Samuel Gompers Industrial High School building. Image Credit: LPC.
On December 6, 2022, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate the Samuel Gompers Industrial High School as an individual landmark. The school, located at 455 Southern Boulevard in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, was the City’s first vocational high school and is one of the City’s most distinctive public school buildings. For CityLand’s prior coverage, click here. (more…)
The ribbon cutting at Gotham Point. Image Credit: Ed Lederman/HPD.
On November 15, 2022, City agency and elected officials joined the Gotham Organization for the announcement of the completion of Gotham Point, a new housing development in Long Island City. The North Tower, the final part of the development, is located at 1-15 57th Avenue. (more…)
Agency and elected officials and community representatives joined to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the new recreation deck at Pier 42 on the Lower East Side. Image Credit: NYC Parks/DDC.
On November 29, 2022, officials from the Departments of Parks and Recreation, Design and Construction and NYC Economic Development Corporation joined elected officials and community representatives to celebrate the opening of the new recreational deck at Pier 42 in the Lower East Side. Pier 42 is located off the East River Greenway and is located near the intersection of South Street and Jackson Street. The deck sits on a former industrial maritime site and parking lot. (more…)
Mayor Adams and Health + Hospitals President Dr. Mitchell Katz announce the new “Housing for Health” iniative. Image Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office.
On November 3, Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Health + Hospitals President Dr. Mitchell Katz announced a new initiative to connect homeless healthcare patients with affordable housing and support. The initiative, “Housing for Health,” plans to create nearly 650 new homes over the next five years, all of which will be affordable and situated near NYC Health + Hospital locations. (more…)
Rendering of the future Mary Cali Dalton Recreation Center. Image Credit: Parks Dept.
The project will be the first “design-build” project for the Parks Department. On November 23, 2022, the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Design and Construction announced the design for the Mary Cali Dalton Recreation Center in Tompkinsville, Staten Island. The recreation center will be located adjacent to the Lyons Pools and across from the site of the former Cromwell Center, the area’s previous recreation center which closed after a structural collapse in 2010. The former center was demolished in 2013. (more…)
