Greenwood Heights




January 21, 2008

Playing the Name Game in Greenwood Heights

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A reader from Greenwood Heights tells us that two developments in the area have recently been rechristened: “Six on Sixth,” at 18th Street, is now being called “Vanguard 6,” while “The Fusion” on 20th Street has been rebranded "284 Twentieth Street”. ("Vanguard 6" has switched brokerages along with names: the building is now being sold by Aguayo & Huebener rather than the Developers Group.) Unsurprisingly, the marketers didn’t choose to go with the nicknames some in the neighborhood use to refer to the buildings (“The Cruise Ship” and “The Confusion,” respectively). Think the new names will help lead to new sales?
Vanguard 6 [Aguayo & Huebener]
284 Twentieth Street [Corcoran]
New Development: Fusion on 20th Street [Brownstoner] GMAP
Unfortunate New Neighborhood Name: Sun Slope [Brownstoner] GMAP

Posted by Gabby at 11:00 AM | Comments (20)
Categories: Condos, Greenwood Heights

January 10, 2008

Development Watch: 614 7th Avenue

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Another chapter in the Greenwood Heights' longest-running soap opera: At 614 7th Avenue, the site that originally made headlines back in 2005 for the proposed Scarano design that would have blocked the line of sight from the Minerva statue in the adjacent Green-wood Cemetery to the Statue of Liberty, the current batch of developers have been muddling through plans to create a cluster of new townhouses on the site. They were originally hoping to squeeze 11 (!) houses onto the 100-by-100-foot lot but we hear that seven is more likely the number DOB will be comfortable with. In preparation for the new structures, the developers cleaned up the trash-ridden site before the holidays and were successful in getting the Stop Work Order lifted. Continued work at the site yesterday, however, did not go so well. While jack-hammering the block wall adjacent to 321 23rd Street, workers ignored the large section of fencing that collapsed early in the day, waiting til the late afternoon to use a front end loader to prop the gate back up, despite a 20-foot drop near the collapsed section. Business as usual in this neck of the woods.
Video: SWO Action at 614 7th Avenue [Brownstoner]
The Minerva: Signs Point To Go [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
First Rejection by DOB of Minerva II Plans [Brownstoner]
Minerva. Take Two. Roll 'Em. [Brownstoner]

Posted by Brownstoner at 12:01 PM | Comments (3)
Categories: Development, Greenwood Heights, South Slope

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