Wednesday Linkfest
Fourth Avenue Construction. Photo by Hugh Crawford New Subway Cars with Info [NY Times] Smith Street Subway Restored [NY Daily News] Brighton Board Axes Landlord [NY Daily News] 70 Washington Update [Curbed] NYC Condo Market Slowing a Bit [UPI] $1.4 Million for a Playground? [Daily Heights]
Fourth Avenue Construction. Photo by Hugh Crawford
New Subway Cars with Info [NY Times]
Smith Street Subway Restored [NY Daily News]
Brighton Board Axes Landlord [NY Daily News]
70 Washington Update [Curbed]
NYC Condo Market Slowing a Bit [UPI]
$1.4 Million for a Playground? [Daily Heights]
Regarding shitboxes – can someone explain this one thing to me as I don’t get it:
When somebody is referring to shit boxes I assume he is referring to 100 year old, leaky, small woodframe houses with a paved front yard and a satellite dish mounted next to a window on the first floor.
Am I right?
The PS 321 administration is actually quite concerned about the strain all these new units (on 4th ave and elsewhere) will have on the school. I’ve been at school meetings where they’ve said the school is already at capacity, and they won’t be allowed to expand until all the “extra” rooms used for the art studio, gym, etc are converted to classrooms. It’s a matter of killing the goose for the golden eggs.
I’m not against these buildings on 4th ave. per se – maybe it will help tame the traffic on 4th ave. – but why aren’t matters like school crowding taken in consideration during the approval process?
12 story buildings on an exceptionally wide avenue like 4th Ave. are a wonderful tradeoff for downsizing the brownstone side streets. As for the 4th Avenue buildings, I’m fine with 12 story mid-rises, but I hope they’re not as ugly as much of the new construction in Brooklyn.
And that will make is sell even faster…
Building is also zoned for PS 321, in case that school wasn’t already crowded enough for you.
JK:
Amen.
16th Streeter
As for the two 12 story monstrosities: The one at 182 15th street was not vested. Mr Vulture (Katan) will probably go to the BSA, claiming hardship (What about all the hardship he has wrought on the people who work for him, the neighborhoods he has destroyed and lets not forget all the people who buy his illegally built shit boxes).
The one at 162 16th street was supposedly in limbo. The strange thing about that is that Mr Vulture has been telling people for over 1 week that it is vested and now rumor has it that it is indeed vested but no one at DOB will confirm.
Let’s hope that our elected officials will do the right thing and see to it that both of these debacles as well as the so called Developer, are stopped once and for all.
There should be no question. Both jobs have been done illegally from the start. Every building, OSHA, Environmental, and labor law has been intentionally violated by the Developer, Architect, and every one involved with it. These illegalities have been well documented. They have made, life, a living hell for the residence of the blocks and surrounding streets.
As stated in the NY Post 3 weeks ago, The 2nd highest death rate in NYC in the last year was as a result of construction accidents. Most of these deaths have occurred on illegal jobs that are run very much like 162 16th street. Their have also been many serious injuries some documented and many undocumented that happen on a daily basis on these illegal jobs.
To allow these or any other questionable jobs, run in this manner, would be a direct slap in the face of all those who have died or been injured so that these billionaires could have their way. Not to mention all the tax payers who will ultimately have to shoulder the burden of supporting these poor people and there families as well as the billionaires who flout the laws designed to protect us.
Any comments from owners of Katan’s “Luxury Condo’s”?
Lets Keep this Thread going Till These illegal activities are stopped once and for all.
Ha. That’s 151 units within walking distance to Whole Foods, and right next to one of the best restaurant stretches in the city. If done well, those will sell like hotcakes.
Holy smokes that is big. It’s the flip side of down sizing the side streets. Speaking of side streets, any news on what’s happening with the similarly tall 12 story jobs on 15th and 16th — that, if built, will presumably not be nearly as nice as this one?