Ikea opens in Red Hook on June 18 and promoted that fact with pop-up apartment in Union Square. How do you feel about promotions such as this that sometimes take over the south end of the park. Do these advertisers pay for the privilege? And if so, who gets the money?
Read this fun and interesting New Yorker article about artists who get together in our nearby smelly Taco Bell.
The Build a Block meeting for Sector Boy will be held on Tuesday, March 18th, at 6:30 PM. This meeting will focus on crime trends, quality of life issues, and any other questions or concerns you may have.
Please feel free to invite any neighbors or friends who may be interested in attending. If there are specific topics you would like to discuss in more depth, please reach out to PO Alvin Farciert in advance via phone, text, or email so that they can be properly addressed.
See the image here for further details, including PO Farciert’s contact information below.
PO Alvin Farciert
Neighborhood Coordination Officer | Sector Boy
NYPD 6th Precinct
233 West 10 Street, New York, NY 10014
(212) 741-4811 | Precinct
(917) 593 9567 || Cell
Alvin.Farciert@nypd.org | E-mail
The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation has been doing some reconnaissance to find out what exactly developer Billy Macklowe has planned for his new condo building that will replace Village icon Bowlmor Lanes, and what they’ve found has not heartened them: “[The building] will take the form of a short base with retail uses coming out to the streetwall, and a very tall, narrow, residential tower rising above it. At approximately 308 feet in height, this will be one of the tallest, if not the tallest, buildings in the Village. Apparently Mr. Macklowe has told elected officials that the building will be limestone rather than glass or steel
Next week (December 17 to December 21), material and equipment deliveries and installation work will continue on all floors inside the building.
The following week (December 24 to December 28), Material and equipment deliveries and installation work will continue on all floors. The site will be closed on December 25th for the holiday but will be open on Monday the 24th and Wednesday the 26th.
This weekend the site will be open on Saturday, December 15th for interior and superstructure related activities between the work hours of 7AM and 5PM as permitted by the City.
Reyna, the new restaurant that is taking over the Le Midi space in our building on the 13th St. side, is now about seven months late, but work is proceeding quickly. You may have noticed they have already installed not one, not two, but EIGHT AC units and fans on the roof of the courtyard, and we can only imagine what they will sound like when they all turn on. Such is life in the big city. To learn more about Reyna, which originated in Toronto, visit their Web site.
