EDC Seeks Developers for Four Sites Slated for Industrial Development

City seeks proposals for industrial-use lots in parts of the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. On June 25, 2012, the Economic Development Corporation issued a rolling request for proposals for the purchase or lease of four City-owned industrial parcels in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. The sites are: North Zerega in Unionport, Bronx; Chestnut-Dinsmore in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn; Moore McCormack in Sunset Park, Brooklyn; and College Point in the College Point Industrial Park section of … <Read More>


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Two 19th century rowhouses on Grand Street designated

Adjoining rowhouses retain much of their Federal-era details. On November 16, 2010, Landmarks designated as individual City landmarks two adjoining Federal-era rowhouses at 190 and 192 Grand Street in Manhattan. The buildings were constructed circa 1833 as part of a row of five single-family dwellings. According to Landmarks, they were built as investment properties for Stephen Van Rensselaer, former New York lieutenant governor and founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.


Single 1830s-era rowhouse designated

 

143 Allen Street House on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Photo: CityLand.

Ship’s captain built Federal style rowhouse as speculative investment during the Lower East Side’s early period of development. On February 9, 2010, Landmarks voted unanimously to designate the 143 Allen Street House as an individual City landmark. Built between 1830 and 1831 by merchant and ship captain George Sutton, the two-and-a-half story Flemish bondbrick rowhouse was part of a row of six similar … <Read More>


Two new historic districts approved for West Village

Landmarks simultaneously designated two adjacent areas in the Far West Village. On May 2, 2006, in front of a jubilant public audience, Landmarks completed the final step in designating the Weehawken Street Historic District and the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension.

The waterfront Weehawken Street Historic District comprises 14 buildings, built between 1830 and 1938. The district is on the former site of Newgate Prison. When the prison was closed in 1829, an open-air public … <Read More>