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Another chapter in the Greenwood Heights’ longest-running soap opera: At 614 7th Avenue, the site that originally made headlines back in 2005 for the proposed Scarano design that would have blocked the line of sight from the Minerva statue in the adjacent Green-wood Cemetery to the Statue of Liberty, the current batch of developers have been muddling through plans to create a cluster of new townhouses on the site. They were originally hoping to squeeze 11 (!) houses onto the 100-by-100-foot lot but we hear that seven is more likely the number DOB will be comfortable with. In preparation for the new structures, the developers cleaned up the trash-ridden site before the holidays and were successful in getting the Stop Work Order lifted. Continued work at the site yesterday, however, did not go so well. While jack-hammering the block wall adjacent to 321 23rd Street, workers ignored the large section of fencing that collapsed early in the day, waiting til the late afternoon to use a front end loader to prop the gate back up, despite a 20-foot drop near the collapsed section. Business as usual in this neck of the woods.
Video: SWO Action at 614 7th Avenue [Brownstoner]
The Minerva: Signs Point To Go [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
First Rejection by DOB of Minerva II Plans [Brownstoner]
Minerva. Take Two. Roll ‘Em. [Brownstoner]


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  1. They’re back at it today. If I was the owner(s) of 321 23rd St (either the new condo owners or the sponsor), I’d be watching these cowboys…walls are coming down left and right filing up the pit.

    Here’s to progress.

    -ccgh