Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

A Bet on Debt

City Studies

A Bet on Debt

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Urban Investigations

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Is Justice For All?

City Studies

Is Justice For All?
    • Monday, March 27, 2017, 5:33pm

Introducing What Is FAR?

Introducing _What Is FAR?_

We’re excited to announce our latest tool in our Envisioning Development program, What Is FAR?  A companion to our What Is Zoning? Toolkit, What is FAR? is an online, interactive tool to help community members get a grip on the slippery concept of Floor Area Ratio. 

What Is FAR? lets you manipulate virtual blocks as it takes you step-by-step through the process of how Floor Area Ratio controls the size of your building. It also shows how the city applies FAR’s other building-size-controlling cousins: lot coverage, setbacks, and height limits. Our Zoning Toolkit was designed specifically for New York City, but What Is FAR? can be used no matter where you call home.

Click here for more information about the project and try the tool yourself!

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

The Wait

Urban Investigations

The Wait

Bodega Down Bronx

Urban Investigations

Bodega Down Bronx

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Public Access Design

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Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

Who Makes Bail?

Urban Investigations

Who Makes Bail?

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Urban Investigations

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares