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Dear readers, thank you for your readership over the last five years — and for your support, story tips, photos, reader comments and more, and...
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Editorial: Just say No to COYHO
The City of Yes. … eh, yeah, sure, it sounds positive. But you can’t judge a sweeping, citywide development program just on a catchy name....
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‘It had to go now’: East Village pizzeria owner sheds his shed
BY CHRIS RYAN | Workers recently dismantled Eleven B pizza restaurant’s outdoor dining setup in the East Village. Owner Vincent Sgarlato got a bit of...
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Elizabeth Street Garden’s last stand: Little Italy green dream faces City Hall’s wrecking ball
BY SUSAN SILVER | On the eve of its possible execution, the legendary Elizabeth Street Garden was dotted with afternoon visitors soaking up its perennial...
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Biking’s his life — but Bowery rider says e-bikes are making life hell
BY OTTO FRITTON | As electric bikes have boomed in New York City, enforcement of traffic regulations against scofflaw riders has failed to keep pace....
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Posts tagged as “Landmarks Preservation Commission”

Community rallies to save nine landmarked Meatpacking District buildings from demolition

Andrew Berman, executive director of Village Preservation, led the rally calling for a halt to the historic buildings' destruction. (Photo by Dashiell Allen)

Community rallies to save nine landmarked Meatpacking District buildings from demolition

October 29, 2021

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | The smell of beef and blood is long gone from a corner of the former Meat Market district, but something doesn’t…

Toxic shock: Seaport tower foes fear mercury-site cleanup would endanger schoolkids

"This is not O.K.!" Megan Malvern fumed at the press conference outside the Peck Slip School. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Toxic shock: Seaport tower foes fear mercury-site cleanup would endanger schoolkids

September 15, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Temperatures are boiling in the South Street Seaport area as a developer hopes to start cleanup of a toxic former thermometer-factory…

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…