Thirty-Five Stories of Apartments at 388 Hudson
As a supporter of the Abundance Movement and a dedicated YIMBY (Yes in My Back Yard), I have frequently had arguments with NIMBY (Not in My Back Yard) opponents over housing proposals.
Category: Preservation
Springtime is a Great Time to Dive into Village History
Village Preservation recently released a raft of wonderful new resources that highlight and bring to life the Village’s rich history.
Public Records Reveal Coverup
Condemning the city’s “coverup” and “lies,” activists rallied to save the shuttered Tony Dapolito Recreation Center, asserting the youth and adult sports hub at Clarkson Street and 7th Avenue South “can be fully repaired,” as the city’s own architect confirmed in newly-released public records.
Just Imagine – A Wide Open Park Space From Varick to Hudson
For many years, Village Preservation has energetically and successfully advocated to protect our treasured neighborhoods and structures. Now they hope to save the crumbling Dapolito Recreation Center at the corner of Seventh Avenue South and Clarkston Street. They also hope to stop the creation of a new recreation center at 388 Hudson Street.
Forty Stories of Problems at Planned 388 Hudson Tower Project
The Mamdani administration appears poised to move ahead with a 400-foot tall tower on public land at 388 Hudson Street (at Clarkson Street) originally planned by the Adams administration. The proposed project is riddled with serious problems — including design, demolition, and choice of developer. If not changed now, it will become a permanent reality in our neighborhood.
Gansevoort Square Affordability is Built on a Shaky Foundation
It can be confusing trying to understand whether a new development will serve the best interests of its community. After all, there are fundamental differences in strategy amongst New York City politicians to deal with the affordability crisis.
The Rise and Fall of the YIMBY Consensus
The lack of affordable housing is a complex problem. And every complex problem, as the saying goes, has an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
NYC Building Code Changes Announced
You might think in this great city of millions of people and billions of building square footage, that the city leaders would be very thorough with their construction codes, having instituted one of the first codes in 1867. To their credit, city leaders made regular updates to the city’s building codes since, but have been paying a lot of attention to our current building codes in the last few years.
Community Opportunity to Purchase Act
Apparently there used to be a time in New York when apartments weren’t run through private equity. Back in the 1960s, community activists in Harlem and across the city had to take control of their building’s utilities as landlords mass-abandoned apartments that were no longer seeing returns.
In the Shadows
The city that never sleeps is asleep while residents lose agency over what happens to their neighborhood. With changes in building requirements from The City Of Yes (TCOY), which does not promote affordability, it is clear that administrative actions do not improve quality of life.
America at 250
- When Losing a Pet Feels Like an Amputation
Recently, I experienced the loss of my 18-year-old dog, Rosie. For nearly two decades, she was woven into the rhythm of my daily life — present through ordinary days, major milestones, moments of joy, and periods of hardship.