14th Street Tech Hub & Fight to Protect Village and East Village from Union Square to Astor Place

LATEST NEWS:

• Gathering More Support for Landmarking Effort for Greenwich Village & East Village Square 5/19/20

• New Research on 86 University Place Powers Our Push For Landmark Protections for Greenwich Village and the East Village South of Union Square 4/17/2020

• New Research Uncovers More Incredible History to Power Our Push for Landmark Protections for Greenwich Village and the East Village South of Union Square 4/8/20

• NAACP and National LGBTQ Task Force Come Out in Support of South of Union Square Landmarking Effort; New Research Submitted 2/25/20

• City Planning Commission To Vote On South of Union Square Hotel Special Permit Plan Next Wed.; City Council Hearings To Follow 2/25/20

• Battle for Landmark Protections for South of Union Square Includes Historic NAACP and National Gay Task Force Headquarters 2/12/20

• Unanimous Thumbs Down on South of Union Square Hotel Special Permit Plan; Demands For Real Neighborhood Protections Instead 1/23/20

• City Planning Commission Hearing This Wednesday on Hotel Special Permit Plan for Greenwich Village & the East Village South of Union Square -- Demand REAL Neighborhood Protections! Arrive approx. 10:30am 1/20/20

• City Planning Commission Public Hearing Next Wednesday, January 22 re: South of Union Square Hotel Special Permit Plan – PLEASE ATTEND! 1/15/20

• Hotel Special Permit Plan for South of Union Square Goes to the Borough President 12/21/19
  
  
• Double Rejection: Community Boards 2 and 3 Both Say A Resounding "No" To Hotel; Special Permit Plan 11/27/19

• COMMUNITY BOARD 2 JOINS VILLAGE PRESERVATION IN PUSHING BACK ON CITY’S HOTEL SPECIAL PERMIT PLAN, & DEMANDING REAL NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTIONS Next Hearing TONIGHT at 6:30! 11/20/19

• Huge Flaws Identified in City Analysis of Greenwich Village & East Village for Hotel Special Permit Proposal; Critical Hearings Tomorrow and Next Wednesday 11/12/19

• New Research and Support Powers Push for South of Union Square Landmarking 11/7/19

• Community Board Hearings on Hotel/Office Tower/Historic Demolition Plan Nov. 13+20 10/30/19

• City Releases “Special Permit” Requirement Proposal For Hotels South of Union Square; Plan Would Promote Office Tower Development and Destruction of Historic Buildings, Expands “Midtown South” to Greenwich Village and East Village, Rewards Mayor’s Campaign Donors and Fails to Deliver on Rivera’s Neighborhood Protection Campaign Pledge 10/28/19

• New Info Uncovered By Village Preservation, With Recent Demolitions and Out-of-Scale Construction, Highlight Urgent Need to Landmark Unprotected Area South of Union Square 10/1/19

• Telling the Truth About the Shady Deal Behind the 14th Street Tech Hub and the Broken Promises Attached To It 8/6/19

• One Year Later, 14th Street Tech Hub Commitments Broken or Unmet 7/2/19

• One Year Later, City Landmarks Just 3.6% of Historic Buildings in Endangered Area South of Union Square, Fails to Move Ahead on Other Weak "Protections" Promised as Part of Tech Hub Deal 6/11/19
• Major de Blasio Fundraiser and Lobbyist Continues Push to Transform Neighborhoods 5/28/19

• Village Preservation Exposes Tech Hub Sweetheart Deal, Lack of Transparency 5/7/19

• Village Preservation Releases Report, "Finishing the Job: The Unprotected Architecture and History of Greenwich Village and the East Village Below Union Square," Renews Call for Landmark Protections for Area 3/19/19

• Saving Historic Buildings, Small Businesses, and the Neighborhood South of Union Square 2/4/19
  
  
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Write the LPC Chair to support historic district protections to the area south of Union Square

Write City Officials to Oppose the Union Square South Hotel Special Permit, Which does Nothing to Protect our Neighborhoods

Send New Letters To City Officials Calling Out the Lack Of Accurate Analysis and Demanding Real Protections for Historic Greenwich Village and the East Village

GVSHP is fighting to ensure that the University Place, Broadway, and 3rd and 4thAvenue corridors between Union Square and Astor Place get the zoning and/or landmark protections they need to protect from out-of-scale and out-of-character development, like the new 285 ft tall condo at 110 University Place, several 300 ft tall office towers planned for Broadway, and the 313 room ‘Moxy’ Hotel rising at 120 E. 11th Street. This is especially necessary in light of the Mayor’s seeking zoning changes to allow a new ‘Tech Hub’ on 14th Street, which will exacerbate this overdevelopment trend UNLESS these protections are provided.