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    Council Subcommittee Approves Phased Construction Plan for East Side Coastal Resiliency Project

    City Council  •  Flood Resiliency  •  Lower Manhattan

    Rendering of proposed flood resiliency infrastructure./Image Credit: DDC, Parks, DOT, DEP, and Mayor’s Office of Resiliency/CPC

    Despite the project’s phased construction schedule, concerns with the project still exist among elected officials and community members. On November 4, 2019, the City Council Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting, and Dispositions approved two land use applications for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, the City’s flood protection plan for Lower Manhattan. The Project will include a system of floodgates and walls along the project area, sewage improvements, and will elevate East River Park eight feet above the flood plain to protect the Park and have it serve as a flood barrier for nearby neighborhoods. The first application is for access onto private property adjacent to the proposed flood protection infrastructure for the City to conduct inspections, maintenance, and repair of the infrastructure. The second application is for a zoning text amendment to allow higher wall heights for the proposed floodwalls and gates at Stuyvesant Cove Park.

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    Tags : City Council, Council Member Carlina Rivera, Council Member Keith Power, Council Member Margaret Chin, Department of Design and Construction, Department of Parks and Recreation, East River Park, East Side Coastal Resiliency, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan Community Board 3, Manhattan Community Board 6, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mayor's Office of Resiliency
    Date: 10/22/2019
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    City Council Subcommittee Hears Testimony on East Houston Street Rezoning

    City Council  •  ULURP  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan
    City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises hearing testimony at the August 9th hearing. Image credit: CityLand

    City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises hearing testimony at the August 9th hearing. Image credit: CityLand

    The proposal seeks to re-zone two and a half residential blocks from solely residential to mixed-use with ground floor commercial space. On August 9, 2016, the City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises heard testimony on an application to re-zone residential space to provide for mixed residential and commercial space for two-and-a-half blocks on the south side of Houston Street, spanning from Norfolk Street to halfway between Clinton Street and Attorney Street, located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The City Planning Commission approved the application after holding a hearing on June 8, 2016. For CityLand’s previous coverage on the East Houston Street Rezoning, click here.

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    Tags : Council Member Rosie Mendez, East Houston Rezoning, Greenberg Traurig, Manhattan Community Board 3, Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises
    Date: 08/16/2016
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    City Planning Commission Holds Hearing on East Houston Street Rezoning

    City Planning Commission  •  ULURP  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan
    City Planning Commission hearing testimony at the June 8th hearing. Image credit: CityLand

    City Planning Commission hearing testimony at the June 8th hearing. Image credit: CityLand

    The proposed rezoning would facilitate the development of a mixed-use building where an unoccupied, deteriorating building currently stands. On June 8th, 2016, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application to amend the City’s zoning map to facilitate the construction of a 13-story mixed-use building at 255 Houston Street, located on the Lower East Side in Manhattan.

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    Tags : East Houston Rezoning, East Village/Lower East Side, East Village/Lower East Side Rezoning, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 3, ULURP
    Date: 06/10/2016
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    Controversial East Village/Lower East Side Historic District Approved by Council

    City Council  •  Landmark District Designation  •  East Village, Manhattan
    Map of East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. Credit: LPC

    Map of East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. Credit: LPC.

    Support and opposition to landmarking reiterated at City Council level. On January 31, 2013, the City Council’s Land Use Committee voted to approve the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s designation of the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District in Manhattan. The district includes approximately 325 buildings, and is composed of two distinct sections on each side of First Avenue. On October 9, 2012, Landmarks approved the designation after modifying the boundaries of the proposal initially presented to the Commission. Landmarks found the area significant for its pre-Depression residential architecture and its social history as a home to successive waves of immigrant communities, as well as an epicenter of bohemian life. At Landmarks’ June 26, 2012 public hearing, the vast majority of speakers testified in support of designation, though some local religious institutions opposed, including the Catholic Worker, the St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Church, and St. Mary’s Orthodox Church.

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    Tags : East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, Manhattan Community Board 3
    Date: 01/31/2013
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    Landmarks Approved East Village/Lower East Side Historic District With Modified Boundaries

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation  •  East Village, Manhattan

    Map of East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. Credit: LPC

    Six buildings along First Avenue that connected two sections of proposed district were removed because they lacked significance. On October 9, 2012, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to create the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. The district, divided into two sections, includes approximately 325 buildings primarily along Second Avenue and its side streets between St. Marks Place and East 2nd Street. A smaller section of buildings are located along East 6th and East 7th Streets between Avenue A and First Avenue. The area was developed in the early half of the 19th century and was home to waves of immigrant groups. Realtors christened the neighborhood “Village East” (and later the East Village) in an attempt to attract middle class residents following the removal in 1955 of the elevated Third Avenue line. Tenements dominate the area, reflecting a variety of architectural styles, including Italianate, Neo-Grec, and Queen Anne. According to Landmarks staff, almost all the buildings in the district were built prior to the Depression of the 1930s.

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    Tags : East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, Manhattan Community Board 3
    Date: 10/19/2012
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