@nicolegelinas 🎯 DeBlasio made plenty of bad decisions, but legalizing E-bikes in Manhattan was among the worst. Self evidently a bad idea and proving so again every single day.
Tonight's full "Blue Moon" (the second full Moon of May) which looks orange-red as usual rising low over the New York City skyline as seen from the East River.
An exhibition of six important early works by Robert Rauschenberg from the Cy Twombly Foundation is on view at Gagosian's new ground-floor space in the historic building at 980 Madison Avenue, New York: https://t.co/Ow8VG7gcJM
This is the Sint-Annatunnel in Antwerp, Belgium, a historic pedestrian and cyclist tunnel that opened in 1933. The tunnel and its Art Deco entrances were designed by architect Emiel Van Averbeke.
Broken Promises: Affordable Housing Lost, Not Gained:
Despite Bill DeBlasio’s empty promises, the controversial Soho, Noho & Chinatown rezoning plan passed by city council in 2021, hasn’t built a single unit of affordable housing. Read more: @NYCCouncil https://t.co/SKJy8DUNdR
Village Preservation's analysis of the impacts of the Soho Rezoning promising to deliver affordable housing are disastrous. It acts to alter 3 residential neighborhoods to commercial next to St John's Terminal. Just like the Meatpacking District. Read more:https://t.co/99b1x0AN7x
2. Not a single unit of housing has been built, period, compared to the 610 units that should have been created by now based upon the City’s projections. (3)
@GVSHP 4. Developers used the many loopholes in the rezoning, as we suspected to begin creating super-luxury housing (ie. . $6,000,000 units and up) that includes no affordable housing. (5)
@GVSHP 5. Developers have eliminated existing affordable rent-regulated units to clear the way for luxury development under the rezoning, which the City insisted would never occur and we predicted. Consequently, the rezoning destroyed more affordable housing than it has created. (6)
The Landmarks Preservation Commission is a revolving door of real estate interests. We must demand reforms to insulate the commission from lobbyists, real estate influence and mayoral interference. Learn more by joining Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation! @GVSHP
When I was a kid my Mum used to make us lettuce sandwiches fresh from the garden. The simplest of things with the added sprinkle of pride having grown it, I think that made it taste magical. I love growing my own food but nothing compares to mums lettuce sandwiches 💚