The ongoing debate about the future of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area revolves around the issue of affordable vs. market rate housing. But during Community Board 3's deliberations, other topics., such as the need for new schools and...
As we mentioned earlier this morning, the former home of the beloved Amato Opera, 319 Bowery, is destined to become a new theater and restaurant. As Anthony Amato approached his 90th birthday last year, he made the difficult decision...
In the spring, we attended a contentious meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Commission over the future of the Greek Orthodox Church on East 2nd Street. Tonight, Community Board 3's landmarks subcommittee will wade into the controversy. Both sides in...
In a few short hours, CB3's SLA Committee will convene for another marathon meeting. There are only 19 applications to review this evening but, looks can be deceiving. As EV Grieve reported last week, neighborhood activists are planning a...
Community Board 3's land use committee slogged through a very full agenda in a steamy four hour meeting last night. We'll have more on their discussions with the Chinatown Working Group later. First some other matters.
The panel approved two...
Members of the Chinatown Working Group will present revised zoning proposals to Community Board 3's land use committee tonight. The coalition - representing 50 neighborhood organizations - intends to submit a comprehensive community development plan to the city in...
Every tenement building has at least a few stories to tell. 16 Clinton St. may have more than most. It was on this site in 1883 that German shoemaker Gottlieb Rudolph, suffering from malaria, took his own life (NYT). ...
What do we have here? Lo-Down contributor/reader Mitch Weinstein snapped this photo outside 183 East Broadway, a construction site idled in the spring of 2009 by a "stop work order" from the Department of Buildings. According to the DOB's...
EV Grieve summed up the shenanigans at Tuesday night's Community Board 3 meeting. If you haven't heard, the board rejected liquor license applications from Frank Prisinzano (fast food Italian) and Keith Masco (seafood restaurant/bar/fish market) -- both on Avenue...
Monday night, community activists met in a sweltering auditorium at University Settlement to play a game. No money changed hands, but there were plenty of poker faces, and the stakes were high. The participants were members of Community Board...
