Manhattan

Development Team Selected For The Aurea Affordable Development at 324 East 5th Street In East Village, Manhattan

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has designated a development team for The Aurea, a mixed-use affordable housing development at 324 East 5th Street in Manhattan’s East Village. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by a partnership of Spatial Equity, Housing Works, the Cooper Square Committee, and the This Land Is Ours Community Land Trust, the project will yield approximately 131 deeply affordable homes, with 30 percent of the units set aside for formerly homeless New Yorkers. The property is located between First and Second Avenues.

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NYC Unveils Proposal For Upgraded Bus And Bicycle Infrastructure On Sixth Avenue In Manhattan

The New York City Department of Transportation has unveiled a proposal to upgrade bus and bicycle infrastructure along Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. The plan would add new offset bus lanes between Watts Street and West 34th Street, upgrade existing bus lanes from West 34th Street to West 58th Street, and widen protected bike lanes along much of the corridor. The improvements are intended to benefit more than 51,000 daily bus riders and enhance safety for cyclists and pedestrians on one of Manhattan’s busiest transportation corridors.

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Penn Station Renovation. Image: Gothamist

Development Team, Renderings Revealed for Penn Station Overhaul in Midtown, Manhattan

The long-gestating plan to revitalize Penn Station has taken a significant step forward with the selection of a development team for the Midtown, Manhattan transit hub. Penn Transformation Partners, a joint venture between Halmar and Skanska, will lead the project, which will involve extensive exterior and interior revisions to the facility while preserving and re-cladding Madison Square Garden.

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LPC To Review Proposal For Central Park Signage

The Central Park Conservancy and NYC Parks are seeking Landmarks Preservation Commission approval for a new consolidated rules signage system across entrances to Central Park in Manhattan. The proposal, which will be presented at a public hearing on May 19, calls for the installation of permanent, standardized signs at all 54 park entrances, replacing a mix of existing and obsolete signage with a unified design intended to improve accessibility, visibility, and multilingual communication throughout the scenic landmark.

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