High-End Gym Replaces Defunct Lucille Roberts

Here is a long article from the Villager about what’s going on with the New School project.

It’s been a while, but our site is up and running again, and we hope to make it fun and informative.

That was fast. Pie Face, at 4th and 13th, is already gone.

Bak Korean Kitchen, which shared our building on 13th St., i\s no more. It was the fifth restaurant in that location in eight years. However, the Karaoke Cave downstairs is undergoing renovation and will reopen.

The magazine shop and discount store on the north side of 14th west of 5th are both gone. What is next?

Here’s the news: “The New York City Water Board voted on Friday morning to approve a 14.5 percent increase for water and sewer rates, the largest increase since 1992. When the new rate is in place on July 1, according to the city’s Independent Budget Office, water rates will have risen a cumulative 77 percent since 2001, and double-digit increases are expected to keep coming for at least a few more years.”

This is one of those uncontrollable costs that bedevil the co-op’s budget every year. The only thing we can do about it: use less water. We’ve already taken steps to examine our infrastructure and make sure we have discovered any sources of waste and leaks. Other than that, it’s all about less consumption.