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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.…

Politicians push N.Y.U. to relocate Morton Williams market into new Mercer St. building
The city's announcement that it will build a public school at the site of the Morton Williams supermarket on Bleecker Street has thrown the market's future — and also that of a bordering garden strip — into question. (Google Street View)

Politicians push N.Y.U. to relocate Morton Williams market into new Mercer St. building

December 22, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Area politicians recently wrote to Andrew Hamilton, New York University’s president, asking for “an update” on what the school plans to…

Let them eat cake: Bleecker St. supermarket owner, locals want answers from N.Y.U. on key food source’s future
The Morton Williams at Bleecker Street and LaGuardia Place is Greenwich Village's primary full-service supermarket. (Courtesy Avi Kaner)

Let them eat cake: Bleecker St. supermarket owner, locals want answers from N.Y.U. on key food source’s future

November 28, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A new public school is terrific — but people need to eat, too. Saying they were blindsided by the news, local…

Super panic: What happens to Morton Williams market with Bleecker school now green-lighted?
Residents living near the Morton Williams supermarket at Bleecker Street and LaGuardia Place are concerned about losing it, now that the city says it will build a public school at the site. (Google Street View)

Super panic: What happens to Morton Williams market with Bleecker school now green-lighted?

November 22, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 22, 5:30 p.m.: The news that the city has finally committed to build a long-delayed public school at Bleecker…

City finally tells N.Y.U., yes, it does want promised Bleecker St. public school
In a photo taken Nov. 12, C.B. 2 members and local politicians declared their support for a school at 130 Bleecker St., including, from left, Councilmember-elect Christopher Marte, C.B. 2 member David Gruber, C.B. 2 District Manager Bob Gormley, state Senator Brad Hoylman, C.B. 2 member Carter Booth, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, C.B. 2 Chairperson Jeannine Kiely, state Senator Brian Kavanagh, Congressmemmber Jerrold Nadler, C.B. 2 members Patricia Laraia and Mar Fitzgerald, and Nicole Barth, an aide to Councilmember-elect Erik Bottcher. (Photo by Tevin Williams)

City finally tells N.Y.U., yes, it does want promised Bleecker St. public school

November 19, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 22, 1:45 p.m.: It took a while — nine long years of back and forth — but the city…

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