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Once upon a time, residents decided to regain control of their city from Big Real Estate This is the first of a weekly series – a round-up of news from around the city to tell the emerging story of the fight to wrest our future out of REBNY’s hands. A. The Beginning: Awakening from Civic […]
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New Yorkers for a Human-Scale City Dear Neighbors in Tribeca, You signed our petition to protect Tribeca. You put up anti-demolition posters in your windows. You supported our research. We thank you for all you have done. It is because of you that Tribeca Trust was able to obtain a meeting with the Chair of […]
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20 Oct '15
Come and meet your neighbors and Tribeca Trust at Walker’s (16 N. Moore at Varick ) Tuesday, October 27 6:30-8:30 PM Meet us at Walker’s for an informal gathering over drinks to talk about Tribeca and some of the issues currently challenging our beloved neighborhood’s history and livability. We so rarely take time to connect […]
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Update for Tribecans: (If you already know the situation, scroll Down “What You Can Do” and for Clocktower News) By, Lynn Ellsworth, Tribeca Trust The Current Situation There are 33 buildings in Tribeca “in speculative play” among developers – some of them already with demolition permits in place. This means that the human scale of […]
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These are just the first 300 or so…. Stop the high rises that are dwarfing northern Tribeca. Insist on new development that is more sensitively integrated into the scale and character of the existing neighborhood. If oversized, undistinguished new construction continues unchecked at its current alarming pace, the charm and character of this unique architectural […]
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So what’s the problem? Developers often ask to build taller than zoning allows. The city then says: build us a public plaza and we’ll let you. The resulting “public private” plazas, or “POPS” are supposed to provide a public amenity. They vary greatly in quality. Jerold Kayden wrote a book documenting them all in New […]
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A Letter to the City’s Community Boards: (and Tribecans, sign the petition here if you have not done so already)
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An Hour of Your Time As you know, at least 8 buildings went down in Tribeca over the past 12 months, and 20 more might come down in the next year. We need volunteers to fan out into Tribeca with our new anti-demolition poster, a copy of which is below, with the job of asking […]
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Why The Proposed “Zoning for Quality & Affordability” Will Harm Tribeca & – A Counter Proposal From Tribeca Trust – We have studied the Mayor’s new zoning proposal, at least the parts of it that the City Planning Department has made public. Our conclusion: the proposal is not good for Tribeca. It is not good […]
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From the Sunday edition, May 24, 2015, here is the brilliant cartoonist Peter Gamlen revealing much of what it is like to be a New Yorker today. See also his website here. I did not know the Times actually had a sense of humor. Let’s hope they publish more.
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