A new mayoral administration, of course, means the winds of change are blowing through City Hall. During his inauguration yesterday, Mayor de Blasio promised to "put an end to economic and social inequalities that threaten to unravel the city...
Following Community Board 3's land use committee meeting last week, we published some fuzzy drawings depicting what a "new" Essex Street Market located on the southeast corner of Essex and Delancey streets might look like. The Economic Development Corp....
As we have been reporting, Community Board 3 will discuss the future of the Essex Street Market this evening. We just received the following letter from David Quart, vice president with the NYC Economic Development Corp., which operates the...
The following post was written by Cynthia Lamb, founder of the neighborhood organization, Save the Essex Street Market:
The future of the Essex Street Market is finally being brought to the table at the upcoming Community Board 3 meeting (Wednesday,...
Last night, city planning officials and Community Board 3 hosted a "SPURA Open House" inside the vacant Essex Street Market building on the southeast corner of Essex and Delancey streets.
It was a chance for residents to have a look...
To close out the week, yet another update on the Seward Park redevelopment process! Earlier this week, we wrote about the RFP (request for proposals) the NYC Economic Development Corp. issued before hiring architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle.
One item...
In our coverage of the Seward Park redevelopment process last week, we mentioned that some community activists were less than thrilled that the city hired an architectural firm without consulting them. The firm, Beyer Binder Belle, began working with...
People alarmed at last week's news of a 29% rent hike for merchants renewing their leases at the Essex Street Market, will no doubt be interested in this item. Today, NYC Comptroller John Liu releases a report highly critical...
Yesterday author Karen Seiger reported on her blog, the Markets of New York, that Essex Street Market butcher Jeffrey Ruhalter was in trouble. According to a press release she received from his publicist, Jeffrey was "running out of options"...
We've just learned that the NYC Economic Development Corp. has hired an architectural firm to work with the community on the first phase of the Seward Park redevelopment project. Beyer Binder Belle, a prestigious New York-based company, will be...
