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Posted in CB2, Water Tunnel on Apr 30th, 2005
Community Board 2 has just released the May schedule (all meetings open to the public) and there’s a lot of interest including a bird-flu review (ew!), a proposal to transform the L train to a conductor-less train, and lots more of specific interest to the street (with my thoughts on why):
Mon, 5/2, 6:30pm, WATERFRONT COMMITTEE
AIA, [...]
Posted in Hotel Gansevoort on Apr 29th, 2005
viaMichael Lindenbaum of the Hotel Gansevoort:
Recognizing our 30-day commitment to the community to remedy the fan noise, we wanted to provide you with an update on what Hotel Gansevoort is doing, as is it important to us to remain in good standing with the community. To that end, on Tuesday, May 6th - based [...]
Posted in Hotel Gansevoort on Apr 29th, 2005
Via an anonymous neighbor who spoke with Inspector Pacqua at the DEP:
A couple of weeks ago the hotel was issued its second violation for the intolerable noise it generates and a court date has been scheduled for May 11, 2005. Depending on what the judge says, a cease and desist may be issued or perhaps [...]
Posted in Hotel Gansevoort, Water Tunnel on Apr 29th, 2005
News first (er, gossip): The renovation where the Woolco building was? To become retail space and offices for THEORY - - more twiggy models to stride our streets. Although I’m sure the (rumored) new Emeril restaurant in the space next to PM will bring ‘em too. With all that traffic, it’s been suggested we need [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 27th, 2005
Due to technical difficulties (er, can a third martini be defined as a technical difficulty?), the report from last night’s scintillating meeting of the Horatio Street Association won’t appear until later today. Meanwhile, to feed your voracious appetites…
2 Horatio Street Listed as #4 of the top 50 Coops in Downtown Manhattan by New York Living [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 25th, 2005
The Annual Meeting will be Tuesday, April 26th at 7:30pm at 71 Horatio Street. Important, important! Please attend the Horatio Street Association meeting at 71 Horatio Street (the West Village Nursery School). Meet your neighbors! Discuss Street issues. Witness the de-masking of the Horatio Street Blogger (ok, that’s a joke, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2005
2 members of NY’s finest came knocking on my door this evening. My neighbor downstairs (I really hope he’s ok) had summoned an ambulance but didn’t answer the door when they got there. (i’m assuming he physically couldn’t get up - again, I really hope he’s ok and send him all my good [...]
Posted in Water Tunnel, cobblestones on Apr 20th, 2005
So John Leonforte of the DEP got back to me very quickly (bold is my emphasis: I am, as usual, especially excited about the cobblestone info):
“I have forwarded your e-mail to our Chief of 3rd Water Tunnel Construction requesting him to supply you with an outline of upcoming construction activities. I wish to assure you [...]
Posted in Water Tunnel, cobblestones on Apr 19th, 2005
I went to the CB2 meeting tonight at Housing Works in search of info on the great dig (for the water shaft) that started in the Seravelli playground and has terribly disrupted our neighborhood in the shoddiest, messiest, most awful way. Well, there was little info to be had: DEP, the agency running the dig [...]
Posted in Water Tunnel, cobblestones on Apr 18th, 2005
State Assembly Member Deborah Glick wrote back to my email to let me know that Community Board 2’s Traffic and Transportation Committee will be having a discussion of the water tunnel project tomorrow night 4/19 at 7:00pm at Housing Works 320 West 13th Street 4th floor Conference Room C.
The water tunnel project? You [...]