As we reported last week, Community Board 3 and city planning officials are holding an open house next week -- and they've invited anyone who's interested in the Seward Park redevelopment (SPURA) issue to stop by. You'll be able...
Community Board 3 and city planning officials have decided to delay an in-depth discussion on the future of the Essex Street Market (it was originally scheduled to take place May 2). Neighborhood activists have been gearing up to defend...
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...
In the past several days, Community Board 3 and the NYC Economic Development Corp. have made lots of information available about the Seward Park redevelopment project.
Earlier this week, we posted the RFP (request for proposals) that led to the...
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...
This week Community Board 3 announced two new members are joining the land use, housing and zoning committee, the panel that is working on a plan for the Seward Park development site. Tito Delgado, a former SPURA site tenant,...
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...
The emotions ran the gamut last night inside the auditorium of P.S. 20 on Essex Street. Elation, anger, relief, regret and pride were all palpable as Community Board 3 held an historic vote on the future of the Seward...
It was the deal most everyone thought could not get done. Four decades after hundreds of homes and businesses were bulldozed in the name of urban renewal, Community Board 3 took an historic step last night towards finally rebuilding...
After 43 years of bitter battles over the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, Community Board 3's land use committee approved a set of planning guidelines tonight for the 7-acre parcel next to the Williamsburg Bridge. Only one member of...
