Big Projects
Watershaft 27B – Only until Sept. ‘07 – ha!
Oy – Read it and weep, folks; the hell is just starting. Here is the schedule for the construction of watershaft 27B at Gansevoort, in the Seravelli Playground. PART I (April – June ’05) – Utility Relocation, Shaft Collar (concrete ring @ top of shaft), Freeze Pipes, Drill Raise Bore Pilot Hole and Utility... »
MAY CB2 Meetings – Important Local Concerns
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,... »
Report – Dishy news from the Annual Horatio Street Association Meeting
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... »
More info promised! DEP writes back ASAP!
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... »
Details on the Dig? Not from the DEP…
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... »
Meeting Scheduled to discuss Water Shafts/that annoying construction on Gansevoort!
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... »
Nancy Drew and the Case of Shaft 27B
Thanks to Michael (aka Nancy Drew),here’s some more info on the great dig: The water shaft is entitled Shaft 27B…here is some detail about it: New York City County – The NYC Department of Environmental Protection, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed City Water Tunnel No. 3, Stage 2, Shaft 27B will... »
What is being built in the playground between Horatio & Gansevoort?
Mike S., horatio Street resident writes in to ask… Well, it’s a water shaft for the New York’s City Tunnel No. 3, one of the most complex and intricate engineering projects in the world. Constructed by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, the tunnel will eventually span 60 miles and is expected... »
And so it begins…
This morning, at precisely 7:30am, I awoke to the sound of drilling. Even thuogh I’m one and a half blocks away, five flights up and sleeping with my windows closed, it sounded like it was right outside. There is no going back to sleep; clearly, the water-shaft drilling is an inescapable noise. Thank God... »
The 5-Year Dig….or the case of the missing cobblestones
Major construction to build a water shaft on Gansevoort, between Hudson and West 4th Street began last week. Our beautiful trees are gone, the cobblestones have been uprooted (did they save them? will they replace them?), and we are going to be subjected to heavy drilling noise for the NEXT TWO YEARS! And the... »
APRIL 20 through JULY 18: “THE HIGH LINE” EXHIBITION AT MOMA
APRIL 20 through JULY 18: “THE HIGH LINE” EXHIBITION AT MOMA The Museum of Modern Art will present new High Line design work by the team of Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro in an exhibition on view April 20-July 18, 2005. The work includes a framework plan for the Line as a... »
Help the High Line Project
The City’s proposed West Chelsea re-zoning , which would ensure the transformation of the High Line into a much needed open public space for our community, is going through a public review process. Friends of the High Line are asking residents to write letters in support of the rezoning’s treatment of the High Line.... »
