Metropolis Launches Web site for Planning New Inexpensive Housing Growth at 388 Hudson Avenue, Asks for Public Enter

The NYC Division of Housing, Preservation, and Growth has launched its web site for sharing data and offering public enter on plans for the event of the open lot at 388 Hudson Avenue (at Clarkson Avenue) within the West Village as 100% reasonably priced housing. You may entry the web site HERE. 

As Village Preservation beforehand reported, the Metropolis is quickly shifting via the method of deciding what sort of reasonably priced housing improvement will likely be constructed right here. Components to be decided are the scale and massing of the constructing, the kind of reasonably priced housing, and what kind of floor ground (and probably basement) group facility use may be situated there. Group Board 2 has been pushing the Metropolis to think about a bigger improvement for the location. Village Preservation has urged that the brand new improvement reduce shadows on well-utilized J.J. Walker Park throughout the road, make sure the design is contextual and serves as an acceptable transition between the bigger former loft/manufacturing buildings to the south and the low-rise historic residential neighborhood to the north, and search for methods to configure the constructing to maintain it low and squat fairly than tall. 

Public engagement periods are anticipated to be scheduled quickly for Could. You may join direct notifications from town and be taught extra concerning the course of on their web site for this undertaking.