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N.Y.U.’s Vanderbilt Hall, plus two other sites, added to proposed historic district
First published Fri., May 3; Updated Wed., May 8: BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Andrew Berman told The Villager late last Friday afternoon May 3 that three important sites — including two owned by N.Y.U. on the edge of Washington Square Park — that had previously been left out of the proposed South Village Historic [...]
From Susan Stetzer, Community Board 3 district manager, on bike-share docking stations: Bike Share will launch May 27. Issues that must be dealt with immediately, such as a blocked driveway or loading zone, should be e-mailed to the community board office (info@cb3manhattan.org) and we will work with the Department of Transportation to have these sites [...]
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The Community Board 2 Parks and Waterfront Committee will not be discussing the proposed Washington Square Park Conservancy at its meeting this Wed., May 1. (See agenda below, with change highlighted in bold.) The committee felt the meeting’s agenda is too crowded with other items that will require extensive discussion — notably the Parks [...]
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BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Local elected officials announced that the developer of the former Pathmark site on the Lower East Side has agreed to build a replacement supermarket as part of the project. Much to the community’s dismay, the Pathmark was closed in December to make way for the new development. On Friday, Assembly Speaker [...]
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BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Jason Osder’s debut film, “Let the Fire Burn,” is a powerful documentary about the incidents leading up to and during the violent confrontation in 1985 between the MOVE organization and the Philadelphia police. MOVE was founded in the 1970s as a mostly black, “back to nature,” quasi-Christian group. Like their [...]
Continue reading …The Two Towers: Pier 40 plan would generate $115 million for Hudson River Park upfront, plus $10 million annually
February 28, 2013 10 Comments
VILLAGER EXCLUSIVE BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A top real estate advisory firm has crunched the numbers for local youth sports leagues’ plan to build a pair of 22-story residential towers next to Pier 40 in Hudson River Park, and found that it would generate an astronomical amount of money for the cash-strapped park. The [...]
Continue reading …V TALKING POINT By Fury Young I’m a bus organizer for 350.org’s Forward on Climate rally. I’ve been on board with the protest for months now. “Why is it important to protest climate change?” you might ask me. Because I feel it’s my civic duty as an earthling. Whether or not you believe [...]
Continue reading …Photos by Lincoln Anderson The three buildings stretching west from the southwest corner of Canal and Greenwich Sts. are reportedly all being renovated. The corner building has been uninhabited for years and is in dilapidated condition. By Lincoln Anderson A day after a metal roll-down gate partially fell off a long-vacant [...]
Continue reading …Conversations With Health By Christopher Hassett I’ve had people tell me that Type 2 diabetes, the kind I have, is reversible through diet. Is this true? — Julian, Battery Park It’s funny how important news like that manages to go quietly under the radar, [...]
Continue reading …BY SAM SPOKONY | New York University Arts and Science faculty members will meet on Thurs., Dec. 13 to decide whether or not to conduct a vote of no confidence in N.Y.U. President John Sexton, according to a department-wide e-mail that was forwarded to this newspaper by an anonymous source. The meeting, which will take place [...]
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