It’s been about six weeks since the city announced the development team and overall concept for “Essex Crossing,” the mixed-use project for the former Seward Park urban renewal site. Time for an update.
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It’s been about six weeks since the city announced the development team and overall concept for “Essex Crossing,” the mixed-use project for the former Seward Park urban renewal site. Time for an update. Last week’s big news concerning the Seward Park site – the selection of developers for the billion dollar project – ends a chapter in the Lower East Side’s longest-running saga. A day after the city announced plans for Essex Crossing, the billion dollar project on the Seward Park site, there’s plenty of new information to pass along. ![]() Renderings: DSA/ShoP Architects. Here are all of the renderings released today showing what Essex Crossing, the new Seward Park project, might look like. Keep in mind, architects still need to design the buildings. These images are simply representational. Following the renderings, see a detailed narrative on the housing, retail, open space and community facilities to be built during the next decade. Awaiting Mayor Bloomberg’s arrival at the news conference announcing the development team for the Seward Park project. Additional details concerning the Seward Park Project are continuing to come in this morning. We’re learning that an Educational Alliance pilot program, the country’s first two-generation school for low income families, will have a place in the big LES development. ![]() The Seward Park site, looking south on Delancey Street. Photo by Vivienne Gucwa. This afternoon, the New York Times has the story: details of the Seward Park Project, set to be announced on the Lower East Side tomorrow morning. Tomorrow is a big day for the Lower East Side. The city is poised to announce the development team it has chosen for the Seward Park site. City planners have revealed a few new tidbits about the proposals being considered for the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Project. ![]() Rendering: “Babel Blocks” Delancey Street proposal. Image for illustrative purposes only. Several months ago, we told you about a design competition from the Lower East Side BID for a Delancey Street History Fence. Through a 400 foot art installation, the organization, which operates two parking lots along the busy thoroughfare, was looking to pay tribute to the neighborhood’s diverse cultural legacy. The BID has now made its choice. A selection committee recently notified the LES-based design firm, Boym Partners, that its proposal for a “Babel Blocks Fence,” celebrating the varied “races, religions and cultures” that make up the Lower East Side,” had won the competition. Babel Blocks, a series of wood figures, were created by Constantin Boym and Laurene Leon Boym in 2007, loosely based on their Lower East Side neighbors. They were included in “Design & the Elastic Mind,” an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, and won the National Design Award in 2009. ![]() Don Peebles. Today the New York Times published an interview with Don Peebles, who runs one of the largest African-American owned development firms in this country. The Peebles Corporation already has several New York projects in the works, including a large condo development in Tribeca. When asked what other plans his firm is making, Peebles responded, “There’s a series of properties that the city is going to be having a competition for and we’re going to bid on those as well. This is on the Lower East Side.” He did not offer any other details, but since it’s the only major city-owned site poised for redevelopment, speculation will immediately be focused on the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Project. This month, developers submitted proposals for the 1.6 million square foot project. The city will choose the winning bid or bids by the fall. While some development firms have spoken in general terms about their proposals, the city has not disclosed any information about the companies competing for the big real estate prize. |
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