seward park project

It's been about six weeks since the city announced the development team and overall concept for "Essex Crossing," the mixed-use project for the former Seward Park urban renewal site. Time for an update. First off, Delancey Street Associates, the...

Last week's big news concerning the Seward Park site - the selection of developers for the billion dollar project - ends a chapter in the Lower East Side's longest-running saga.  The story isn't over by any means; it's getting...

A day after the city announced plans for Essex Crossing, the billion dollar project on the Seward Park site, there's plenty of new information to pass along. First of all, some clarification regarding the future of a community task...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg came to the Lower East Side this morning to announce that the Seward Park project, delayed for four decades, was finally a "done deal." Standing in an abandoned building of the Essex Street Market with some...

Here are all of the renderings released today showing what Essex Crossing, the new Seward Park project, might look like.  Keep in mind, architects still need to design the buildings. These images are simply representational.  Following the renderings, see...

Mayor Bloomberg just made the official announcement of the development team that will be transforming what is known as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area into "Essex Crossing." Click for some of the renderings presented at the press conference...

Awaiting Mayor Bloomberg's arrival at the news conference announcing the development team for the Seward Park project.

Additional details concerning the Seward Park Project are continuing to come in this morning.   We're learning that an Educational Alliance pilot program, the country's first two-generation school for low income families, will have a place in the big LES...

As we reported yesterday, today's the day Mayor Bloomberg and city planning officials formally unveil the development team for the Seward Park redevelopment project.  Yesterday, they leaked the basic details to the New York Times.  The Wall Street Journal...

This afternoon, the New York Times has the story: details of the Seward Park Project, set to be announced on the Lower East Side tomorrow morning. Here are excerpts from the story: ...the Bloomberg administration plans to announce on Wednesday...