Four decades after thousands of homes and small businesses were demolished, most people have a hard time visualizing what a new mixed-use project on the six acre Seward Park development site might look like. This week, however, members of...
We have an update today on Jeffrey Ruhalter, the Essex Street Market butcher who temporarily closed up shop earlier this month. Yesterday, Jeffrey was in his old space shooting a television pilot, along with LES chef Marja Samsom (formerly...
Community Board 3's Seward Park redevelopment (SPURA) committee got back to work Monday night, after last month's momentous approval of planning guidelines for the 7-acre parcel in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge. Beginning a two-year odyssey to produce...
A soggy start to the week, weather wise. A high of 58 today with showers continuing through the night, and maybe into tomorrow.
Happening today, University Settlement is hosting an unprecedented meeting of non-profit organizations from around the world,...
It seemed so simple. Members of the Chinatown Working Group (CWG) were being asked to approve a fairly routine document -- a job description of sorts for an urban planning consultant who will begin working with the organization later...
The other day we reported on the continuing efforts to reach a community consensus on how to develop what was once known as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area. The 10 sites have sat vacant for 40 years while...
