Looking east from across 5th Avenue down 13th St. All those lovely buildings are now the gaping pit of the New School construction site.
Are you aware of the proposed MTA/DOT “L” train closure plans?
The MTA/DOT plans include a vehicular ban on 14th Street (between 3rd Ave & 9th Ave) for 16-21 hours a day:
The ban will seriously impede the daily activities of thousands of 14th St. residents and businesses and will divert cars and trucks to residential side streets – with a 50% projected increase in traffic
The increase will be felt by the West Village, Village, East Village, Chelsea and the Flatiron Districts.
The proposed plans also includes a radical re-design of 13th Street with a two-way Bikeway:
MTA/DOT projects 2,000 – 5,000 cyclists DAILY on 13th Street
The bikeway, coupled with a 50% increase in traffic, will seriously impede residential, educational, and emergency services on the street placing pedestrians and bicyclists at risk
The 14th Street Coalition is a growing group of residents and business that was formed in response to the MTA/DOT plans.
We ask the MTA/DOT to balance residential and transportation needs in a more equal way. They MUST consider the impact that will be felt on the quality of life concerns including air pollution, noise, congested streets and increased risks to pedestrians and bicyclists.
We understand that the Canarsie Tunnel must be repaired. We seek a temporary solution that is EQUALLY fair to residents, businesses and commuters.
It’s Time to Take Action – Sign our petition (go to www.change.org and browse: 14th Street Coalition), join the 14th Street Coalition on Facebook for links to sample letters to send to our elected officials,
Email us at 14thstcoalition@gmail.com for more information.
From YIMBY.com:
Earlier this month, developer Ranger Properties paid $22,000,000 for two buildings at the corner of University Place and East 13th Street, in the heart of the Village near Union Square. Then EV Grieve reported that longtime stalwart University Place Gourmet had shuttered, along with a Chinese laundry around the corner on 13th Street.
Now plans have been filed to construct a seven-story apartment building on the site at 34 East 13th Street, and Adjmi Architects is designing. There will be six apartments spread across 15,550 square feet of residential space, for a very spacious average unit of 2,591 square feet. They’ll definitely be condos, with just one apartment per floor. Six stories of apartments will be stacked on top of 3,200 square feet of ground floor retail
Amenities listed on the Schedule A include a “private/public” roof deck (maybe there will be both!) and a gym in the cellar.
The 3,300-square-foot property is currently home to three buildings—a four-story apartment building on the corner that has University Gourmet on the ground floor, a single-story building housing a doggy day care, and a three-story apartment building with the laundromat.
Demolition permits have not yet been filed to knock them down.
Before Ranger Properties snapped up the assemblage for $1,100 per buildable square foot, the site hadn’t changed hands since 1980.
However, 34 East 13th Street will seem small compared to the 23-story tower planned one block south at 100 University Place. Harry Macklowe is developing the building, which will stand 309 feet tall and include 52 apartments. Other projects in the hood will also be high-end condos, including 17 East 12th Street and the nearly complete garage conversion at 12 East 13th Street.
http://ny.eater.com/archives/2014/01/allonda_2.php
All’Onda is open, and it’s lovely inside.
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.
