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Tishman Speyer has installed an 8-foot-tall forest green plywood fence around the perimeter of 160 Van Cortlandt Park South, a requirement for construction sites in New York City. A spiritual sign left over from the former Church of the Visitation is visible through a small window in the fence.

Visitation site inches toward demolition

An eight-foot construction fence has gone up around 160 Van Cortlandt. S., concealing the dilapidated former Catholic Church of the Visitation, rectory, and parochial school from view. Real estate investment firm Tishman Speyer is aiming to start construction on a 340-unit affordable housing development on the property sometime this year, but the project is falling behind schedule. more

By Abigail Nehring | 1/27/23

The future of 160 Van Cortlandt Park South was uncertain until Tishman Speyer and the School Construction Authority purchased the property in August and revealed the initial designs for an affordable housing development and new public elementary school on separate sub-divisions of the two-acre expanse.

School Construction Authority missing in action

Community Board 8 was forced to cancel a much-anticipated meeting on the public school proposed for 160 Van Cortlandt Park South last Friday when School Construction Authority officials backed out with only a few days’ notice, citing a mysterious lawsuit against them. more

By Abigail Nehring | 12/16/22

Construction workers at 3745 Riverdale Ave on Oct. 26, 2022.

No winners in battle of construction vs. walkers

Excavators swarmed over piles of brown earth at 3745 Riverdale Ave., on April 11 as Thaïs Rutledge approached on the east side of the avenue. It would’ve been impossible for the workers to hear over the drilling when she tripped on the uneven ground and landed hard on the sidewalk just outside the construction fence. more

By Abigail Nehring | 11/10/22

All to do about an ‘oops’

Anyone watching the Oct. 13 Community Board 8 meeting might have thought they mistakenly tuned into a public access television sitcom. more

10/28/22

Gov. Kathy Hochul stopped by Riverdale on her Saturday tour of the Bronx. Hochul has a sizable lead over her Republican opponent, Republican Lee Zeldin, according to recent polling.

Robert’s Rules of Disorder

Deb Travis was appointed to be new chair of the Parks and Recreation committee for Community Board 8. more

By Sachi McClendon | 10/21/22

Camelia Tepelus tried to get Community Board 8 to vote on a resolution that would limit the power chairs have over their fellow board members in a meeting last Thursday.

CB8 rule promotes discrimination, member says

An ongoing dispute between two Community Board 8 members has evolved into a larger debate over whether one of its bylaws could lead to discriminatory practices. more

By Sachi McClendon & Abigail Nehring | 10/21/22

A 14-story apartment building continues to rise at 3745 Riverdale Ave. on Sept. 28. Construction resumed this summer after the Stagg Group addressed issues that led to a stop work order last spring.

Stagg building on Riverdale Ave faces closer scrutiny

The city buildings department issued a partial stop work order at 3745 Riverdale Ave. Monday, the development site Mark Stagg purchased last February for $6 million. more

By Abigail Nehring | 10/14/22

Staying grounded in reality

To the editor: (re: “Taking a look at the whole story,” Sept. 15) Israel has become a hot-button topic and the various back-and–forths between Peter Wolf and the various writers who have responded to his attacks on Israel — yes, Aryeh Jeselsohn is my husband — could go on endlessly and fruitlessly. more

9/30/22

A view inside New York state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi district office on Sept. 7. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the senator’s office has been closed to walk-in services.

Biaggi’s Riverdale office still not accepting any walk-ins

State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi has had a busy election season. more

By Sachi McClendon | 9/23/22

The boarded up Church of the Visitation sits on a 2-acre lot on Van Cortlandt Park South. An aerial view shows the former church’s parking lot facing Review Place, also known as Collins Place, roughly overlapping with the subdivision now owned by the School Construction Authority. The remaining 1.3 acres abutting Putnam Avenue now belong to Tishman Speyer.

Neighbors: SCA plan for Visitation falls short

Community Board 8 members have known since last October the School Construction Authority wanted to build a school on a shady block across from Van Cortlandt Park where the former Church of the Visitation sits consumed by weeds. But, now they want to know the details — and they are prepared to leverage their influence. more

By Abigail Nehring | 9/23/22

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