Live Breaking News & Updates on Rivington Street Public Baths

The New York City Parks Department is taking the first tentative steps in possibly redeveloping the Baruch Bathhouse, a building that has been shuttered for more than four decades. At a public meeting last week, community members urged city officials to restore the historic structure, New York’s first public bathhouse, as a community center.
During a presentation before Community Board 3’s parks committee, the officials said they’d like to put out a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for the bathhouse in the the next three weeks or so. An RFEI is less specific and less formal than a Request for Proposals (RFP), and often does not actually lead to a development plan. ....

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