Earlier this fall, neighborhood preservation organization GOLES and the Pratt Center for Community Development conducted three community meetings to learn more about what residents would like to see happen on the Seward Park redevelopment site. Pratt presented its findings...
As we reported yesterday, Community Board 3 has come up with "draft" guidelines for the Seward park redevelopment project. On its web site, CB3 has now posted a power point presentation used in Tuesday night's SPURA task force meeting. ...
We want to draw tour attention to a few changes made in today's post regarding the Seward Park redevelopment plan, In the original story we referred to a proposal unveiled at last night's Community Board 3 meeting as a...
Last night, Community Board 3 accomplished something naysayers said was impossible -- they presented a (draft) proposal for the redevelopment of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA). And they suggested the full board could vote on a version...
Yesterday we posted a video of City Councilmember Margaret Chin's remarks during a rally on the Seward Park redevelopment site over the weekend. Now, a bit more from the rally/vigil, as well as more from Chin, who spoke with...
We'll have a story later today on the annual affordable housing rally held on the Seward Park redevelopment site. In the meantime, here's a video clip from City Councilmember Margaret Chin, who attended yesterday's event:
The following opinion piece was written by Lower East Side resident Brett Leitner:
This note is in response to Julia Kent and Ernest Wurzbach’s letter about SPURA published in The Lo-Down on Thursday, October 28. As a leader of...
Is there a need for a new school on the Lower East Side? According to the Department of Education, the answer is "no." During the summer, members of District 1's Community Education Council asked Community Board 3 to make...
L.E.S. resident Bill Strom sent us these photos from the parking lot (also known as SPURA, and we all know there's nothing spookier than SPURA) at the corner of Clinton and Broome.
For the past year, we have conducted in-depth interviews with a wide range of Lower East Side residents about the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area. Last night, Grand Street residents Julia Kent and Ernest Wurzbach forwarded us a letter...
