As we first reported last week, local residents and elected officials will be gathering this morning to protest the city's handling of the Two Bridges environmental review process.
Local activists and elected officials are fuming today over a decision to release the Two Bridges Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) just as Community Board 3 is going on hiatus for the summer.
Here's a little something to brighten up the foreboding fence on Rutgers Slip bordering the apartment complex known as Lands End II. A public art project was recently installed along the one block stretch just above South Street.
The environmental review for three mega-towers in the Two Bridges area is several months behind schedule, but most community activists aren't complaining.
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Councilmember Margaret Chin yesterday filed with the Department of City Planning (DCP) a proposed zoning text amendment in the Two Bridges area.
Service was just restored in the Two Bridges area this morning after yesterday's water break on Rutgers Slip/South Street. The culprit was apparently last week's deep freeze followed by relatively warm temperatures during the day yesterday.
The New York City Council yesterday approved a bill sponsored by local Council member Margaret Chin to require the city to notify communities when urban renewal areas are set to expire.
The New York Times' "Living In..." column this week focuses on the Two Bridges neighborhood, an area that, in the past, "could seem like a land the city forgot."
Community Board 3 is poised to join a local effort to rezone a section of the Two Bridges area, part of a larger campaign to stop three gigantic towers from going up on the waterfront.
