By Karen Argenti on May 18, 2011
Thank you Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (81st AD) for the letter supporting FIPNA’s efforts to designate our area as an Historic District. Download the letter and read it. 2011-05-17 JDinowitz Letter to HDC Re Historic District
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Construction, Fort Independence Housing aka Cannon Place, Front Page News, History
By Margaret on May 17, 2011
At a May 4th meeting of the Community Board 8 Land Use Committee, Jackson Development presented their revised renderings of what they propose to build on the Cannon Place/Fort Independence Street lot (at CB 8′s request, they moved the parking entrance to Ft. Independence, thus the revisions). FIPNA is opposing this plan, as being too [...]
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Construction, Front Page News, Uncategorized | Tagged Bronx, Construction start, Jackson Development Group, Kingsbridge Heights
By Karen Argenti on May 14, 2011
This Stop Work Order was issued by the DOB on May 10th to the HPDC2 Housing Development Fund and the Jackson Development Group. Then the DOB partially lifted the SWO to do the borings, but they continued to do more work anyway. NYC Department of Buildings Overview for Complaint #:2159087 = RESOLVED Complaint at: 3482 [...]
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Construction, Fort Independence Housing aka Cannon Place, Front Page News | Tagged Construction start, Jackson Development Group, SLAPP lawsuits, Stop Work Order
By Karen Argenti on May 13, 2011
You may have read in the Riverdale Press, or in our blog here that FIPNA was threatened by an architect associated with Jackson Development Group with a lawsuit. See this: http://www.fipna.org/2011/05/13/fort-independence-developers-former-architects-lawyer-sends-letter-to-fipna/ Then we got a note from the Public Participation Project — see below. —–Original Message—– From: Peter Kurdock To: fipna@fipna.org Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 [...]
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Front Page News, SLAPP | Tagged SLAPP lawsuits
By Karen Argenti on May 13, 2011
The Fort Independence Street developers former architect had his attorney’s send FIPNA a letter asking Kristin Hart and FIPNA to retract some things we said in the Ten Reasons handed out at the CB 8 Land Use Meeting. A few days later, several FIPNA officers received a registered letter in the mail, which ended with: [...]
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Construction | Tagged Construction start, Esq., Ezra Glaser, Jackson Development Group, legitimate and important public debate, SLAPP lawsuits
By Margaret on May 13, 2011
Jackson Development said at the last Land Use Committee meeting that they wouldn’t have complete drawings available for 3 months, yet over the last few weeks they’ve killed most of the trees on the lot, and begun moving earth. At first, neighbors assumed they were doing just enough to do test borings on this difficult [...]
Posted in Construction, Front Page News, Uncategorized
By Margaret on May 3, 2011
Ft. Independence resident Bob Drake asked Councilman Koppell to get a Greenstreet installed at Bailey Place and Fort Independence Street. Koppell, in the letter posted here, announces he has gotten The Parks Department and the Dept of Design and Construction to create a Greenstreet there, once the Bailey Place retaining wall is restored. Goodbye, ugly [...]
Posted in Construction, Front Page News, Uncategorized | Tagged Bronx, greenstreet, Kingsbridge, parks
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