14th St. in 1939, Part V

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    An invitation from the New School to attend a preview of the new building on May 6:

    April 26, 2010

    To Our Neighbors, To meet the university’s evolving needs, plans for the construction of a new University Center at 65 Fifth Avenue will continue to move forward this summer. Because The New School has made it a priority to engage the entire university in the project’s development, we invite you to view the next phase of building design at a second exhibition featuring an overview of the current plan. We will also have a model of the building on display. Please join us on May 6 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center on the second floor of 55 W. 13th Street. This open house will include new renderings of the building design, academic and social spaces, sustainability systems, and details about the construction schedule. As in the past, attendants will be able submit comments and ask questions of many of the principals, including New School staff, architects and professionals from the design firm and construction trades. We hope to see you there.

  • Union Square 4th Quarter Surge Statistics

     

    From the Union Square Partnership:

    Union Square’s fourth quarter performance capped a strong
    2024, marked by year-over-year growth across key metrics:

    Ground Floor Leasing: 49 new businesses opened in 2024,
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    Foot Traffic: An average of 370k daily trips in 2024
    reflected a 4% increase over 2023, which itself saw a 15%
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    Consumer Spending: A 5% increase in 2024 over 2023,
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    In Q4, the district experienced a 23% surge in visits and a
    28% jump in consumer spending during Urbanspace’s Union
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    18 new businesses are already set to debut in 2025. These
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  • A Conclave of Condos

    Two new condos will soon be on the rise just across 5th Avenue. The larger of the two will be at 31 West 14th St. (rendering pictured below). The other one is at 5 West 13th St., the former block-through office of Social Services. Residents of the 14th St. side of our building will recall how many people mistook our building, at 12 East, for the office at 12 West. It was annoying.