The South Street Seaport Museum that is rich in it’s local history is honoring a new wing for the Seaport.
“With the near-completion of a $22 million gallery complex inside the early 19th-century buildings of Schermerhorn Row, the South Street Seaport Museum has sailed into greater prominence than ever before. The galleries lie on the top three floors of the Federal-style brick buildings on Fulton St. between Front and South Sts.”
For the full story on this visit:http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_25/museumsnewwing.html
The SOuth Street Museum is a great local place to visit. It is often a target for tourist but it is worth it for the locals to visit.
Go ahead, it may surprise you.
The New York telephone company has purchased a block near South Street Seaport from the city for 8 million dollars and has entered into a contract to sell it to JAck Resnick and Sons for 13 million dollars.
Burton Resnick, the president of Jack Resnick & Sons, said that he hoped to proceed with an office building ”as quickly as possible.” He said that the sale included development rights for an additional 120,000 square feet. The development rights were created more than a decade ago when the city acquired much of the property in the South Street Seaport area. For the full story please visit : http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE4DF1539F932A35750C0A967948260
Five years ago the Henry Street firehouse has been close when they realized it is too late to renovate in order to save it.
It is now being considered to serve senior citizens. Officials of the Henry Street Settlement, Catherine Cullen, chief officer for operations, and Kathleen Gupta, chief officer for development, say they would use the space to expand their senior citizen- and youth-centered programs. They also would like to install a much-needed elevator in the former firehouse, which would allow for handicap access to not only the “new” building, but also to the settlement’s three neighboring rowhouses and to a building they own behind the firehouse.
The city planning commission voted in favor for this plan. It is now being considered by City Council.
(this is a link for the whole article.)
http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_201/henrystsettlement.htmlÂ
This is a wonderful idea that will utilize empty space that at this time is servicing no one. It is a great way to involve the youths and senior citizens in the neighborhood as opposed to letting it be snatched up by residential developers.
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