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Neighborhood’s future depends on the Armory
After three decades of city ownership of the empty Kingsbridge Armory — possibly the world’s largest at more than 500,000 square feet — it is now time for the community to take charge. more
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About 100 people packed into the gym last week at P.S. 340 on 195th Street to attend NYCEDC’s first public workshop on the future of the Kingsbridge Armory. Participants scrawled their ideas across an architectural rendering of the armory printed on an enormous canvas, one of many activities on the evening’s agenda.
For the Kingsbridge Armory, is third time finally the charm?
The sprawling and vacant Kingsbridge Armory has returned to the city spotlight as the New York City economic development corporation rolls up its sleeves for another shot at redeveloping the 12-acre structure. more
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In a press conference inside the Kingsbridge Armory April 13, 2013, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a deal to transform the historic site into an enormous ice hockey center. Almost 10 years later, the plan is defunct and the New York City Economic Development Corp. is returning to the drawing board to determine the armory’s future.
Debate continues on who should end up with Armory
The Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition is reviving its campaign to redevelop the Kingsbridge Armory as ideas begin to pour in on redevelopment of the 575,000-square-foot landmarked building on Jerome Avenue. more
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Late last year, the most recent attempt to redevelop the Kingsbridge Armory fell through when a court ruled Kingsbridge National Ice Center had to give control of the site back to the city’s Economic Development Corp. Now Councilwoman Pierina Sanchez — who inherited this Kingsbridge Heights debacle — wants to make finally getting the armory redeveloped one of her top priorities.
Kingsbridge Armory suffers yet another setback
Even before his time running the Norwood News, Jordan Moss was obsessed with the Kingsbridge Armory. “I wrote about it freelance,” the former journalist said. “But then when I was there (at the newspaper) from 1994 to 2011 … we wrote 150 articles about it probably.” more
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