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Two participants in the March 11 tour of the Kingsbridge Armory make their way across the cavernous drill hall, their figures shrinking to specks on the other side. This room has an area of 180,000 square feet, large enough to contain three football fields.
Armory opens grand doors to new future
The New York City Economic Development Corp. has opened the doors of the Kingsbridge Armory to the public for a series of tours continuing through March 26. It’s a chance to glimpse inside the musty interior of the historic structure and wander through the 180,000-square-foot drill hall before the agency puts out an official call for redevelopment proposals this summer. more
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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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Kingsbridge Armory must stay with Pierina Sanchez
One of the most positive developments to come out of the recent city council redistricting draft map fiasco is that it looks like the Kingsbridge Armory will remain in Pierina Sanchez’s city council district. And that’s a good thing for everyone living in that part of Kingsbridge Heights. more
The districting commission listened to the public and returned The Kingsbridge armory to district 14 in the latest round of draft maps. Whether the armory will remain in the district remains to be seen as the commission is planning to tinker yet again with the lines in the coming weeks.
Commission rejects latest city council draft maps
It’s back to the drawing board for the commission that was set up to reconfigure the new city council district lines. That’s because, in a highly unexpected move, the latest round of draft maps were rejected by eight of its 15 members in a meeting on Thursday. more
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Councilman Eric Dinowitz signed a petition letter demanding the New York City schools chancellor revote school budget cuts. The city’s appeal won’t be heard by a judge until Sept. 29.
Kingsbridge Armory braces for new battle
Pigeons nest in its ceiling trusses while powdery white efflorescence fans out across its masonry — a sure sign of too much moisture. more
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In the first version of the new city council maps, the districting commission moved the Kingsbridge Armory from district 14 to the much wealthier and whiter district 11. The lines are not finalized, however.
‘Keep Kingsbridge Armory where it is’
When the city council’s redistricting commission held a hearing last Wednesday on redrawing the city’s 51 council districts, some talk centered around the future of the Kingsbridge Armory. 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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Many taxi drivers pay for their own life insurance and retirement plans. Having served the Riverdale area for years, green cabbie Ranny Mercado continues his fruitless search for a union, or at least some support from elected officials over his ideas to create pension plan for drivers like him.
Green cabbies want a say in all of it, too
Nobody needed a lift, no less wanted one. Nancy Reynoso was completely out of work when the coronavirus pandemic hit, and as far as she and everyone else knew at the time, her green cab was on indefinite hiatus. more
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