Long a subject of MAS advocacy because of its historic and irreplaceable character, the graving dock in Red Hook, Brooklyn, is now a parking lot for the new IKEA store. In MAS comments on impacts of the loss of a graving dock in Red Hook, Brooklyn to a parking lot for IKEA, in Bric Online MAS comments on the impact of this loss on City.

In other news, MAS recently endorsed a study published by Transportation Alternatives on the City’s off-street parking policies. Click here and here for details. !

Round-Up:
Jeffrey M. Zupan, a senior fellow for transportation at the Regional Plan Association, calls for the completion of a new Penn Station (New York Times). Paul Goldberger reviews the transformation of the Gallery of Modern Art into the new Museum of Arts and Design at 2 Columbus Circle, which will open next month (New Yorker).

PlaNYC falls short of acknowledging many sustainability measures such as the creation of green-collar jobs or the loss of green space to development (Gotham Gazette). Another section of Riverside Park South – from 59th to 63rd Streets on the Hudson River – is complete (New York Times). A new park in East New York, Brooklyn also opened this week (New York Daily News).

The Atlantic Yards state eminent domain lawsuit filed at the beginning of the month engages a never-before tested provision of the state Constitution (Brooklyn Paper).