The end of the month is nearly upon us. For several longtime Lower East Side businesses, the arrival of July this coming Tuesday, represents the end of an era. As developers rush to complete plans for the Essex Crossing...
The developers of Essex Crossing have now filed pre-demolition documents for the old Essex Street Market building on the south side of Delancey Street. The site is one of nine former urban renewal parcels included in the nearly 2...
Delancey Street Associates, the development team for Essex Crossing, is putting the word out for a community visioning session next Wednesday.
The meeting, taking place at Grand Street Settlement, is meant to gather feedback for a 15,000 square foot...
Over the weekend, some new details dripped out concerning one of the more prominent attractions coming to the big Essex Crossing project. The 1.9 million square foot mixed use development near the Williamsburg Bridge is scheduled to break ground...
A few new tidbits to pass along this afternoon regarding Essex Crossing, the 1.9 million square foot project coming to the former Seward Park Urban Renewal Area.
Architectural firms are still working on finalizing plans for the first phase of...
The following op/ed was written by Jan Hanvik, executive director of the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center. It first appeared in the May 2014 edition of The Lo-Down's print magazine.
Whether viewed with dread or high hopes, the enormous, complex...
The other day we reported that the developers of Essex Crossing had filed a pre-demolition application for two tenements, 400 and 402 Grand St. They pointed out that a demo permit will not be in hand for several months;...
After months of pleas from their attorneys and from Community Board 3, the city has finally agreed to give six families living in a doomed building at 400 Grand St. priority status for new affordable apartments in the Essex...
If you still doubt that the former Seward Park urban renewal site is finally poised for redevelopment, here's some additional proof. The Department of Buildings has approved a pre-demolition plan two buildings on site #5 of the Essex Crossing...
