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Save Beth Israel coalition holds ‘victory march’ after recent wins
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Chanting “Save Our Community Hospital!” activists with the Campaign to Save Beth Israel and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary braved...
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Police arrest suspect in brutal sucker-punch of young woman in Greenwich Village
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A 6th Precinct detective recently arrested a man accused of randomly punching a young woman in Greenwich Village — so hard...
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‘Blank ballot’ protest scores 15% in NYC in Dem presidential primary
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Showing the ongoing divide among Democrats over the Israel-Gaza conflict, 15 percent of the party's New York City voters submitted...
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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center...
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Erik Bottcher unveils ‘fang-tastic’ rat-control plan
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | One of Erik Bottcher's top issues is sanitation, so perhaps it's not so surprising that he is proposing a groundbreaking...
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Posts tagged as “Howard Hughes Corporation”

Seaport developer already reneging on ‘promise’ to save museum

A rendering of the revised design for 250 Water St., center, as viewed from the Brooklyn Bridge. (Howard Hughes Corp.)

Seaport developer already reneging on ‘promise’ to save museum

May 8, 2021

BY THE SEAPORT COALITION AND SAVE OUR SEAPORT | On Wed., May 5, we learned from Howard Hughes Corporation spokesperson James Yolles, “that the firm…

Strike two on 250 Water St.: Landmarks Commission again takes ‘no action’ on Seaport tower

A rendering of the revised design for 250 Water St., center, as viewed from the Brooklyn Bridge. (Howard Hughes Corp.)

Strike two on 250 Water St.: Landmarks Commission again takes ‘no action’ on Seaport tower

April 7, 2021

After nine hours of testimony, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission sent the Howard Hughes Corporation’s proposal for a tower at 250 Water St. back for…

An (actually) real history of the South Street Seaport Museum

"Great Admiral," a 1948 watercolor painting by renowned maritime artist Gordon Grant, is among the paintings and drawings at the South Street Seaport Museum. (Seamen's Bank for Savings Collection)

An (actually) real history of the South Street Seaport Museum

March 23, 2021

BY CAPTAIN JONATHAN BOULWARE | We read the Seaport Coalition’s recent talking point in The Village Sun (“The real story: The Seaport Historic District, South…

Landmarks Commission mulls megatowers in Seaport, takes ‘no action’

As seen in this design rendering, the Howard Hughes Corporation seeks a zoning change to build a new residential project, 350 feet taller than currently allowed, on a parking lot in the South Street Seaport Historic District.

Landmarks Commission mulls megatowers in Seaport, takes ‘no action’

January 16, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | The Howard Hughes Corporation’s plan for two megatowers in the South Street Historic District is not exactly sailing smoothly through…

Protect our kids! Stop the Howard Hughes Seaport towers

A map showing the South St. Seaport-area parking lot on which Howard Hughes Corporation is seeking to build a massively oversized project.

Protect our kids! Stop the Howard Hughes Seaport towers

December 18, 2020

BY MEGAN MALVERN, CHINWE HORSFALL, DEBORAH POSTERNAK, TONI CLAY-FIELDS, TIFFANY WINBUSH, AMY GREENHOUSE, KATIA HERMAN, MINA CHEUNG AND GRAINNE FOX | This is an open…

OPINION: Will 2020 bring closure to controversies facing South St. Seaport?

OPINION: Will 2020 bring closure to controversies facing South St. Seaport?

December 29, 2019

BY MICHAEL KRAMER | As a decade of conflict about development at the South Street Seaport comes to a close, community groups in the area…