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After years of work, results on important projects

December 8, 2011 1 Comment

COMMUNITY BOARD 3 BY DOMINIC PISCOLATTA and SUSAN STETZER | Community Board 3 seems to be busier every year. There seem to be more projects that we are involved in and always more to do. But after years on some projects, we are finally seeing results, such as with the Allen / Pike Sts. malls, read more here »

Revitalized waterfront is improving quality of life

December 8, 2011 No Comment

HUDSON RIVER PARK BY MADELYN WILS | You’ve biked along the five-mile path. You’ve sunbathed on the green beach. You’ve watched the sun sink down over the Hudson. This is the port where the Titanic was scheduled to dock in 1912, and the Carpathia successfully unloaded survivors. This is Hudson River Park, the largest open read more here »

Facing future, staying committed to founder’s vision

December 8, 2011 No Comment

BY CLAIRE MCCARTHY | On Oct. 18, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ushered in a new era for the esteemed 152-year-old institution with the inauguration of its 12th president, cognitive neuroscientist Jamshed Bharucha. The ceremony took place in the historic Great Hall and the academic procession crossed from the institution’s read more here »

Park needs green for its future

December 8, 2011 No Comment

BY A.J. PIETRANTONE | When you reflect on the progress of Hudson River Park’s development, and the goal to reclaim Manhattan’s West Side waterfront for the public, it’s hard to discount the number of activists, public officials and community members who have played a role in that progress, many of whom are still somehow involved read more here »

Gains and losses in battles for historic buildings

December 8, 2011 No Comment

PRESERVATION [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="300"]admin | thevillager.com St. Anthony of Padua Church, the oldest extant Italian-American church in the U.S., and neighboring tenements on Sullivan St., are in the undesignated part of the proposed South Village Historic District.BY ANDREW BERMAN | As is seemingly always the case, our neighborhoods face multiple preservation challenges and myriad read more here »

Welcoming a new healthcare center, still hoping for hospital

December 8, 2011 No Comment

DISTRICT LEADER BY KEEN BURGER | Politically in the past year we have some accomplishments. Seravalli Park and the High Line extension finally open, a smoother Election Day, community support for Occupy Wall Street, some backlash against immigration hate. But we still have overcrowded schools, a dearth of healthcare and new housing only for the very read more here »

Trying to create best free-standing E.D. possible

December 8, 2011 No Comment

HEALTH BY DR. CARL RAMSAY | There has been a considerable turmoil, pain and consternation during the past 19 months since the closing of St. Vincent’s Hospital. I have been fortunate to participate with a group of highly skilled professionals who were given the tremendous privilege to look beyond the present and instead focus on read more here »

Chamber is for new care center and for going mobile

December 8, 2011 No Comment

BUSINESS BY THOMAS GRAY | As 2011 draws to a close, we have many milestones to look back upon at the Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce. The past year has been one of great change for both our area and our organization. The G.V.C.C.C. service area faces several economic challenges with the continued absence of read more here »