Wednesday, October 27, 2010

City Council approves the East Village Rezoning this afternoon


From the inbox via the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation...

The East Village Rezoning (also known as the Third and Fourth Avenue Corridors Rezoning) covers eight blocks between Third and Fourth Avenues, 9th and 13th Streets. The new zoning will for the first time impose height caps of approximately 12 stories and eliminate the current zoning bonus for dorms and hotels in the predominantly residential area, thus prohibiting the construction in the area of more of the types of mega-dorms we have seen from NYU in recent years.

You can learn more about GVSHP’s efforts to preserve the East Village through landmark designation at our program “Landmarking the East Village” tonight from 5:30 to 7pm at the Tompkins Square Library, 331 East 10th Street (btw. Avenues A and B), which will begin with a brief account and summary of today’s critical rezoning victory. RSVP by calling (212) 475-9585 ext. 35.
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3 comments:

  1. pinheadOctober 27, 2010 at 4:39 PM

    Nice! Thanks for the update.

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  2. blue glassOctober 27, 2010 at 5:21 PM

    too little too late.

    and how many applications will be filed prior to the date it goes into effect?

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  3. AnonymousOctober 28, 2010 at 1:39 PM

    12 stories is still very high... too high. Yikes!

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