How a $180 Million Parking Lot Could Change N.Y.C.âs Historic Character
Will a skyscraper at the South Street Seaport set a precedent for development in historic districts?
This parking lot has been protected as a historic landmark since 1977. Now a developer has been given permission to build a tower on it.Credit.Karsten Moran for The New York Times
By Amy Sohn
May 6, 2021
For more than 40 years, real estate developers have been intoxicated by an asphalt trapezoid at 250 Water Street. It has East River proximity, high visibility from the Brooklyn Bridge and the Brooklyn Heights promenade and â as far as open space in downtown Manhattan goes â it is big: nearly 50,000 square feet. But this particular lot, whose spots ran about $20 an hour on weekdays, is in the South Street Seaport Historic District, which means that anyone seeking to build even a toolshed there must first secure permission from the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Elaine Kennedy, Hawthorn Skincare
How often do we think about our skin - and the many elements to which it’s exposed - on a daily basis?
Especially when working outdoors and on-farm, we are putting ourselves in contact with pollutants and Ireland’s highly changeable weather elements.
While many are habitual when it comes to a skincare routine, it might be worth thinking about swapping out your more generic products for something made closer to home.
Hawthorn Handmade Skincare
‘Less is more’ sums up Elaine Kennedy’s approach to keeping your skin healthy. Based near the shores of Lough Carra in Kilkeeran, Co Mayo, Elaine runs Hawthorn Handmade Skincare on her family’s suckler farm.
Elaine Kennedy, the founder of Hawthorn Skincare
After four years living and working in London, Mayo-born beauty entrepreneur Elaine Kennedy realised that city life wasn’t for her.
The 37-year-old founder of Hawthorn Handmade Skincare returned to the family farm in Partry in 2015. There, she runs a rural venture inspired by her scenic surroundings on the shores of Lough Carra at the foot of the Partry Mountains.
Kennedy makes her face, body and handcare products in a purpose-built workshop on the.
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