Leading up to next Wednesday night's town hall meeting on the Seward park Mixed-Use Development Project, we've been taking a look at key aspects of the city's plan. As you may know, Community Board 3 will be voting...
Last week, the city officially began the public approval process for the Seward Park Development Project. A master plan for the nine parcels adjacent to the Williamsburg Bridge will be voted on by Community Board 3 next month. The...
This morning we reported that the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Project had been "certified into ULURP," meaning that the public review process had officially begun. This afternoon the complete application has been posted online. You can read it on...
Finally this week, the residents of 400 Grand Street got to hear directly from the city about their fate. For nearly three years, they've been desperately trying to get answers about the status of their building, which sits on...
Yesterday, we wrote about the upcoming public hearing regarding the Seward Park redevelopment project. On October 11th, residents will have the chance to speak out about the "draft scoping document," the final version of which will guide a comprehensive...
Following Community Board 3's land use committee meeting last week, we published some fuzzy drawings depicting what a "new" Essex Street Market located on the southeast corner of Essex and Delancey streets might look like. The Economic Development Corp....
The future of the Essex Street Market has been grabbing all of the attention lately, but there is other news this week concerning the Seward park redevelopment process. Tuesday night, Community Board 3 approved "Urban Design Principles" for the...
We'll have a full report from last night's Seward park redevelopment planning session in the days ahead. But since architectural renderings (even if they are just for demonstration purposes) cause an endless amount of fascination, we wanted to put...
We'll have a complete report from tonight's CB3/SPURA Committee meeting later, but here's a quick recap of what transpired this evening. There were no decisions made about the future of the Essex Street Market, but quite a few people...
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...
