Villagers are up in arms over a city-led scheme to construct a soaring affordable housing tower on Hudson Street — one of three massive structures critics fear will soon overshadow the histor…
Residents of West and Greenwich Villages are seeing red over a city-led scheme to construct a soaring new affordable housing tower on Hudson Street -- one of three massive structures critics fear will overshadow the low rise neighborhoods.Want to end apartment warehousing? Ease up on rent-control laws
Two blocks west, excavation is underway to make room for two even taller developments — one, a 223-foot-tall structure at 570 Washington Street and next door, a 419-foot-tall building at 80 Clarkson Street — as parts of aThe City Department of Housing Preservation and Development unveiled four potential renderings of a building to go in the city-owned lot at 388 Hudson Street.
“It can be a good size building, but this tall tower aspect that the city seems to be pushing is kind of crazy for that site,” added 50-year Village resident Richard Blodgett, 80.The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation called the plan “unacceptable,” and lamented that the proposed tallness of the structure would cast shadows on the adjacent J.J. Walker Park, as well as several blocks of the Village’s Historic District.
The number of units the proposed 35-story tower will contain remains unclear — but all will be affordable, with rents figured out by a calculation of the area median income, the city said.Zeckendorf Development, Atlas Capital Group and the Baupost Group have teamed up to develop the lot, which is located in a primarily commercial area and an ‘as-of-right’ zone.