Curban Planning 001 Winner: Manhattan Palms

1.

I loved this in Dubai

2.

I thought they were building over the yards.

Hard to put in canals while still using it for trains.

3.

That would be the Dubai that takes our oil money and then funnels it to Al Queda so they don't attack them there in their homeland?

This plan for NYC rocks. Dubai sucks!

4.

Great design, block the expensive condos view of the water by putting office building along the water, switch them ... idiot.

5.

while we're at it, can we ban all NJ residents from driving in Manhattan, or at least add a "0" to their congestion prices. I dream of the day that yellow-plated jerks no longer block Canal, Seventh Ave, Broome, etc etc etc. I can't tell you how many cab drivers I've seen throwing loose change at thes idiots. Good riddance.

6.

What would you rather have, a office building with a view or a condo with the view. Send the guy back to school.

7.

right #6. why don't you educate us all by showing us you brilliant plan!? do the words humor and sarcasm mean anything to you? evidently not. get with the program dumb@ss.

8.

People, the Long Island commuters (and drivers) are no better. Just because they decided, by circumstance or otherwise, to live on the other side of the city doesn't mean they are any better.

9.

At least their taxes support our city and state, not NJ.

10.

idiots, so what if that view of NJ is blocked, who the heck wants to look at that dumpy skyline? It's the NYC skyline that's valuable, this guy's got it right.

11.

While I am all for bashing the NJ or LI commuters, the most mystifying of all are the borough commuters that drive to work in Manhattan. And, this includes all walks of life -- civil servants, construction workers, and office workers. If you want to compare the traffic at the tunnels or 59th Street bridge, take a look at the Gowanus in the morning, and who are driving over the downtown bridges and tunnels.

Part of the problem for some of the commuters is that we provide parking for these folks, so they necessarily use it. The city provides parking at stations, firehouses, and many other facilities. Te construction workers building an apartment building on my block all park on the street with orange cones on their roofs -- which I guess is the equivalent of a free parking pass.

12.

NY is a city of concrete. tall, majestic and ornate. that's what I want!!!

13.

Genius!! The pirate ship really puts the icing on the cake.

14.

FANTASTIC! Very creative and funny. I'm surprised he didn't propose for one of the office buildings to suggets the general silouette of a finger. NJ probably deserves the F*U.

15.

This isn't Dubai. You like Dubai? Move to Dubai.

16.

ummm -- the Yards are for LIRR trains . . .

17.

Hmm, I guess #3 and #15 didn't have sense enough to click on the link that is my name or read "I loved THIS in Dubai" to see that the design above is a rather poor copy of The Palm developments in Dubai--The Palm Jebel Ali, The Palm Jumeirah, and The Palm Deira. Now how much do you think this design is for NYC #3?

18.

Maybe the canal can be managed by Dubai Ports World! Yippee!!!!!

19.

Wait, Does Manhattan even have palm trees? Ooooooh, hands have palms and Palm Pilots! You're right #14, there SHOULD be a finger building in there somewhere. If you put some blinky stuff up there, it could actually look like it's flipping "the bird" all night long.

20.

HYSTERICAL....i've never laughed so hard in my life. That is clever!
I think it's even funnier that some people are taking it seriously!

21.

Question: Can residents use the pirate ship to go marauding? If so, count me in.

22.

Great work!

and AGREED how LI and NJ drivers are the worst.

DIE congestion pricing

23.

Tom--

You'd think maybe the pirate ship would have been a tipoff, no? I really want to know who some of these commenters are.

24.

In response to Justin:
Narcissistic jerkoffs who think that the entire world revolves around them.
It's too bad that some people can't get out of their heads enough to slow down and see the humor in life...PIRATE SHIP!!! Also, I like the little sliver of 'affordable' housing tucked down near the bottom.

25.

I really like this but if the flushing system breaks you end up with another Gow-anus.

26.

I am OK with this plan as long as the water is populated by sharks with head-mounted "lasers."