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Almost five years after they went public with a headline-grabbing plan to create the world's first underground park in an abandoned trolley station on the Lower East Side, founders of the Lowline have cleared a major hurdle.

New York City officials tonight are announcing the initial approval of the Lowline underground park proposal in an abandoned former trolley site below Delancey Street.

It's been a busy summer for the team behind the Lowline, the proposed park that would be created in an abandoned trolley station below Delancey Street. Here's an update on what they've been up to in recent months. Just today,...

Coming up on Saturday, City Council member Margaret Chin will be co-hosting a community engagement event at the Lowline Lab. The lab is a prototype of the full-scale park that's envisioned in an abandoned trolley terminal beneath Delancey Street. The...

Did you notice the long lines yesterday waiting to get inside the Lowline Lab? The Winter DayLife Festival, featuring food vendors from the Essex Street Market -- inside the temporary laboratory at 140 Essex St. -- drew thousands. In...

Coming up Sunday, Feb. 21, the Essex Street Market is bringing a one-day pop-up event to the Lowline Lab. As you've probably noticed, the lab is operating from 140 Essex St., formerly part of the public market. It's a prototype of the full-scale Lowline underground park that's been proposed in an abandoned trolley erminal below Delancey Street.

Members of Community Board 3's land use committee last night pressed city officials for a more robust role in deciding the future of the former Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal below Delancey Street.

The city's Economic Development Corp. (EDC) is giving groups interested in proposing ideas for the former Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal space  a little bit more time. After hearing criticism about its handling of a Request for Expressions of Interest...

Community Board 3's land use committee last night blasted the city's handling of a potential development initiative for the old Williamsburg Trolley Terminal site below Delancey Street. The panel approved a resolution, urging the Economic Development Corp. (EDC) to...

As we first reported on Friday, the city is now asking for ideas to reactivate the old trolley terminal under Delancey Street. It has been dormant since 1948, but is being eyed by the group proposing a "Lowline" subterranean...