Tag Archives: planning
Mott Haven school building crumbles
Posted on 17. Oct, 2009 by Maria Clark.
‘Castle on Concourse’ languishes in neighborhood poised for growth By Maria Clark maria.clark@motthavenherald.com The passage of time has not been kind to the former school building nicknamed the “Castle on the Concourse.” Entire sections of the roof have collapsed. Plastic tarps cover the holes. Rotted wooden planks shield the windows and cover gaping holes in [...]
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City plans a new neighborhood in Mott Haven
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Sarah Trefethen.
On the southern end of the Grand Concourse, barbed wire, car dealerships and auto parts suppliers line the road, surrounded by industrial buildings that have seen busier days. The Mott Haven waterfront is dotted with ministorage buildings, rows of school buses and piles of trash.
But this may change.
The city has a plan that could bring new life – and new investment – to the lower Concourse and Harlem River waterfront.
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Plan calls for transforming industrial area
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Maria Clark.
Where auto shops and empty factories now predominate, apartments and a hotel would rise By Maria Clark maria.clark@motthavenherald.com The lower section of the Grand Concourse is almost entirely dedicated to the auto industry. The road is lined with busy auto repair shops, a gas station, a newly revamped car wash and a car dealership. Apartment [...]
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With change in the wind, some residents worry
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
If fancy apartments and stores move in, will they be pushed out? By Caroline Linton Caroline.linton@motthavenherald.com Lamont Barkley, 42, has lived in Mott Haven his whole life and has witnessed the devastation that overtook the neighborhood, and its rebuilding. But that does not mean he’s ready for the latest change: the city’s plan to replace [...]
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Friends of Brook Park says ‘Draw us in’
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
An organization that has long crusaded for a waterfront park at the end of Park Avenue is calling on the city to make its creation possible by redrawing the boundaries of its blueprint for the Lower Grand Concourse. All that is required is moving the southern boundary “a mere 100 feet to the South along [...]
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The proposed Waterfront District at a glance
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
The city has proposed special rules for the area between Exterior Street and the Harlem River from the 145th Street Bridge to the Metro North Railroad Bridge. The first two lots, across 149th Street from the new Gateway Mall, would be zoned in a way typically used for specialty and department stores, theaters and office [...]
