Barrett will build a seven-story mixed-use building totaling approximately 18,000 gross square feet with a retail condo on the ground floor and five apartments above, consisting of four full-floor units and a duplex penthouse.
The full performance schedule for Astor Alive! is now available. Check it out here - https://t.co/dlQSlvSJlC pic.twitter.com/HMYYj2A9DU
— Astor Place NYC (@AstorPlaceNYC) September 14, 2016
Eight months ago, we launched a first-of-its-kind network to improve the quality of life in this great city where so many of us work and live. To date, we’ve seen lots of curiosity and excitement, and also some unexpected challenges that we need to address, as you’d expect with any project this bold.
With 400 Links installed in three boroughs, nearly 475,000 New Yorkers and visitors have signed up to use the fastest broadband publicly available in New York City and they have used it more than 21 million times. We’ve heard from New Yorkers who use the Links to save data on their mobile plans, call relatives across the the country, and get a much-needed quick charge.
We also know that some users have been monopolizing the Link tablets and using them inappropriately, preventing others from being able to use them while frustrating the residents and businesses around them. The kiosks were never intended for anyone’s extended, personal use and we want to ensure that Links are accessible and a welcome addition to New York City neighborhoods.
Starting today, we will be removing web browsing on all Link tablets while we work with the City and community to explore potential solutions, like time limits. Other tablet features — free phone calls, maps, device charging, and access to 311 and 911 — will continue to work as they did before, and nothing is changing about LinkNYC’s superfast Wi-Fi. As planned, we will continue to improve the Link experience and add new features for people to enjoy while they’re on the go.
Cube News - The Cube's anticipated return today, by @NYCDDC has been delayed due to logistical issues. Stay tuned for news about a new date.
— Astor Place NYC (@AstorPlaceNYC) September 14, 2016
Name: Amy Sheridan
Occupation: Owner of digital marketing company
Location: Second Street and Avenue A
Time: 4:15 on Thursday, Sept. 8
I grew up in New Jersey. I moved here seven years ago. It’s funny, when I was 17 years old, the day I got my Driver's License, I drove and parked in front of where I'd end up living on Avenue A so many years later.
I live here for a reason. Besides the banks, there are no real chains right around here. That kind of stuff is such a bummer. When I look out of my window, there’s nothing like that. That’s why I live here. It’s all local businesses. I just liked the funkiness of the neighborhood. We have pretty much have everything you could possibly need without having to go to big-box stores or one store for everything. I heard they’re building a Target on 14th. Do we really need that? There’s every single thing here. Why do people have to buy from Amazon? It’s great that we have Amazon, but I just don’t think that should be the only thing we have. There’s something so fundamental about a bookstore.
Everyone in the neighborhood is awesome. It’s a real neighborhood. I treat everybody the same. There are a lot of people who don’t have housing here. I have dogs, and I walk around the block multiple times a day with the dogs. I don’t classify whether someone is living on the street or whether they are living in an apartment. They are people and I treat them like that. It’s cool to know everybody by their first names, whether it’s the priest, the people on the street or the guys in Native Bean. You really know people and I like that. [People] should think of the way it was before us. They’ve been here for so long.
I own an Internet company. It’s our 10-year anniversary next week. I didn’t even have email when I was in college. I learned it all on the job. I started my business with $1,000 and I made the the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Companies. I do performance-based marketing. I work with advertisers like the U.S. Air Force for the VA hospital. I staff the doctors, nurses, dentists, things like that using LinkedIn and other job sites for the VA Hospital and Hospital for Special Surgery.
I’m also a huge Grateful Dead fan. I still follow the remaining members in the Grateful Dead. The first place they played in New York City was in 1967 in Tompkins Square Park. Pretty cool, right? I’ve been trying to find that flier for many years. One day I will.
