Guest Opinion: NYCHA’s Chelsea Gold Mine

Guest Opinion: NYCHA’s Chelsea Gold Mine

The following Guest Opinion by David Holowka is comprised of written and visual content that first appeared as part of  “NYCHA’s Chelsea Gold Mine”–published on April 23, 2025 on the blog ArchiTakes. To access the full piece, click here. Above Image: A proposed rezoning of Chelsea’s public housing sites—Fulton Houses and Elliott-Chelsea Houses—could transform much […]

The Fed Takeover at Penn Station Can–and Should–Bring Truly Transformative Change

The Fed Takeover at Penn Station Can–and Should–Bring Truly Transformative Change

On April 17, 2025, the Federal Rail Administration (FRA)  and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that it would be recasting plans known as the Penn Expansion (the addition of a NJ Transit station south of Penn Station being the preferred route) and Penn Reconstruction (the above ground station) to a project to be led […]