For the past year, we have conducted in-depth interviews with a wide range of Lower East Side residents about the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area. Last night, Grand Street residents Julia Kent and Ernest Wurzbach forwarded us a letter...
Is 180 Orchard, the stalled hotel/apartment complex on the market? While the following listing does not include an address, the description sounds a whole lot like the so-called "hell building":
BLOCK THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SITE FOR SALE
PRIME DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
LOWER EAST SIDE
NEW...
We'll have our usual blow-by-blow account from Community Board 3's SPURA task force meeting in a day or two. In the meantime, here's a quick update from tonight's session at P.S. 124 on Division Street.
The committee finally took up...
A lot of people have big expectations heading into tonight's fourth and final mediated discussion on the future of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA). At the last session, in August, facilitator John Shapiro acknowledged members of Community...
This just popped up on the wire: The NYC Economic Development Corp. announces a financing deal for Basketball City, the privately owned facility being developed on Pier 36, at the end of Montgomery Street. Unsurprisingly, there's no mention of...
Last night, Community Board 3 and city planners took the SPURA show on the road. A fairly large group of residents from the Grand Street cooperatives attended a briefing at the Educational Alliance on a two-year-old initiative to finally...
An update on 183 East Broadway, the stalled "sliver" building that was idled by the Department of Buildings in early 2009. The owner has come before Community Board 3 at least five times in recent months, seeking support for...
After a two month hiatus, a Community Board 3 panel seeking a consensus on the redevelopment of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) will reconvene on October 20th. It will be the fourth and final "facilitated session" led...
Earlier this week, we spoke with Chinatown banker Thomas Sung, the owner of the Loews Canal Theater (31 Canal Street), about his plans for the recently-landmarked building. Last year, Sung and CREATE, an arts organization in Chinatown, announced they...
More now on the future of the Loews Canal Theater (31 Canal), which was partially protected by the Landmarks Preservation Commission earlier this month. The decision was a big victory for preservation activists, who would love to see the...
