The 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 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 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 More…this Wednesday at 6 pm. CLICK HERE to Register (required) Be sure to participate (virtually) in the first official public hearing on the Mayor’s plan to upzone SoHo, NoHo, and…
Read MoreImage courtesy of Municipal Art Society Our friends at the Municipal Art Society have created a 3-D Google Earth map showing what SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown would look like with…
Read More…what you can do. The City has made clear they hope to replicate what is done in SoHo/NoHo in similar neighborhoods throughout the city. CLICK HERE to Register for Tonight’s…
Read MoreThere are two critical upcoming meetings on the study by the City, BP Gale Brewer, and CM Margaret Chin about regulations in NoHo and SoHo and potential recommendations for zoning and other…
Read MorePlease attend an important Community Board 2 Land Use Committee hearing and discussion of the priorities and recommendations from the recently- released Envision SoHo/NoHo: A Summary of Findings and Recommendations report. Representatives…
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 MoreThis critical public hearing — the first in the official public review and approval process for the Mayor’s massive proposed SoHo/NoHo upzoning — has now been scheduled as an in-person…
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 MoreFor all those interested in the future and preservation of NoHo and SoHo, it’s critical that you attend this meeting on Thursday, June 13. That’s when the Mayor’s City Planning…
Read MoreThe newly-released study by Village Preservation shows that the City’s SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Plan, which includes part of Chinatown, will make the area richer, whiter, and more expensive to live in…
Read More…City Planning, the Manhattan Borough President, and City Councilmember Margaret Chin called for seeking opportunities to create affordable housing in SoHo and NoHo, and to increase density to do so….
Read MoreMayor de Blasio is moving towardsan early May certification for his massive SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan, which promises to bring huge oversized commercial and condo developments and vertical enlargements and giant…
Read MoreWe understand that the Manhattan Borough President’s public hearing on the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo rezoning plan will be held during the day of Monday, August 23. As soon as we know…
Read More…modest incomes shows exactly the opposite? Our recent op-ed highlights the contradictions and flaws in this school of thought (which is behind the rezoning plan for SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown),…
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 More…Rivera, and Corey Johnson will likely largely decide its fate. TO HELP: Tell City Officials That Insignificant Changes to the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Rezoning Plan DON’T Make It Acceptable — CLICK HERE…
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 More…SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan in 2021 promising it would promote affordable housing development and wouldn’t destroy existing affordable rent-regulated housing. Sad to say, their predictions have turned out to…
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 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…
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Read More…neighborhoods. Artists and The Public Theater The 1970s and 1980s saw the arrival of artists in the area who began occupying the neighborhood’s loft buildings. The name “NoHo” first came…
Read More…the East Village, or NoHo: click here to nominate your favorite. Want to help support small businesses? Share this post with friends. Every nook and corner of NoHo offers eclectic…
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 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…
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