It was long and ugly, with hot topics including a rooftop bar at the new hotel on Broadway, 60 Hudson's noise and sidewalk shed, closing a block of Varick for a day, sidewalk cafés on side streets, and more. / 3 comments
Also on May’s Community Board 1 agendas: Another hearing on the Barleycorn bar on Park Place and Murray; Gay Pride dance noise; Church Publick sidewalk seating; more. / 2 comments
Plus: Melt Shop opening in FiDi; Hudson River Park air rights recap; Broadway building changes hands; pro-development blogger; Tribeca galleries; fast-food fire. / 1 comment
Plus: Planting for extreme weather; Broadway building nearly sold (and condo plans up in the air); graphic designer Richard Hollis exhibit.
Plus: Broadway's residential boom redux; Tracy Anderson now offering her services to men; stolen bikes.
Eight conversions are currently underway, bringing nearly 500 new residential units to the six-block stretch between Canal and Worth—and that doesn't even include the site that's rumored to be making way for a 14-story condo. / 3 comments
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 01/19/13).
After the roundup of new buildings, it made sense to look at the many buildings being converted into condos. The total number of units from these conversions? Around 350.
Now taking reservations. Plus: More on 396 Broadway; Damon Dash's thrift shop; 9/11 Memorial subway signs. / 1 comment
Learn all about the new building destined for Greenwich, an improvement to the East River Waterfront, whether 87 Chambers will be a hotel or residential, hot tubs, and cell-phone antennas. Plus: Bad blood over 396 Broadway and tough decisions at 46 Warren.
Plus: 9/11 health-benefits boundary extended; 396 Broadway going condo; why FiDi dining is so weak; 135 William on sale; Seaport Museum officials wimp out; 70 Pine landmarked; school composting. UPDATE: Added report about big Broadway building going condo.
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