Fifteen years after implementation, the 2008 East Village-Lower East Side Rezoning is still misunderstood. Apparently, no one reads the actual texts of rezonings or maybe the relevant parties don't want to admit to what the Department of City Planning dealt them.
Simply stated, the EV was upzoned, not downzoned. And a large swath of the LES was downzoned, except the wide streets (Houston, Delancey, Chrystie) which were upzoned.
Big picture: EV upzoned, LES downzoned.
Prior to the rezoning, the EV had a very restrictive zoning allowance. The only means of
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