Last Tuesday, July 8th marked the East Village Community Coalition Host Committee’s third ever “First Tuesdays” event. We were fortunate to make use of the beautiful Green Oasis Community Garden & Gilbert’s Sculpture Garden. This large-lot community garden, tucked away on 8th St. near Avenue D, was slated to be shut down by the Giuliani […]
Month: July 2014
7/8: First Tuesdays: In the Garden
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 6:30pm – 8:30pm SOCIALIZE Meet your neighbors in the great outdoors. SHARE Use your green thumb. SUPPORT Engage in your community. Register today. About First Tuesdays The First Tuesdays meetup series is designed to bring together residents of the East Village in the hope that socializing, sharing and supporting one another […]
Accidental Skyline: A Map of Underbuilt Manhattan
The Municipal Art Society released a new tool for identifying parcels with air space that can be developed under existing zoning. Much of the East Village is already near or at its height limit as a result of the 2008 contextual rezoning advanced by the EVCC and the East Village/ Lower East Side community. Some […]