NoHo Filming....

On Thursday August 26th & 27th, 2010 a Canon Production “Canon” will be shooting exterior scenes at Shinbone Alley btw Great Jones Alley & Bond Sts.  APPROXIMATE TIME: 1pm – 8pm on 8/26 10am – 1pm on 8/27 .  If you have further questions you can contact their Locations Department at 203-227-1034.  Permit # C 468

Thursday August 26, 2010 the feature film “ONAH THESIS PROJECT” is scheduled to film interior scenes at 48 Bleecker Street btw Mulberry & Mott Streets.  Approximate Time: 11am – 2am.  If you have any further questions you can contact their locations department: 718-22-1351.  Please feel free to contact Stuart Mercer at 212-489-6710 ext 237. PERMIT # FF-124

MTA Bleecker/Broadway/Lafayette Construction Update - Don't shoot the messenger, this is actually what they call a report !

Another new License proposal at Great Jones and Bowery - which we managed to move to the September calendar...but there will be an early September meeting with the applicant - stay tuned. 

The Smile (26 Bond) met with NoHo stakeholders in July and was asked to return with a method of operation they were willing to stick with - for further discussion.  For now they have agreed to stick with their Wine and Beer license, only.  There will be another neighborhood meeting in September.

A bit of a scuffle, and a bit more scuffle, and then the final scuffle....but Il Buco agrees to suspend their Pig Roast until we can figure out a way of having an ALL-NoHo celebration to benefit everyone AND ACE for the Homeless.  Thank you, Donna Lennard.

NYU Task Force suspending meetings during the ULURP Process for the Superblocks.  Having successfully moved NYU toward a large-scale and 20-year planning process, developed Planning Principles adopted by NYU and three Community Boards, as well as its members, and having submitted a Review to which NYU has provided a summary response, the Task Force agreed on July 6th, 2010 to convene on a quarterly basis, allowing its members, the majority of whom are connected to this particular application, either in their "official" capacities in elected and appointed positions or representing groups within the affected ULURP area, to be fully engaged in the due process for a Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) on the Super Blocks in the NYU Campus Core without inherent conflict of interest - on all sides.

There have been two Community Board open meetings on the NYU proposal; official hearings will commence in September.  We will keep you posted.  All meetings and plans will continue to be posted at www.communitynyc.org

KUDOS to the Bond Street Theatre - The design for Beyond the Mirror, created by Bond Street in collaboration with Exile Theatre of Afghanistan, has been selected for the 2011 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space. This event, the world's largest exposition for theatre design, looks at scenography as a discipline existing between the visual and the performing arts, using the best of both worlds, creating a dialogue between the two arts.   If your day could use a bit of inspiration, visit their blog  .

Neighboring 'Hoods

If you like to keep tabs on the Lower East Side, you should definitely read The Lo-Down.  We run into Ed Litvak everywhere and he does LOVE his beat.  Great reporting. 

West Village - Houston-based Spectra Energy filed a preliminary federal application to construct approximately 20 miles of new natural gas pipeline across northern Staten Island and southwestern New Jersey, under the Hudson River and into Manhattan's trendy meatpacking district where it will connect to Con Edison lines around Gansevoort Street and the West Side Highway.  There are lots of safety issues wrapped up in this one that should concern everyone in Lower Manhattan. See the full coverage at the Gotham Gazette .  CB#2 will be hosting a forum on the pipeline on October 5th.  See coverage in the Downtown Express

It also involved Hydro-Fracking, the subject of a town hall meeting on Tuesday, August 24th from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) located at 199 Chambers Street in Manhattan to discuss natural gas drilling.

Chinatown - We have been working with the Chinatown Working Group for over two years now in preparing a 197a-Plan  You can catch up on all the discussions at www.chinatownworkinggroup.org
 

Loft Law becomes permanent and expands to outer Boroughs...Thank you Speaker Silver.

DOT is conducting their study of traffic and pedestrian issues surrounding Bowery and Houston.  Findings will be presented this fall for comment.