She could have been talking about the weather.
On Thursday afternoon, at the Department of City Planning conference room at 22 Reade Street, Hudson River Park Trust president Connie Fishman revealed the blockbuster news that the Trust had awarded Youngwoo & Associates development rights for the West 15th Street pier with the aplomb worthy of a Read More
The Related Companies, West Village-based YoungWoo & Associates, and the Durst Organization/C&K Properties are the three suitors, each trying to impress the Read More
We may be seeing the limits to public-private partnerships in park development.
The plan to use funds from the development of the West Side waterfront to finance new park construction and maintenance seems to be collapsing. While this doesn’t mean an end to these partnerships, it is a signal that public amenities still require public investment. Read More
The news comes as Madison Square Garden announced it was moving forward with renovations of its existing Read More
According to today's Villager--nope, it's not online yet--the Hudson River Park Trust has issued a request for proposals for Pier 40, at Houston Street on the Hudson River. According to The Villager, the 14-acre pier is to be developed with 50 percent park and 50 percent commercial space, with the caveat that big-box stores are Read More
Federico Pignatelli, C.E.O. of Pier 59 Studios, which is part of the Chelsea Piers complex, showed up at Community Board 4's meeting last night to appeal for help from the board to prevent what he says is a dire situation at the popular sports and entertainment complex. According to Mr. Pignatelli, the foundation of Chelsea Read More
Park advocates are charging that the city's Sanitation Department is unlawfully squatting on a West Side pier that should have been demolished three months ago to make way for the northern end of the Hudson River Park.
The postponement threatens to further derail the long-delayed plan to create a five-mile, 550-acre waterfront park from Battery Park Read More
