Atlantic Yards Opponents File Appeal
July 9, 2008
Opponents of the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn have filed an appeal in New York State Appellate Court, claiming that the lower court erred when it threw out their case last January. The 26 community groups, led by Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, said in the appeal that the 22-acre site’s environmental impact analysis was flawed [...]
Historical Society Drops Plan for Expansion and Condos
July 9, 2008
After a year and a half of controversy and intense opposition by preservationists and neighborhood groups, the New-York Historical Society at 77th Street and Central Park West has abandoned its pursuit of a $100 million, 23-story luxury condominium tower, along with a five-story annex that would have risen above an adjacent empty lot the society [...]
8 New Bids for Starrett City Complex Under Plan to Save Middle-Class Housing
July 9, 2008
In a second round of bidding for Starrett City, eight groups submitted bids Tuesday that were substantially lower than a failed $1.3 billion offer made last year for the working- and middle-class enclave on Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn.
The winner, in all likelihood, will be a nonprofit housing company, rather than the kind of private equity [...]
Tax-exempt aid for new Yankee Stadium raises questions
July 2, 2008
More than two years ago, New York City and its Major League Baseball teams seized upon an innovative way to use tax-exempt bonds to help fund construction of the New York Yankees‘ new stadium in the Bronx and the Mets‘ Citi Field in Queens.
For the Yankees and the New York Mets, the public financing, [...]
Drivers’ Strike Stalls New York City Construction
July 2, 2008
Most of New York City’s largest construction projects ground to a halt or near-halt on Tuesday because of an unanticipated strike by more than 400 cement-truck drivers.
With the bulky, noisy ready-mix concrete trucks largely disappearing from the city’s streets, the walkout affected scores of projects, including the Freedom Tower; the Second Avestrike, cement workers, nue [...]
Paterson Finds State of Ground Zero Rebuilding “Unacceptable”
July 1, 2008
Governor David Paterson, says the lack of progress at the site of the former World Trade Center Towers is “unacceptable” and that he intends to fix the problem.
In a little over two months, it will be seven years since September 11th , 2001, and no new buildings have been constructed to take the place of [...]
Community Votes in Favor of Willets Point Development
July 1, 2008
A plan to turn the gritty Willets Point neighborhood near Shea Stadium into a development that includes housing, a hotel, retail space and a convention center got a thumbs-up from a local group last night.
Community Board 7 approved the plan 20 to 15 early today. About 70 people spoke at the meeting - with land, [...]
Deutsche Bank demolition will cost more, take longer than expected
June 27, 2008
Taxpayers will have to cough up an extra $37.5 million to demolish the deadly Deutsche Bank building near Ground Zero.
The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. board Thursday approved spending the additional money, boosting the state agency’s cost to acquire and demolish the toxic tower at 130 Liberty St. to $274 million.
LMDC Chairman Avi Schick declined to [...]
High Line Park To Transform West Side’s Railway By Year’s End
June 26, 2008
A 1.5-mile elevated railway on Manhattan’s West Side that was in danger of being demolished is now being transformed into a 22-block-long park.
Phase one of the project, stretching from Gansevoort Street to West 20th Street, is under construction and expected to be open to the public by the end of the year.
“I’m constantly having to [...]
Domino Sugar Redevelopment Moves Forward
June 25, 2008
The redevelopment of the Domino sugar refinery into 2,200 apartments is set to move forward following an approval yesterday by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The commission’s approval ends a months-long clash with the developer, Community Preservation Corporation Resources.
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