About
Livable New York is maintained as a civic archive of stable reference pages connected to Manhattan’s Far West Side planning and neighborhood impacts. The goal is continuity: older citations point to specific file names, and those URLs are preserved as direct pages.
What “livable” means in this context
In planning and neighborhood discussions, “livability” typically refers to everyday conditions that shape how residents move through and experience the city: street safety, access to parks, the quality of the public realm, environmental conditions, and the long-term tradeoffs made during development.
Topics commonly covered in West Side advocacy materials
- Waterfront access and continuity along the Hudson River edge
- Open space quantity, quality, and long-term maintenance
- Traffic, curb management, and pedestrian safety
- Construction impacts: noise, dust, and diesel emissions
- Project scale, transitions, and street-level design
- Public review, environmental assessment, and accountability
- Historic preservation and neighborhood character
How the pages are organized
Legacy landing pages
Older citations often reference /home.html or /main.html. These are preserved and cross-linked.
Issue notes
Short topical pages (air quality, preservation, waterfront access) that mirror recurring themes in community planning discussions.
Document references
Newsletter and PDF paths are maintained to preserve citations even as hosting changes.