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Dan Barasch and Robert Hammond, a founder and the executive director of the High Line, met when Mr. Barasch asked Mr. Hammond’s advice on how to launch the Lowline, Manhattan’s first underground park.
Lena Dunham, Spike Jonze at last night’s Lowline benefit. Photos courtesy: Andrew Einhorn and Jammi York “Girls” star Lena Dunham and award-winning director Spike Jonze were the center of attention as co-hosts of last night’s benefit dinner in support of the proposed Lowline underground park. But it was Alicia Glen, New York City’s deputy mayor for housing and economic development, who may very have stolen the show. During remarks at the Lowline’s third annual “anti-gala,” held at the Skyline Modern event space on West 27th Street, Glen made it clear the de Blasio administrati...
Rendering: Essex Crossing. SHoP Architects. A year ago next week, a sweeping plan was unveiled to redevelop the former Seward Park urban renewal site adjacent to the Williamsburg Bridge, bringing one-thousand new apartments and 600,000 square feet of commercial space to the Lower East Side. Since that time, developers and architects have been hard at work to meet a spring 2015 deadline for groundbreaking on the first four parcels. For an update on their progress, we sat down recently with key members of Delancey Street Associates, the consortium created to build the project, known as Essex ...