Reminder: The annual shareholders’ meeting will take place on
July 22nd at 7PM – 9PM at The Seafarers and International House ,123 East 15th St. on the second floor.
Please attend, and if you can’t, please hand off your signed proxy to a neighbor who will be attending. After the meeting, the Board will send around the minutes and any presentations via e-mail. If you would like to update your e-mail address, please send it to donwillmott@hotmail.com.
Opening: A Steve Madden shoe boutique north of Union Square on Broadway, a new high-end Japanese restaurant at 13th and 3rd, and Tong Thai Brasserie right across University on 13th.
Closing: That great magazine shop at the corner of 6th Ave. and 11th Street, which is very sad.
Curious to see what our block looked like 400 years ago. Check in at the Mannahatta Project, search for our address, and you’ll discover that as you might guess, it was covered with trees. There was also a lovely little river running north to south between 5th and 6th Ave.
Next week (April 1 to April 5), material and equipment deliveries and installation work will continue on all floors inside the building as well as roof work. We will be work on the new sidewalks around the building as well.
The following week (April 8 to April 12), material and equipment deliveries and installation work will continue on all floors and roofs as well as sidewalk work. By then end of this week we plan to have the rest of the sidewalk on 14th street complete. Additionally we plan to begin removing the sidewalk shed along 5th ave.
This weekend the site will be open on Saturday, March 30th for interior, superstructure, sidewalk, and hoist removal related activities between the work hours of 7AM and 5PM as permitted by the City.
In case you didn’t notice, Aristion Flowers at 78 5th Ave. now includes a lovely cafe with fancy expensive coffee just like everywhere else in this neighborhood.
Here’s all the info on Harvest in the Square, which takes place on 9/24.
As per the Governor’s Executive Order issued April 15, everyone is required to wear face covering in the form of a mask, scarf, or other reliable protection of the nose and mouth while in public. Also, every building occupant is to wear face covering while you are within any common area of the building including hallways, stairwells, elevator, lobby, laundry room, etc.
Most shareholders/owners are signed up for online payment of maintenance/common charges. We strongly encourage those who are not already signed up to please contact your AKAM Management Executive for additional information.
Below are a few other reminders and best practices (as applicable to your building):
Please see the following COVID-19 related links you may find helpful:
CDC.gov – COVID-19 Updates and Best Practices / NYC.Gov – COVID-19 Updates and Best Practices
As the New York Pause period now extends through May 15, 2020, we have listed various types of stay-at-home things to do which may interest you:
Please join us in continuing to thank all building staff members for their continued hard-work and dedication. We would also like to thank all building volunteers, including members of the Board, for their valuable time and input.