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After months of pleas from their attorneys and from Community Board 3, the city has finally agreed to give six families living in a doomed building at 400 Grand St. priority status for new affordable apartments in the Essex Crossing project. The decision from the commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) […] ....
Lower East Side History Month kicks off its 8th year of celebrating the diverse history of the LES with events and activities around the neighborhood throughout the month of May. This week’s highlights include a “Mamas with Chutzpah Virtual Walking Tour” from the Museum at Eldridge Street, a virtual discussion with author Paul Kaplan about his book, “Jewish New York: A History and Guide to Neighborhoods, Synagogues and Eateries” from the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy and a MOCAKIDS Meet & Greet, from the Museum of Chinese in America, with award-winning author Julie Leung, who will read here new book, The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee, about the first Chinese American woman to fly for the U.S. military. ....
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. ....
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. ....