When the first phase of Essex Crossing opens next year, nearly everything about the large development project will, of course, be brand new. One exception is the 77-year-old Essex Street Market, which is moving to an expanded space on the south side of Delancey Street. Whether the beloved public facility feels connected to its Lower East […]
A year before the scheduled move of the Essex Street Market into a new home in the Essex Crossing project, city officials are going public with a few details about the new facility.
When: Clay Township supervisors meeting, April 27.
What happened:Â Don Moyer and Gary Calik, public works employees, notified officials of an uptick in vandalism at Snyder Community Park 1 on Clay School Road and Snyder Community Park 2 on Snyder Lane. Vandals have damaged ballfields and public restrooms, they said, and they asked supervisors to look into installing surveillance cameras at the parks.
Response: Supervisors voted 3-0 to have public works employees install surveillance cameras and signs about the cameras at the parks. Vice chair Keith Martin said he is âinterested to see if that corrects some of the behaviors.
Why it matters: With warmer weather approaching, outdoor attendance will increase at the parks. Moyer said the park on Snyder Lane has seen more vandalism than the Clay School Road Park. He said having surveillance cameras at the parks will allow the township to capture vehicle and license plate information to identify the vandals. The incident
As we reported yesterday, six remaining tenants at 400 Grand Street, which will be demolished next year to make way for the Essex Crossing project, are fighting for relocation rights. But another tenant in the building, the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy, is also concerned about its future.
400 Grand Street.
The conservancy, part of the United Jewish Council of the East Side, established its first dedicated home in a 650 square foot storefront at 400 Grand in 2011. The space had previously been occupied by Ruby’s Fruits, a Lower East Side institution. But the building will likely be emptied and torn down next year in preparation for new residential and commercial development set to rise on nine long-neglected sites in the former Seward Park Urban Renewal Area.