Plywood and positivity: National Arts Club features Soho storefront murals from summer of tumult
It seems like long ago now that plywood barriers festooned storefronts across Downtown Manhattan. A bright moment — and vivid memory — from that time...
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Cancel rent: Artists and many others need relief
BY KAZU MAKINO, CARLA PHILLIPS AND ALPHONSE DiPILATO | We are all hard-working longtime residents of the Lower East Side who, like everyone, have been...
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Small businesses, advocates call for rent relief
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Local community organizations and small business groups rallied on Avenue C on Thursday to plead for rent relief for merchants...
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San Fran honors Margo St. James as N.Y. pols, feminists debate decriminalizing prostitution
BY MARY REINHOLZ | The late Margo St. James, proud former prostitute and founder of a famed sex workers rights group called COYOTE (Call Off...
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What kind of planning do we want? Not another Robert Moses!
BY LYNN ELLSWORTH | In 1961, Jane Jacobs, author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," called city planning “a pseudo-science” that had...
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C.B. 2 denies demo plan for historic Lower Fifth Ave. address

Contrasting photos showing how the facade of 14-16 Fifth Ave. has been altered to its current "no style" look.

C.B. 2 denies demo plan for historic Lower Fifth Ave. address

February 21, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | When they go high, Community Board 2 stays low. At its full-board meeting last Thursday, C.B. 2 voted overwhelmingly to disapprove…

What kind of planning do we want? Not another Robert Moses!

The writer warns that a proposed law for long-range planning would steer development to already overbuilt neighborhoods in the city's historic core — areas already aggressively coveted by Big Real Estate seeking maximum profits. The law would also be fundamentally antidemocratic, in her view.

What kind of planning do we want? Not another Robert Moses!

February 20, 2021

BY LYNN ELLSWORTH | In 1961, Jane Jacobs, author of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities,” called city planning “a pseudo-science” that had…

Two Bridges ‘mega-reversal’ as court rules against community suit

A rendering of the Two Bridges large-scale residential development plan. The building just north of the Manhattan Bridge has already been completed.

Two Bridges ‘mega-reversal’ as court rules against community suit

February 19, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Feb. 19, 1:10 p.m.: Opponents of the Two Bridges megatowers plan suffered a setback Tuesday when the Appellate Court…

Landmarks wary of project next to historic Merchant’s House

A developer wants to construct a 95-foot-tall building next to the structurally fragile Merchant's House.

Landmarks wary of project next to historic Merchant’s House

February 2, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Feb. 2, 8:10 p.m.: A developer is finding that its plan for a new building next to the historic…

Activists fire back at ‘East Village politicians’ over poster flap

Wing Lam, executive director of Chinese Staff and Workers' Association, said the Chinzilla poster is accurate. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Activists fire back at ‘East Village politicians’ over poster flap

December 9, 2020

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Lower East Side and Chinatown activists blasted local politicians Tuesday for unfairly tarring the group East River Park ACTION as racist over…

Soho/Noho alternative rezoning boasts more affordable housing, no upzoning

Posters by Village Preservation protesting the city's Soho/Noho rezoning plan at a January "envisioning" meeting for the hotly debated initiative. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Soho/Noho alternative rezoning boasts more affordable housing, no upzoning

December 7, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Envision this, de Blasio. The city’s current, much-maligned rezoning plan for Soho and Noho emerged — albeit abruptly and surprisingly…

Carlina Rivera comes out against St. Mark’s tower air-rights transfer

Community members turned out at Wednesday's City Planning Commission hearing to show their opposition to the special-permit application for a commercial tower at 3 St. Mark's Place. (Courtesy Village Preservation)

Carlina Rivera comes out against St. Mark’s tower air-rights transfer

March 4, 2020

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Local politicians showed a united front against a plan for an oversized office tower at the gateway of the East Village…