cobblestones
The Cobblestones Return
Well, the re-construction of Gansevoort Street and Seravalli program is obviously a big embarrassing mess, nonetheless, it is nice to see that one promise is being kept: the cobblestones are being returned to their rightful place on Gansevoort Street, and the craftsmen are doing a beautiful job placing them just so. Welcome back cobblestones! »
History: Belgian-Blocks
Jack Putnam is a retired professor who now conducts Elderhostel tours our of South Street Seaport…he’s a delightful guy who graciously shared a history of my favorite topic: Belgian Paver: The Belgian-Block caper is part of my shtick, and I’m happy to share it with you. Cobblestones are rounded boulders that occur natuturally as... »
TOWN HALL Report – June 30
What up? So there was a much smaller showing at State Senator Tom Duane’s recent Town Hall than there was at the meeting last Winter. Tom (excuse me, State Senator Tom Duane), was hopeful that the small attendance pointed to fewer egregious problems. He may be right, but it must also have been due,... »
June CB2 Meetings – Important Local Concerns
June CB2 Meetings – Important Local Concerns Mon.,6/6 @ 6:30 PM, WATERFRONT AIA, 536 LaGuardia Pl. bet. W. 13th & Bleecker Sts. Lecture Hall, Lower Level Gansevoort – Recycling facility For more, check out the very impressive and informative Federation To Protect the Greenwich Village Waterfront and Port: (an excerpt from their newsletter, Our... »
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... »
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... »
Cobblestones & Louboutin
You’d think that the last place a beautiful high-end shoe shop should locate is on a cobblestone street (hello broken heels and wobbling women) but that hasn’t stopped Christian Louboutin, the man with the red soles, who opened his NYC shoe boutique on the corner of Horatio & Greenwich. Although I’ll probably never afford... »
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... »
