9p.m., on Channel 67.
Will replay most of the week
UP has made this video to tell people about Ivan Shapiro and what they do. Ivan Shapiro House is similar to what UP wants to build in our neighborhood, with a few exceptions: The plan here is to include 40% regular apartments (IS is all supportive housing), parking (IS has none), and a preference for [...]
Does Supportive Housing Hurt Property Values? A Real-World Study.
I searched the web for news stories about Ivan Shapiro House, looking for signs of problems there. Haven’t found any yet (will keep looking, also trying to contact that community board), but did find these stories about the opening, and a story about a woman who has benefited from living there.
Ivan Shapiro House is at [...]
Community Board 8 is holding its Land Use Committee meeting at Kingsbridge Heights Community Center this Wednesday, December 9th, at 7:30 p.m. so that Kingsbridge Heights residents can HEAR about and TALK about the proposed Urban Pathways development at 3469 Cannon Place.
Urban Pathways has already been to a CB #8 meeting, and came out to [...]
Just a reminder to all my FIPNA friends that there is a Democratic primary being held on Tuesday, September 15th. For our neighborhood, the ballot will include a primary for our City Council representative. There are two candidates, and every registered Democrat should check them out, and make a choice.
There’s a lot of info on the [...]
As promised, the KHRCC has replaced the missing glass on its Giles Place property! The house looks so much better. And neighbor Terry Stoeth planted impatiens outside for a bit of color. Neighborly cooperation between the nursing home and the community is a wonderful thing.
As Phil points out, we all need to keep an eye [...]
On July 15th, three FIPNA members met with Mr. Bruce Zarett, the Administrator of the Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation Care Center.
As followers of the FIPNA blog know, the state has taken away Helen Sieger’s operating license, and is in the process of putting the nursing home in receivership, giving the current caretaker, clearer authority over the KHRCC. [...]
In the last month, I’ve noticed that the glass doors to 3342 Giles, the vacant house owned by the owners of the rursing home property, have been broken. Cats have been seen entering the house. To the extent that this once-lovely home is “cared for” or “maintained” (and I’m using these terms very loosely), it [...]
On January 8, 2009, Bronx Parks Commissioner Hector Aponte and designers for the Parks Department presented plans for the first phase of their plan to improve the parkland around the Jerome Park Reservoir. (This is being done with money given the Parks Department in compensation for the theft of parkland in Van [...]
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