Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Get It Back!

Public Access Design

Get It Back!

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Urban Investigations

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party
    • 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!

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Don't Trash NYC!

Public Access Design

Don't Trash NYC!

The Fresh Producers

Urban Investigations

The Fresh Producers

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Making Policy Public

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance