The plan for a 324-foot residential tower in the South Street Seaport Historic District will move forward after exhausting appeals process. / 4 comments
The site in the Seaport Historic District is being developed as a 26-story tower, but in the meantime, it's part of the state's Brownfield Cleanup Program.
A judge allowed the development to move forward in June. Plus a huge listing at 443 Greenwich; a Pinnacle sale at the Woolworth Building; the oldest sidewalk bridge in the city. / 8 comments
Construction has been ordered to stop by a Supreme Court judge on the block-square site at 250 Water. / 25 comments
Plus relics dug up at 250 Water; Wagner Hotel declares bankruptcy; loud music in the neighborhood on a Sunday. / 2 comments
A coalition of Seaport community organizations have sued twice and this time got some traction, halting progress on the site -- for now. / 12 comments
While schools are closed, engineers are removing 8 feet of contaminated soil across the entire site, spraying it with foam to reduce dust.
But neighbors at the Seaport Coalition have filed a zoning challenge at the Department of Buildings to stop the construction of the tower at 250 Water. / 4 comments
Both Sanitation and Parks have ways to turn your tree into organic gold; a new president for Hudson Square BID; working group for 250 Water.
Plus the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is nearing completion; Tribeca Rogue gets a nod; the Howard Hughes Corporation scales back its donation to the Seaport Museum. / 13 comments
Building plans are filed for Two Bridges; Verner Panton at R & Company; the pandemic damage done to Soho's retail. / 2 comments
Plus protesting the plans for mercury cleanup at 250 Water; 111 Washington is finally sold; exciting salads at 1 White Street. / 2 comments
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