…the tenant’s confidentiality be maintained, so as not to further endanger him or fellow residents of his building). Paul, a singer, moved to SoHo in 1979 and has lived…
Read More…the tenant’s confidentiality be maintained, so as not to further endanger him or fellow residents of his building). Jon moved into SoHo in 1997. He had been doing construction…
Read MoreThis is the second part in a series about low- and moderate-income affordable housing tenants in the rezoning area put at risk of displacement by de Blasio’s rezoning. If you…
Read More…History of SoHo from the 1700’s through the Present,” by Yukie Ohta The Lofts of SoHo: Gentrification, Art, and Industry in New York, 1950-1980 by Aaron Shkuda “SoHo Zoning Guidebook,” SoHo Broadway Initiative…
Read More…of widespread contentions that it violated zoning rules. The 311 foot tall SoHo Mondrian Hotel at 9 Crosby Street. Comptroller Stringer wants to upzone SoHo and NoHo to allow even…
Read More…Trump Soho to the City of New York, thanks to GVSHP shining a spotlight. That same year the 454-foot-tall eyesore Trump Soho Condo-Hotel went into foreclosure and was sold. The…
Read More…Trump SoHo’s poor performance, no doubt one is the enforcement of zoning regulations restricting the use of the “condo-hotel,” which GVSHP has fought relentlessly to ensure was done. The Trump SoHo should…
Read More…the Thursday March 25th 6:30 pm event. RSVP here: https://www.thinkchinatown.org/happenings/sohorezoning In the fall of 2020, the de Blasio administration announced its plans to rezone the neighborhoods of SoHo and NoHo,…
Read MoreTrump SoHo under construction Last November, we showed how — to our amazement — the City’s own “Community Profile” of Community Board #2 categorized the Trump SoHo “Condo-Hotel” as a…
Read MoreDe Blasio wants to fool the public into believing that his plan for rezoning SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown will diversify incomes and increase affordability in those neighborhoods. The opposite will in fact be…
Read More…2 hearing on the SoHo NoHo report, via the Village Sun https://thevillagesun.com/divisions-over-envision-soho-noho-rezoning-at-meeting But here’s the catch — the upzoning that’s attached means that getting that small amount of affordable housing…
Read More…of SoHo, with the support of the SoHo Artists Association, that led to the rezoning that enabled artists to remain in the neighborhood. “It was a slow process in which…
Read More…City. Let us not be duped. There is nothing progressive about the MIH program or about the planning proposals that have metastasized around it, such as the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown plan. Today,…
Read More…for SoHo and NoHo. CLICK HERE to Tell Elected Officials You Oppose the Mayor’s Upzoning Plan for SoHo/NoHo and Support the Community Plan Instead There are two critical upcoming hearings…
Read More…Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants, 318 Restaurant Workers Union and… RSVP HERE In the fall of 2020, the de Blasio administration announced its plans to rezone the neighborhoods of SoHo and NoHo, saying…
Read MoreFrom the January 31, 2013 issue of The Villager. Noho and Soho’s firewall against N.Y.U. is at risk http://www.thevillager.com/?p=10030 By Andrew Berman, Executive Director, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation…
Read More…rezone the neighborhoods of SoHo and NoHo, saying it would “advance the City’s goals of fair housing and equitable growth” and “create a more inclusive…SoHo and NoHo” as part of…
Read More…and abuts the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, which was designated on August 14, 1973. But the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, our historic neighbor to the south and east, is nevertheless a…
Read More…announced that he intends to propose a rezoning of SoHo and NoHo that would include upzoning certain areas to substantially increase the size of allowable new development. He would also change…
Read MoreDe Blasio’s Just-Released SoHo/NoHo Plan Would Change the Face of Historic Neighborhoods With Massive Upzoning Plan Has Devastating Implications for Neighborhoods and Historic Districts Across the City Late yesterday the…
Read More…but saved, the last time that SoHo and Tribeca faced a threat of widespread demolition. At the time, historic cast-iron buildings were being razed to make way for the Washington…
Read MoreEdward LaGrassa was an architecture student in 1969 when he photographed hundreds of cast iron buildings and structures, largely in SoHo and Tribeca, but also in Harlem and Upper Manhattan….
Read MoreSoHo architecture photo source: nypap.org Here at Off the Grid we are primarily concerned with Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, but tomorrow we will be happy to help…
Read More…SoHo Condo-Hotel.” GVSHP and many neighbors and community groups opposed having this 46-story monument to ego and self-promotion in their midst, but unfortunately the zoning for this area — Hudson…
Read More…neighborhoods where the real estate market could cross-subsidize affordable housing and thought it found an answer in SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown. The possible application of MIH to SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown, however, has not resolved the…
Read MoreThe first public meeting on the city’s proposal to rezone and upzone SoHo and NoHo will be next Monday from 6-8 pm. Register to participate by Zoom and speak/ask questions…
Read MoreEdward LaGrassa was an architecture student in 1969 when he took these photos of cast iron buildings and structures, largely in SoHo and Tribeca, as well as in Harlem and…
Read MoreLast week, the City ‘certified,‘ or issued its final proposal for the massive upzoning of SoHo, NoHo, and parts of Chinatown. The voluminous documents contained numerous inaccuracies, falsehoods, and mischaracterizations,…
Read MoreVillage Preservation’s Juan Rivero leading the August 23 press conference with past and future SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown City Councilmembers urging rejection of the plan. Virtual and In-Person Testimony Allowed Borough President Holds…
Read MoreCritics of de Blasio’s atrocious upzoning plan for SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown–including yours truly— have raised a wide range of serious concerns about its possible and likely consequences. To the…
Read More…do is a very bad plan. And by these measures, Mayor de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown upzoning is a very bad plan indeed. Over the past several months, we have shown: -how…
Read MoreYesterday the City Council’s Zoning Subcommittee and Land Use Committee each voted to approve a revised SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan, with changes negotiated by Councilmembers Margaret Chin and Carlina…
Read MoreThe City has dangled the promise of affordable housing in SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown before the public to give a progressive veneer to the massive handout that De Blasio’s upzoning plan makes available…
Read More…on the SoHo/NoHo rezoning plan. Christopher Marte, the winner of the Democratic nomination to represent District 1 (SoHo, NoHo, Chinatown, Lower Manhattan) in the City Council has been a leading…
Read MoreJena Hinton of Village Preservation testifying at the City Council hearing. Yesterday’s City Council hearing on the Mayor’s proposed SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning/Displacement plan lasted about seven hours, with opponents — many…
Read More(l to r): Mayor Eric Adams; Councilmember Christopher Marte; SoHo We are thrilled to report that late Friday Mayor Adams vetoed a draconian, punitive measure we opposed introduced by (now…
Read More…of the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement plan. As we previously reported, after months of fighting, the plan was modified to eliminate or lessen some of the worst elements, with…
Read MoreWe have received a piece of art that truly captures the essence of the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown rezoning and breathes new life into the age-old maxim: never pick a fight with someone…
Read MoreThe greed orgy that is de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown rezoning is currently before the Land Use Committee of the City Council, which held a public hearing on the matter on November…
Read More…out-of-scale development, and without big box chain stores forcing out local businesses. Urge City Councilmembers to vote NO on the plan. More information can be found at: www.villagepreservation.org/soho-noho-facts and https://www.villagepreservation.org/campaign/upzoning-soho-and-noho…
Read More…City Council Telling Them “Window Dressing” Changes Aren’t Acceptable — VOTE NO on the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Plan HERE For more resources on and information about the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning plan, CLICK HERE….
Read MoreAfter several delays, the City Council’s Zoning Subcommittee and Land Use Committee appear poised to vote on the massive SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement plan today starting at approximately 11:30 am….
Read MoreThe vote on Mayor de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning+Displacement plan, originally expected this Thursday, has now been pushed back to next week, with the first vote in the Council’s Zoning Subcommittee…
Read MoreThe full City Council appears poised to vote on the revised SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning+Displacement Plan as soon as this Wednesday (full Council is currently scheduled to meet at 1:30 pm). It’s…
Read MoreThe City Council’s Zoning Subcommittee will vote on the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning+Displacement plan as early as this Thursday, setting the stage for the final decision by the full City Council….
Read MorePhotos by Megan (Markham) Bucknall/Unsplash (left) and Gerardo Romo/NYC Council (right) The City Council’s sole public hearing on the massive and disastrous proposed upzoning of SoHo, NoHo, and parts of…
Read MoreWe had a huge and united turnout on Wednesday at our press conference opposing the Mayor’s outrageous SoHo/NoHo rezoning plan and the Community Board 2 public hearing that followed. We were…
Read MoreIntro 2443A was passed by the City Council late last year along with the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan, with almost no discussion or debate. The bill imposes draconian penalties…
Read More…appear to own condo units in the building: NY Trump Soho 2102 Corp. and NY Trump Soho 2306 Corp.” Excerpt from Occupancy Report with Unit 2306 appearing. Although the 2017…
Read More…#2 liaison beginning in the 1960s, and was intimately involved in the landmark designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District as well as pioneering zoning and landmark designations for SoHo….
Read MoreHousing and Tenant Activists Slam Mayor’s Plan As Sham, Giveaway To Developers A new study released by Village Preservation today shows that Mayor de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan is likely…
Read MorePhoto: David Bland/City Limits On Monday night, Community Board 2 voted nearly unanimously to roundly reject Mayor de Blasio’s proposed SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan. The thoughtful and highly detailed 11-page resolution…
Read MoreManhattan Borough President Gale Brewer will hold her virtual public hearing on the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan starting at 6 pm on Monday, August 23 — register here. Testimony is…
Read MoreThe greed orgy that is de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown rezoning is currently before the Land Use Committee of the City Council, which held a public hearing on the matter on November…
Read MoreImage: the Bowlmor site. The public meeting on potential landmarking and rezoning proposals for the University Place and Broadway corridors will take place Thursday, Dec. 4 from 6 to 7:30…
Read MorePlan would likely only create 1/5 of projected Affordable Housing, push out Asian American and lower income residents would likely destroy more Affordable Housing than it creates….
Read MoreThe Trump SoHo was approved for construction by the City on May 8, 2007, over the objections of dozens of elected officials and a broad coalition of community and business…
Read More…have reminded us of some of his shenanigans in our neighborhood over the years, largely in connection to the Trump SoHo ‘Condo-Hotel,’ and just how much the City allowed him…
Read More…buildings have been a cause of increasing complaints in Manhattan, with many tenants claiming owners place illegal hotels in their buildings to make it difficult or impossible for tenants to…
Read MoreFrom the Center for An Urban Future Report Greenwich Village has long enjoyed a reputation as a mecca for artists. The same can be said of nearby NoHo and SoHo,…
Read MoreWorking in historic preservation you sometimes find yourself dealing with things you never expect. The Trump SoHo ‘Condo-Hotel,’ built on the site of an exhumed 19th century abolitionist church graveyard….
Read More…that super-luxury housing like this at Hudson Yards lowers housing prices for everyone. Data strongly contradicts this. YIMBYs love to point to neighborhoods like Greenwich Village and SoHo and their…
Read More…had been completed, it would have destroyed much of lower Manhattan, including blocks of what is today SoHo and Little Italy. This was hardly the end of the damage that…
Read More…tenants from the time of its opening, and by 1880, its residents included Irish, German, and Chinese immigrants. Between 1900 and 1920, industrial tenants displaced its residents. The 1905 New…
Read MoreOn December 6, 2006, the Trump SoHo ‘Condo-Hotel’ was caught advertising its planned units to prospective buyers as a “Primary Residence” or “Secondary Residence.” GVSHP found the advertisements and immediately…
Read More…in April 2021. Photo courtesy James and Karla Murray Photography Blog. Bearden’s first studio downtown was located in a loft in SoHo at 357 Canal Street starting in 1956, From…
Read More…1974. As in many New York City Housing Authority developments, residents often struggle to get needed repairs and maintenance. But GVSHP worked with the tenants association to use the complex’s…
Read MoreThere are many tactics that developers may use to get rid of tenants, or to make conditions easier for them to push them out, in order to assist with demolition…
Read More…community-based 501 (c)(3) committed to organizing low- and moderate-income tenants in Loisaida/Lower East Side and East Village rent-stabilized tenement buildings. During GOLES’ earliest years in the 1970’s and 1980’s, many landlords…
Read More…fixtures instead of electricity until 1950. That was the year that some of the tenants asked the landlady to call ConEd and have the building “wired”. She refused, so the…
Read More…expansion plan, and to recommend its denial. A large crowd of local residents, NYU faculty, students, alumni and tenants, community groups from around the city, and many others came out…
Read More…Street between Sullivan and Thompson Streets, 1933. Courtesy of NYPL. Although it abuts SoHo, the Sullivan-Thompson historic district is quite distinct from its eastern neighbor both historically and architecturally. SoHo…
Read More…the Sullivan Thompson Historic District. Linda and three other store owners within the district launched SoHo Village NYC, a group devoted to educating residents and visitors about local history, as…
Read More…for this city and led to the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District and the SoHo Cast Iron Historic District; her efforts in the saving and reworking of Washington…
Read More…is the fact that this historic edifice stood on the site today occupied by what was known as the Trump SoHo (now renamed the Dominick Hotel). We thought it important…
Read More…1930s draws throngs of visitors in its second life as a world-famous public park. And the hollow facades of the Soho-Cast Iron Historic District are now being used as musical…
Read More…to have an event to introduce the bookshop and the tenants in a celebratory way. A resident there since 2004, she has gotten to know the relatively small development very…
Read More…the presence of housing discrimination. This was done by sending two prospective tenants with the same requirements to several brokers in search of an apartment. One of these tenants would…
Read More…43-47 East 10th Street was designed by Richard Berger in 1891. Berger was a distinguished architect of cast-iron fronted structures, many of whose works can be found in the SoHo…
Read More…will cost about $500,000.” Detail of Broadway Facade, The Roosevelt Building. Image via LPC Designation Report., Jessica Baldwin, August 2018 One of the building’s first tenants was the American Ball…
Read More…more vibrant retail mix than currently exists. Their goal: to not only attract thousands of new residents to the area, but to make it more attractive to commercial tenants, to…
Read More…14th Street corridors. Want to help? Write Mayor de Blasio and other city officials urging them to landmark the remainder of the South Village. The Trump SoHo — Hudson River…
Read MoreThe massive Trump SoHo condo-hotel in Hudson Square; Come tonight to learn how to help prevent out-of-scale development like this. Trinity Real Estate, the major property owner in the Hudson…
Read MoreOp-Ed BY ANDREW BERMAN, Executive Director, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation October 2, 2014 The Trump SoHo. Photo via The Villager. The recent news that the Trump Soho Condo-Hotel…
Read More…in the early 1980s when Carole Teller took this photo of crowds milling about in a still semi-deserted SoHo, with this woman perched on the cast-iron storefront steps selling clothing….
Read MoreBelieve it or not, the Soho Playhouse is actually within the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District, which was designated 50 years ago this week, a district which is part of the larger…
Read More…the culture they represent. Dö Kham was originally created by the husband and wife team Anna and Phelgye Kelden. The original small Soho boutique was designed for “bringing treasures from…
Read More…late 1950s, cars were banned from the park on a trial basis, and in the 1960s the ban was made permanent. Saving Soho, the South Village, and Little Italy Had…
Read More…the public, and decision-makers. Education programs and fundraisers went virtual. But COVID-19 wasn’t the only source of challenges we faced. The Mayor put forward an unprecedented upzoning plan for SoHo…
Read More…decision was her vote granting NYU unprecedented allowances to overdevelop wide swaths of the Village. More recently, Chin supported the illogical rezoning of SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown. Our 2011 Halloween contest entry. We…
Read More…into use in order to distinguish it from SoHo, the adjacent neighborhood to its south. Previously, NoHo, SoHo, and the eastern part of Tribeca were known collectively as the “warehouse…
Read More…as with the SoHo/NoHo Upzoning, the demolition of 14-16 5th Avenue, 116-120 East 11th Street, and more, we have seen affordable housing put at risk, or worse, demolished, to build…
Read More…art wasn’t well regarded in the art world. According to his NYT obituary, Wong showcased at the Blinderman’s Semaphore Gallery spaces in SoHo (462 West Broadway) and the East Village (157…
Read MoreEast Village Gas Explosion Site, 2nd Ave. & 7th St. As we enter July, it’s not hard to notice that some of the dates align with some neighborhood intersections. In…
Read More…for Nos. 45, 47, and 49; they found tenants immediately. Among the first tenants were Jacob Bogcrt, carpenter at No. 39; Jacob Nauglc, mason, at No. 47; and Jacob A….
Read More…group of tenants. Around 1913, the National Free Labor Association, which lobbied for states use of free convict labor, used offices in the building as their headquarters, and around 1956…
Read More…have been built. The Department of Buildings granted a waiver allowing the construction at 514-516 East 6th Street that was later reversed when the building’s tenants filed and won an…
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