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...
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...
Tomorrow is a big day for the Lower East Side. The city is poised to announce the development team it has chosen for the Seward Park site.
Since this past May, when proposals were due, city planners have been...
A chapter is ending in the history of 185 Broome St., a 1930s-era firehouse, as the city's Seward Park redevelopment project looms.
Last week, the city's Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), which owns the building, served notice on longtime tenant...
Several months ago, we told you about a design competition from the Lower East Side BID for a Delancey Street History Fence. Through a 400 foot art installation, the organization, which operates two parking lots along the busy...
Today the New York Times published an interview with Don Peebles, who runs one of the largest African-American owned development firms in this country. The Peebles Corporation already has several New York projects in the works, including a large...
A few more details in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) this morning regarding a proposal from Forest City Ratner to develop the Seward Park site. The firm, which is in charge of the controversial Atlantic Yards Project, is...
