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- 125th Street Corridor
- 2nd Avenue Subway
- 421-a tax incentive program
- 980 Madison Tower
- Access to the Region's Core (ARC)
- Albee Square Mall Tower
- Atlantic Yards
- Bayside Rezoning
- Bayswater/Far Rockaway Rezoning
- Bedford Stuyvesant Rezoning
- Briarwood Rezoning
- Bricktown Centre
- Brig Redevelopment, Wallabout Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Academy of Music Cultural District
- Brooklyn Greenway
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Bush Terminal Park
- Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene Rezoning
- College Point Police Academy
- Columbia University Expansion
- Columbus Circle
- Con Ed Site Redevelopment
- Coney Island Development
- Cooper Square Urban Renewal Area
- Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel
- Domino Sugar Factory
- Downtown Brooklyn
- Downtown JFK-LIRR Link
- DUMBO Rezoning
- Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton Rezoning
- East River Plaza
- East River Science Park
- East River Waterfront
- East Side Access
- Far Rockaway and Mott Creek Rezoning
- Far West Village Rezoning
- Federal Housing Policy
- Fieldston Landmark Designation
- Flushing Development
- Fordham Expansion
- Forest Hills Rezoning
- Fresh Kills Master Plan
- Fulton Street Transit Center
- Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station
- Garment District Rezoning
- Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market
- General Theological Seminary Tower (Chelsea)
- Governors Island
- Gowanus Development
- Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning
- High Line Redevelopment + Whitney Museum
- HUB Retail and Office Center
- Hudson Railyards
- Hudson River Park
- Hudson Yards Rezoning & Development
- Hunter College Health-Professions Tower
- Hunts Point Vision Plan
- Inwood/Sherman Creek Waterfront Rezoning
- Jamaica, Queens Development and Rezoning
- Javits Convention Center Expansion
- JetBlue JFK Terminal
- Kingsbridge Armory
- Kissena Park Rezoning
- Lincoln Center Redevelopment
- Long Island City
- Lower East Side Rezoning
- Lower Manhattan Development
- Maspeth - Woodside Rezoning
- Mets Stadium Construction
- Middle Village-Glendale Rezoning
- Midwood Rezoning
- Mott Haven School Campus
- Moynihan Station
- Museum for African Art
- New Madison Square Garden
- New Rego Park, Queens Mall
- New York City Building Code
- New York City Hospital Redevelopment
- New York Diamond Tower
- New York Historical Society Tower
- No. 7 Line Extension
- North Brother Island
- North Tribeca Rezoning
- NYC 2012 Olympic Bid
- NYU Development
- One Madison Ave Clocktower
- P.S. 64 Redevelopment
- PlaNYC 2030
- Plaza Hotel Redevelopment
- Policy Developments - Landmarks
- Public Place
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Queens Plaza
- Queens West
- Randalls Island Water Park and Playing Fields
- Red Hook Cruise Terminal
- Red Hook Development
- Renaissance Ballroom and Renaissance Casino
- Seventh Regiment Armory (Park Ave.)
- Silvercup West
- SoHo Sanitation Garage
- Solid Waste Management Plan
- South Bronx Jail Plan
- South Ferry Terminal Project
- South Street Seaport Redevelopment
- South Village Historic District
- Springfield Gardens Rezoning
- St. Vincent’s Expansion
- Stapleton Waterfront District
- Starrett City
- Staten Island NASCAR Track
- Staten Island North Shore Light Rail
- Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
- Sunnyside Yards Platform
- The Caledonia (Chelsea)
- Trump Soho Hotel Condominiums
- Union Square Redesign
- Union-Utopia Rezoning
- United Nations Renovation
- Upper West Side Rezoning Proposal
- Uptown New York (East Harlem)
- Van Cortlandt Park Filtration Plant
- Via Verde - New Housing New York Legacy Project
- Washington Square Park Redesign
- West-Park Presbyterian Church Tower
- White Plains Courtyard
- Whitestone Rezoning
- Willets Point Development
- World Trade Center Redevelopment
- Yankee Stadium Construction
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SoHo Sanitation Garage
The Sanitation Department has announced plans for a 140- to 150-feet-high garage on a lot bounded by Spring, Washington and West Streets. The 427,000-square-foot garage’s ground floor would be used by United Parcel Service, which now parks its trucks on the lot, while the rest of the building would be used by the Sanitation Department, consolidating three garages. A smaller garage just to the south of the parking lot and next to the ventilation shafts would be turned into a truck wash and refueling depot, storing 13,000 gallons of fuel and oil. DSNY vehicles and equipment – refuse and recycling collection trucks, snow plows, salt spreaders, etc. – would be parked, maintained and refueled there. The Department insists that the garage was needed to replace garages along the river in the newly established Hudson River Park. The quickly gentrifying area is no-name land between Greenwich Village, TriBeCa and SoHo but it also includes a new condo development where condos have sold for millions. Residents of the building and developers of land nearby are fearful of what effect the garage might have on views and noise in the area.
Envisioning Hudson Square on Display for Community
Monday, October 29, 2007 | Metro New York | Topic: Land Use
Friends of Hudson Square hired 5 architecture teams to implement design concepts that incorporate mobility and open space. The plans stemmed from concerns surrounding the city’s plan to build a large sanitation garage in the neighborhood. Community members and visitors can view the designs at St. John’s Center through mid November.
Hudson Square Community Disproves Sanitation Garage
Friday, October 05, 2007 | Downtown Express | Topic: Land Use
The proposed 85,000 square foot sanitation garage located on Spring Street between West and Washington is being opposed by Hudson Square community. Neighbors and property owners argue that there are too many environmental uncertainties involved and that the proposal will be bring a drastic increase in traffic and congestion to the area.
Architects Design Space for Hudson Square
Friday, October 05, 2007 | Downtown Express | Topic: Urban Design & Architecture
A collaboration of architects has put forth design concept for Hudson Square. The concept focuses on mixed use buildings, park space, and a viable connection to the waterfront. The charrette used two basic assumptions in making the renderings - that there would be no sanitation garage and that the northern area of the neighborhood would be rezoned by the city.
Business Improvement District suggested for Hudson Square
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 | The Villager | Topic: Economic Development
Business Improvement District (BID) suggested for Hudson Square to spark necessary growth and redevelopment. Trinity, the largest property owner in the area, proposed a BID four years ago but met resistance from community groups.
Opponents of Garbage Site Seek Alternatives
Friday, February 16, 2007 | Downtown Express | Topic: Land Use
The city's plan to build a 150-foot garage with sanitation trucks and equipment from three sanitation districts at the corner of Spring and West Streets on the West Side has created an opposition group who is now seeking ways to locate the garage elsewhere. The coalition is revisiting plans for the city's 2005 Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project between W. 29th and W. 43rd Sts. that would have permitted a sanitation garage and tow pound bounded by W. 29th and W. 30th Sts. between 11th and 12th Avenues. The proposed site is privately owned, however, and the city has decided not to buy the land. The city is likely considering the Spring and West Streets location because of cost, as it will share the facility with United Parcel Service (UPS).
Residents Criticize Health Implications of Garbage Plan
Friday, February 09, 2007 | Downtown Express | Topic: Environment
At a January 31 public meeting residents of the Hudson Square and Tribeca neighborhoods heavily criticized the city's plan to build a 150-foot garage tower for the Department of Sanitation at the corner of Spring, Washington, and West Streets. Proponents of the plan argued that the consolidated sanitation facility was necessary to abide by a court agreement to find alternatives for sanitation facilities at Hudson River Park. Supporters of the plan also point to the neighborhood's zoning status as part manufacturing. Critics cite health, traffic, and aesthetic concerns. A Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Uniform Land Use Review Procedure are expected to begin in May.
15 Story Sanitation Garage to Block Condo Views
Sunday, January 28, 2007 | New York Times | Topic: General
Residents of the newly completed multi-million dollar Urban Glass House are fearful of the Department of Sanitation’s plans for a large parking lot diagonally opposite from their building. The Department has announced plans take over the lot just to the north and diagonally opposite the Urban Glass House and construct a garage as tall as a 15-story building and longer than a football field that promises to block much of the view of the river from many apartments.
Dispute over Sanitation Trucks Grows in Hudson Square
Friday, January 19, 2007 | Downtown Express | Topic: Environment
The City’s proposal to locate a 150-foot tower garage near Spring and Washington Streets to house three garbage truck districts, United Parcel Service (U.P.S.) trucks, a fuel storage depot, and a salt shed, has created turmoil for Community Board 2. Some believe that a large concentration of garbage facilities will hurt the residential appeal of the neighborhood. Others believe that the garage tower is a way to build a park at Gansevoort as part of Hudson River Park. This group claims that those opposed to the garage are really concerned about luxury development, like the new Urban Glass House south of the site.