The funding will help the organizations rebound from financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 26, 2021
FRICK ART MUSEUM
The pandemic has had a devastating impact on the local entertainment industry, with many music venues, art exhibitions and theaters forced to close due to COVID-19.
Now, they’re getting aid from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation, which is granting $7 million to 57 different nonprofit arts and cultural organizations around the region.
The grants, which range from $20,000 to $1 million, will go toward helping these organizations prepare for reopening, extend exhibitions and overcome any losses experienced throughout the last year, such as bringing back furloughed staff or closing budget gaps.
A few updates this morning concerning Essex Crossing, the 1.9 million square foot mixed-use project coming to the former Seward Park urban renewal area. As the development team cobbles together the financing for the big complex, they will go before the city’s Housing Development Corp. (HDC) today to request the use of tax exempt bonds […]
Over the weekend, some new details dripped out concerning one of the more prominent attractions coming to the big Essex Crossing project. The 1.9 million square foot mixed use development near the Williamsburg Bridge is scheduled to break ground next spring. At its gala Saturday night, Andy Warhol Museum Director Eric Shiner told guests that […]
Olympic Restaurant, 115 Delancey St.
The end of the month is nearly upon us. For several longtime Lower East Side businesses, the arrival of July this coming Tuesday, represents the end of an era. As developers rush to complete plans for the Essex Crossing mixed-use project on the former Seward Park urban renewal lots, these establishments are preparing to clear out.
As previously reported, the first phase of the nearly 2-million square foot project will be focused on three parcels: sites 1, 2 and 5. Construction is expected to begin next spring.
In preparation for demolition of existing buildings, city officials have notified three businesses and one non-profit organization that they must vacate properties by next week. They include the Olympic Restaurant (115 Delancey St.) and Jade Fountain Liquors (123 Delancey St.), the only two tenants in the mostly vacant Essex Street Market building on the south side of Delancey Street.