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Posted in Community Issues, On Our Street, Our buildings, Plantings on May 24th, 2007
AH, no, the sky isn’t falling down - these are views of the scaffolding coming down at the corner of Horatio & Hudson- which just makes the sky look so close and big and grand and open!
Oops, I guess we should have planted the tree beds on that block rather than [...]
Posted in Public Transporation on May 22nd, 2007
Yesterday, when the second M14a bus driver in a week flew by our lovely corner bus stop on Hudson Street between Horatio Street & Jane Street, I asked the bus driver what was going on. According to him, “we no longer stop here since more than one week”. No more info was forthcoming [...]
Posted in CB2 meetings, Seravalli Playground, Water Tunnel on May 16th, 2007
So here’s the skinny: Since our community playground, Seravalli Park, won the lottery as a host for the 5 year dig to create Shaft 27B of Water Tunnel 3 (ooh, I’m so smart and technical), we get 2 MILLION dolllars to rebuild the park after the water tunnel shaft is complete. Whenever [...]
Posted in CB2 meetings, Landmarks, Our buildings on May 15th, 2007
The CB2 landmarks committee heard an application to alter and/or demolish 1 Ninth Avenue at their hearing on Monday night. Before the meeting, there wasn’t a great deal of information available; the calendar simply read that the owner wishes “to alter the facade, demolish the ne-story building [stable] and construct an addition.” [...]
Posted in On Our Street, Plantings on May 14th, 2007
Thanks to a great group of volunteers, and especially to Marge Colt who organized us all and arranged for all the flowers and plants, this Saturday the tree beds on Horatio Street were transformed into beautiful beds full of potato vines and begonias and lots of other pretty stuff too!!! Check out the [...]
Ever since I saw David Bowie in Labyrinth, back in 1986, well, I’ve been a little obsessed. So, when I found out he was ‘curating’ the first annual High Line Festival, I went gaga with excitement. But now, I have to admit I’m confused.
The H&M Highline Festival, which bills itself as a [...]