By Karen Argenti on September 4, 2010
We are your neighbors: volunteer leaders of the Fort Independence Park Neighborhood Association (FIPNA) — a coalition of home owners, renters, and cooperators who live in he area surrounding the Fort Independence Park (Sedgwick Avenue at Giles Place, then again at Hillman/Gouverneur Avenues), also known to many as “Pigeon Park.” We have decided to endorse [...]
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By Karen Argenti on August 14, 2010
We hope that Open Access will be discussed in September! August 12, 2010 Dear Colleagues, After consulting with Croton FMC representatives, Chairman McShane has decided to defer the next FMC meeting until September 16. There will be no meeting next week on August 19th. In advance of the next meeting, we will send you a reminder [...]
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By Karen Argenti on August 14, 2010
This is why I love NYC: the city finished re-paving Sedgwick last week and Con Ed is now ripping it up ! This is a new record ! Lynn, Aug. 13
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By Karen Argenti on June 14, 2010
FIPNA is proposing CB8 adopt a Moratorium on any and all increases in existing social service programming and new siting, including but not limited to nursing home and/or rehabilitation centers, supportive housing or other group homes in the area east of the Major Deegan Expressway; until and unless fair share distribution is equivalent in other [...]
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By Karen Argenti on June 14, 2010
At the meeting of the Community Board in June, the full board voted to support our request for evaluation to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Thank you to all the community people who helped make this possible.
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By Karen Argenti on June 14, 2010
As you may know, Council Member Oliver Koppell was a guest on BronxTalk on Monday night when FIPNA members were appearing before the Land Use Committee of CB8 on the issue of our community becoming an Historic District. Since we could not comment at the time, we posted these comments correcting parts of the Council [...]
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Supportive Housing, Front Page News
By Karen Argenti on May 20, 2010
An historic district is an area of the city designated by the Landmarks Commission that represents at least one period or style of architecture typical of one or more areas in the city’s history; as a result, the district has a distinct “sense of place.” Fort Greene, Greenwich Village, Mott Haven, and SoHo are examples [...]
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By Karen Argenti on May 11, 2010
http://www.ipetitions.com/my/petitions/250142
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By Karen Argenti on May 9, 2010
FIPNA submitted a request to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to determine if our neighborhood is eligible as an Historic District. A Historic District is an area designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission because it has a special character or a special historical or aesthetic interest which causes it to have a distinct “sense of place.” [...]
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By Phil on April 19, 2010
Today (April 19) the DOT spent most of the day on Cannon Place placing concrete barriers along the retaining wall side of the street. They said it was preliminary to taking steps to repair/shore up the wall and repair the sidewalk, and indicated that they want the sidewalk completely closed until repairs are made. Cannon [...]
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