4 results for month: 07/2016


Good News

Good News! Council Member Margaret Chin has responded to SAVE OUR SEAPORT’s outreach and informed us that: 1.) Howard Hughes Corporation will not file an application for the modification of the Pier 17 plan this week, and therefore will not appear before the City Planning Commission on Monday, July 25th. 2.) Since Manhattan Community Board One is off in the month of August, this is more likely to take place in September. 3.) City Planning will take a careful look at the private truck delivery driveway. 4.) City Planning and the Department of Transportation have spoken with the Howard Hughes Corporation about hours of access for ...

Howard Hughes Shrinks Tin Building, Clogs Beekman Street with Trucks, and Sneaks “Minor Modification” Past CB1

            On Tuesday night, July 19th, the Howard Hughes Corporation PULLED A FAST ONE on Manhattan Community Board One and its Seaport Committee. At the last possible moment, they brought their "minor" Modification application for Pier 17 for its first and only Public Presentation, informing CB1 that they were going to be in front of the NYC Planning Commission next Monday, a day BEFORE the Community Full Board is to meet. The "minor modification" showed a new access driveway road (entering on Fulton Street and exiting at Beekman Street) which would flood the residential neighborhood with Pier ...

Tall ship Wavertree to be restored for South Street Seaport

Tall ship Wavertree to be restored for South Street Seaport

On Chambers Street…

Howard Hughes Corporation wants to talk about “minor modifications to previously approved Pier 17 ULURP.” Seaport/Civic Center Committee of Community Board 1 July 19, 6:00 PM Seaport/Civic Center Committee – 6:00 PM Location: Community Board 1 - Conference Room 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North 22 Reade Street proposal – Presentation by Dan Hoeg, The Hoeg Corporation Minor modifications to previously approved Pier 17 ULURP – Presentation by Howard Hughes Corporation & resolution