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Letter Writer Outraged Over Missing Tree Guards Pretends to be the Horatio Street Association
There seems to be an inordinately loud bruhaha over the missing tree guards in front of 82-88 Horatio street. The Tree Guards were removed while the sidewalks, stoops and gutters were redone by the Co-op. While it has taken an absurdly long time for this process to complete, there is no reason that we’ve... »
Horatio Street Tree Guards
Just got off the phone with the Management Company for 82-88 Horatio street about the (still) missing tree guards that were removed during the sidewalk repaving project. They have assured me that tree guards will be up by the end of next week - all the causes of the delay have now been... »
Car Alarms
A few nights ago, as I was walking home, a couple strolling ahead of me stopped at the corner of Horatio and Hudson, peering both ways down Horatio. As i approached, I heard them bickering about in which direction they had parked their car. Just then, a flash of brilliance hit the... »
Young Woo & Associates chosen to develop Pier 57 (15th St) - Hurrah!!!
Hudson River Park’s choice of Young Woo & Associates to develop Pier 57 is a delight! Young Woo is making the pier into a “cultural playground” while retaining the original maritime grandeur of the pier. There is so much to love about this proposal; i don’t know whether to extoll all the... »
World’s Largest Lemonade Stand at Highline Festival
CHECK IT OUT - Friends of the Highline is sponsoring a street fair this Sunday that is anything but your ordinary street fair. No boring sock stalls - they offer an internationally acclaimed balloon sculpture artist. Boring fruit smoothies? Nope, the WOLRD’s Largest Lemonade stand (13,000 gallons). Gyros? Not... »
Jane Jacobs Way Dedication
Fantastic News from GVSHP After nearly three years, Hudson Street between Perry and West 11th Street in front of Jane Jacobs’ former home at 555 Hudson Street will finally be co-named “Jane Jacobs Way” in honor of the pioneering preservation activist. GVSHP first proposed the street co-naming in 2006 shortly after Jacobs’ death; the proposal... »
Streetscapes in NYC
The Village Alliance, which has been hosting some pretty cool events lately, will be having their Annual Meeting on June 18. It will feature DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan who will give a keynote address on Streetscapes in NYC & how they are & will continue to change in favor of more pedestrian usage... »
Paparazzi (oh yeah, and their target: Ashlee Dupre)
An anonymous neighbor tipped us off to expect a proliferation of paparazzi in the near future: “There is some talk of Ashlee Dupre’ moving into the Rockrose building at 114 Horatio. Should be fun having all the paparazzi sitting out in front of our marquee.” »
Teaching a friend to Blog
Today, I’m showing a friend of mine how easy it is to blog. It’s pretty easy. The act of typing is not why the blog has been so inactive recently. It’s more that I’ve been a bit out of touch. Perhaps I’ll put that to rights. Or, perhaps someone... »
Inappropriate Behaviour in Saravelli Park
Hi all - breaking news from a Horatio Street mom: I wanted to let everyone know that there is a man who, for many days, has been sitting in the basketball area of Seravelli Playground (Horatio Street and Washington/8th ave) leering at children. He recently has moved to the picknic tables in the actual... »
No More Late Nights… CB2 Closes the deal!
News from our Community Board: Dear Neighbor: I thought you would be interested in several recent news stories highlighting the success of Community Board 2, other boards and local elected officials in negotiating earlier closing times for bars and nightclubs. This is an extremely positive development that is helping to bring some peace and quite to... »
May 3rd - - Spring Planting
****UPDATE: Per our fearless leader: In spite of the weather we will be planting tomorrow unless there is real rain. We will also be delivering plants to some homeowners who can then do their own planting.******* Spring Planting will be on May 3. Volunteers are needed and should just show up any time... »
Old Photos of Horatio Street
Thanks to Marjorie Colt for sending along this link to fantastic old photos of Horatio Street http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=horatio++street&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 »
Whitney Museum comes to Gansevoort
Presentation to Community of plans for Whitney Museum on Gansevoort Street April 30 7:15 Cronin Auditorium at St. Vincent’s »
Neighborhood Art Party
via the Meatpacking District Initiative… After more than three years of working on traffic solutions in the Meatpacking District we are proud to announce newly installed 15,000 square feet of public space created by the Department of Transportation. Please join us for a neighborhood art installation sponsored by our neighbor Google. Thanks to Google for underwriting... »
Fireworks? Mysterious Spring Ancient Festival?
And the mystery is solved. The fireworks last night were part of the Stevens “Boken” celebration (that’s Hoboken to those of you no savvy in all things Jersey). http://hoboken411.com/archives/11375 »
Lost Kitty
****UPDATE: Kitty successfully found! Thanks from Bryan to all who called with leads******* My cat has escaped my apartment the morning of October 18th. Her name is Shusha, and she has a name tag with a telephone number to call. If you find the cat, please call Bryan. Please call even if you feel... »
Demonstrate Against the Trump Soho ‘Condo-Hotel’
via GVSHP: DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THE TRUMP SOHO ‘CONDO-HOTEL’ at its “LAUNCH PARTY” WED., SEPT. 19th at 10:15 am 246 Spring Street, btw. Varick & 6th Ave. *Impending legal challenge greatly strengthened by recent inconsistencies in City ’s statements on project Anti-Trump SoHo ‘Condo-Hotel’ Demonstration next Wed., Sept. 19 at 10:15 am: Please join the... »
