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Pickleball panic in Greenwich Village as pushy players invade playgrounds, squeeze out little kids
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | D-Day saw the Allies storm the Normandy beaches. Now, pickleball fanatics are swarming and taking over the parks and playgrounds of...
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Opinion: Against the anti-bike backlash; Car-centric system drives bad cyclist behavior
BY BILL WEINBERG | Two all-too-telling recent incidents. On the afternoon of Aug. 31, I was biking down the Bowery, and as I passed Broome...
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Latin Mass celebrated in East Village as pope cracks down on ancient rite
BY MARY REINHOLZ | The Reverend Father Sean Connolly faced about 30 parishioners from behind a free-standing altar at the Church of the Most Holy...
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Were a ‘bad shot’ — and a bad actor — to blame for man’s death in Tompkins Square Park?
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The man found dead on a bench in Tompkins Square Park more than a week ago was a regular who went...
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Security upgrade: Block associations near Washington Square Park hire guards
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | In some countries where police are overwhelmed by crime, it’s not unusual for residents to hire private security in order to...
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Posts tagged as “development”

News is not super-good on Morton Williams supermarket and N.Y.U.

N.Y.U. previously committed to providing 29,000 square feet of retail space — about half of which would have been for a supermarket for the community — in its new 181 Mercer St. project. But the requirement was quietly dropped from the construction permit issued by the Department of Buildings.

News is not super-good on Morton Williams supermarket and N.Y.U.

May 25, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated May 25, 10 p.m.: There are no imminent changes regarding the future of the Morton Williams supermarket on Bleecker Street.…

LES/Chinatown faces most threats to affordable housing in Downtown Manhattan: Report

The 72-story, 800-foot-tall One Manhattan Square condo tower brought 815 new high-end apartments to the Lower East Side's Two Bridges area when it was completed in 2019 just north of the Manhattan Bridge.

LES/Chinatown faces most threats to affordable housing in Downtown Manhattan: Report

May 25, 2022

BY GRACE SYMES | The Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development’s 2022 Affordable Housing Risk Report, released last week, found that in Downtown Manhattan median…

Opinion: How many concrete canyons does Greenwich Village need?

The southern half of the D.E.P.-owned lot at Hudson and Clarkson Streets cannot be built on because access must be maintained to the water-tunnel shaft below. (Google Street View)

Opinion: How many concrete canyons does Greenwich Village need?

March 28, 2022

BY LYNN PACIFICO | Venerating nature as the basis of life, the ancients set aside areas around natural features, such as caves, waterfalls, springs and…

Knickerbocker Village tenants fight affordable complex’s planned sale to L&M Development

As an Article IV development, Knickerbocker Village must remain permanently affordable.

Knickerbocker Village tenants fight affordable complex’s planned sale to L&M Development

March 23, 2022

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…

‘A major victory’: Legislature nixes Hochul’s hope to scrap building size cap

Supertall towers fill the sky south of Central Park. (Photo by The Village Sun)

‘A major victory’: Legislature nixes Hochul’s hope to scrap building size cap

March 17, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Developers’ and YIMBYs’ sky-high hopes for unlimited F.A.R. were dealt a blow after the Assembly and state Senate rejected the…

‘Sky’s the limit’ if Hochul bill to scrap F.A.R. cap is O.K.’d

New supertall towers rise above W. 57th Street a.k.a. "Billionaires' Row." (Photo by The Village Sun)

‘Sky’s the limit’ if Hochul bill to scrap F.A.R. cap is O.K.’d

March 7, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A month ago, Village Preservation began raising the alarm that Governor Hochul’s proposed 2023 budget included a huge gift to developers…

Michele Herman’s new novel, ‘Save the Village,’ reflects on power of community amid a changing world

Michele Heman. (Courtesy the author)

Michele Herman’s new novel, ‘Save the Village,’ reflects on power of community amid a changing world

February 21, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | “Save the Village,” Michele Herman’s new fictional work about life in Greenwich Village, is a literary love letter to her…

Constitutional challenge filed against Soho/Noho rezoning

This vulnerable, low-scale corner at Grand and Lafayette Streets is in the Chinatown section of the Soho/Noho rezoning, though the plan "misleadingly" calls it "Soho East," a new lawsuit says. (Photo by Harry Pincus)

Constitutional challenge filed against Soho/Noho rezoning

February 11, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A lawsuit seeking to “annul and vacate” the Soho/Noho/Chinatown rezoning charges that the scheme would cause “mass displacement” of thousands of…

Judge rules lender can foreclose on vacant old P.S. 64 building

The old P.S. 64, formerly home to the CHARAS/El Bohio arts and community center, has been a vacant eyesore for 20 years. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Judge rules lender can foreclose on vacant old P.S. 64 building

January 26, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Could the end be drawing nearer for Gregg Singer’s troubled ownership of the old P.S. 64 on E. Ninth Street? In…

Competing visions for 5 World Trade Center: 100-percent affordable, ‘maximized’ affordable or 25-percent affordable

An architects collective is putting out an open call for designs for a 100-percent affordable tower at 5 World Trade Center.

Competing visions for 5 World Trade Center: 100-percent affordable, ‘maximized’ affordable or 25-percent affordable

January 24, 2022

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | A 5 World Trade Center public hearing held on Jan. 13 was filled with developers, real estate insiders and representatives of…