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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 “Lynn Ellsworth”

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…

Don’t give away the streets to landlords and restaurants

Imagine: The writer proposes that neighborhoods be allowed to plan their own streets. Above, an outdoor dining shed on First Ave. earlier this year painted by local artist Ian Knife. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Don’t give away the streets to landlords and restaurants

July 12, 2021

BY LYNN ELLSWORTH | I love sidewalk cafes. I especially like the nice ones that have comfy chairs and plantings that separate me from people…

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…