[NYguy]

Small NIMBY victory...


http://tribecacitizen.com/2014/01/29...e-been-paused/

Those Big Plans for the Seaport Have Been Paused









1/29/14

The brave souls at the Tribeca Trib—who attended last night’s main Community Board 1 meeting—report that CB1 chair Catherine McVay-Hughes announced that (in the Trib’s words) “an agreement had been worked out with the city to halt the upcoming approval process for Hughes Corp.’s redevelopment plans for the South Street Seaport.” A task force with members from various entities—the Economic Development Corporation (which had been dealing with Howard Hughes Corp. in private), residents, politicians, and the South Street Seaport Museum—will lead the discussions for the site. Getting the credit along with CB1 are councilwoman Margaret Chin, Manhattan borough president Gale Brewer, and assembly speaker Sheldon Silver.

http://tribecatrib.com/content/city-...-seaport-plans

City Calls a Halt to Developer's South Street Seaport Plans


By CARL GLASSMAN
Jan. 29, 2014

"Howard Hughes Corporation's plan to date will not go forward as presented." That was the announcement Tuesday evening from Community Board 1 chair Catherine McVay Hughes, who told the board at its monthly meeting that an agreement had been worked out with the city to halt the upcoming approval process for Hughes Corp.'s redevelopment plans for the South Street Seaport, including a widely opposed 600-foot-high residential tower.

Hughes said that a "community driven" South Street Seaport Task Force is being formed to include community members, elected officials, the South Street Seaport Museum and the city's Economic Development Corp., which is in charge of leasing the property to the Hughes Corp.

The decision is an apparent major setback for the developer, who was on track to begin a city land use review of its plans later this year. Those plans, apart from the tower, include restoring and adding a floor to the landmarked Tin Building, installing a 10,000-square-foot food market and constructing a new marina. It's application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for alterations to the Tin Building are also on hold. The developer has said that the tower was necessary to pay for needed infrastructure and other improvements to the area.