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Developer’s fence comes down, flowers go in at Children’s Magical Garden
Lissette Perez, the garden's executive director, far right, and Kate Temple-West, its president, beside her, were joined by other gardeners in tearing down the hated fence. (Photo by Liv Scott for More Gardens!)

Developer’s fence comes down, flowers go in at Children’s Magical Garden

March 11, 2024

BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | The green refuge at the corner of Stanton and Norfolk Streets — the Children’s Magical Garden — abounded in joy and…

Landmarks Preservation Commission in thrall to Big Real Estate, panel says
No. 12 Fifth Ave. is braced as the future of the adjacent 10 Fifth Ave. (not pictured) remains unclear. In February, foundation drilling for a new building at 14-16 Fifth Ave. cracked and destabilized 10 Fifth Ave. The L.P.C. allowed a landmarked building at the site in the Greenwich Village Historic District to be demolished for the project. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Landmarks Preservation Commission in thrall to Big Real Estate, panel says

November 14, 2023

BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | “Time To Reform Our Landmarks Preservation Commission?” That was the question before an Oct. 18 panel at Grace Church High School…

Judge to developer: ‘Lay off Children’s Magical Garden — and protect the mulberry tree, too’
Assemblymember Grace Lee, second from left, and Councilmember Christopher Marte, third from right, joined gardeners on Oct. 1 in celebrating the court ruling. (Office of Christopher Marte)

Judge to developer: ‘Lay off Children’s Magical Garden — and protect the mulberry tree, too’

October 5, 2023

BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | It’s not magic, but it might be a small miracle: Last week, the Children’s Magical Garden — the embattled and beloved…

Damaged historic 5th Ave. building to be shored up; Stop-work order on luxe sliver tower still in effect
Along with 14 residential apartments, several storefronts, including Le Pain Quotidien, are also subject to the emergency vacate order. (Photo by Marguerite Martin)

Damaged historic 5th Ave. building to be shored up; Stop-work order on luxe sliver tower still in effect

February 20, 2023

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Following Saturday’s latest construction-caused crisis in Greenwich Village — this time at Eighth Street and Fifth Avenue — word is that…

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…

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