BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Meet you by the purple bench. Friends and comrades of Frances Goldin, the legendary Lower East Side housing activist-turned-literary agent, gathered…
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BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Just 24 hours after construction began on Chinatown’s future “megajail,” community groups and elected officials rallied together at 7 a.m. once…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | At the end of last month, opponents of the plan to sell Knickerbocker Village to L&M Development protested in the bitter…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Opponents of the plan to sell Knickerbocker Village have made themselves heard loud and clear at two recent protests. They fear…
BY LYNN PACIFICO | Venerating nature as the basis of life, the ancients set aside areas around natural features, such as caves, waterfalls, springs and…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated March 23, 5:15 p.m.: A group of residents of Knickerbocker Village in the Two Bridges area of the Lower East…
BY DASHIELL ALLEN | A 5 World Trade Center public hearing held on Jan. 13 was filled with developers, real estate insiders and representatives of…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | As Yogi Berra once said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” A new ad hoc group has come together to challenge…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Thurs., Dec. 16, 1:30 p.m.: Local residents didn’t think it could be done. They prayed it wouldn’t be done. But…
BY DASHIELL ALLEN | At a Dec. 9 public forum, community members and local politicians alike got a clearer picture of what it would take…