11 Jane Street and Other Sorrows—What Are We Losing Here?
By Robert Widmann As parking garages go, this one was something of a sweetheart, like an old love you could count on—never overbearing, always sort-of […]
Emergency!
Learning About Our Need for a Full-Service Hospital the Hard Way By Robert Widmann I was getting ready for bed and had just sat down […]
Landmarks Preservation Commission Approves Six-Story Super-Luxe Condo for Jane Street Garage Site
By Robert Widmann What would Jane Jacobs say? Maybe, “Ugh!” In the late afternoon hours of February 14th, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted unanimously […]
Overwhelming Structure Headed For Jane Street: LPC Futzes Around With Window & Door Design
By Robert Widmann For decades, a very ugly Jane Street garage, blackened with urban soot, has sat cloaked in the unconscious acceptance of industrial buildings—that […]