seward park redevelopment

A week from tomorrow (March 30th), Community Board 3's Seward Park redevelopment committee will meet to continue discussing urban design issues. According to an updated agenda, there will be an "interactive exercise for the committee to consider building massings,...

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 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...

Tonight the Seward Park redevelopment (SPURA) task force reconvenes for the first time since its members, in an historic vote, approved planning guidelines last month.   There will be presentations from city officials about the next steps in the community...

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...