Here's a followup on the plight of the Siempre Verde Community Garden, which has been threatened with redevelopment. Earlier this week, Community Board 3 voted unanimously to adopt a resolution drafted by the land use committee committee calling for...
At Community Board 3's parks committee meeting last week, city designers showed off the latest renderings for the renovation of Luther Gulick Park. A community organization, the Friends of Gulick Park, has been advocating and fundraising for the project...
Here's a followup to a story we reported over the summer: the sorry state of the new benches on the Pike/Allen Street pedestrian mall. State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had sent a letter to the Parks Department, urging the...
All in all, it was a rough night for city officials appearing before Community Board 3's parks committee. We already detailed the contentious discussion last night concerning plans for a new park at Pier 42. There was also significant...
Join the Lower East Side Ecology Center for free eWaste Recycling right in our neighborhood.
This Sunday, October 26th, find the Ecology Center set up outside the Abrons Art Center, on Grand Street between Pitt Street and Bialystoker Place, accepting...
Three years after initial funds were awarded for a new park at Pier 42, officials with the New York City Park's Department went before a Community Board 3 panel last night to unveil plans for an interim recreational area....
Lady Furies coach Damien Acevedo is a man on a mission. He even had the girls outside P.S. 134, passing out flyers for the organization's upcoming Halloween parade. See details below:
There's a new organization advocating for an often overlooked neighborhood park. We asked the founder, Michael Marino, for some background on Friends of Corlears Hook Park:
We are a small and newly formed group that was founded to help revitalize...
We have a few items to pass along regarding neighborhood parks this afternoon.
First off, the city's Parks Department will go before a Community Board 3 panel tomorrow evening to present completed plans for the redesign of Luther Gulick Park....
"Girls" star Lena Dunham and award-winning director Spike Jonze were the center of attention as co-hosts of last night's benefit dinner in support of the proposed Lowline underground park. But it was Alicia Glen, New York City's deputy mayor...
