Why the Plan to Toll Bridges Will Succeed; Is NYC Becoming a ‘Gated Community?’

Posted On Wed, February 18, 2015 By Diane Pham

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Posted On Wed, February 18, 2015 By Diane Pham In Real Estate Wire

Here’s why the new plan to toll NYC bridges—and other traffic pricing—will succeed. [Crain’s]
With housing costs rising with no end in sight, NYC is in danger of becoming a “gated community.” [TRD]
The rise of the “designer neighborhood” and a look at the developers turning the last of NYC’s undeveloped land into custom, mega-sized real estate projects. [NYDN]
The Lower East Side’s Essex Crossing development will use only union workers. [Crain’s]
Explore the Gowanus Canal from a less toxic environment—your home. [Curbed]

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