By Elise Knutsen 1/23/12 4:18pm

Critical Condition

All smiles.

Rudin’s St. Vincent Project Gets Green Light from Planning Commission

Earlier this afternoon, a die-hard group of developers, activists and real estate enthusiasts gathered at the New York Department of City Planning for a much anticipated meeting. In a brief meeting, the controversial Rudin development project at the former site of St. Vincent’s Hospital passed with unanimous support from all City Planning commissioners.

Commission Chair Amanda Burden explained that she was pleased with how the developers had worked with the community. “The Rudin West Village proposal represents an important step in incorporating the former St. Vincent’s campus into the fabric of the West Village,” Ms. Burden said. Read More

By Matt Chaban 11/30/11 12:52pm

It Takes a Village

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Healing Greenwich Village: Architects Planning AIDS Memorial at St. Vincent’s Site

Is a tiny triangle in Greenwich Village the next 9/11 Memorial? That’s what a pair of local activists are hoping, with their plan to turn a patch of land across from the old St. Vincent’s hospital into the city’s first AIDS memorial. They have even signed up Michael Arad, designer of the ground zero mecca, to lead a design competition for the project.

“The design process that happened after the events of 9/11… catalyzed this citywide discussion about an important historic event, and we think this design competition can do something similar,” Paul Kelterborn said in a video posted by the competition sponsors, Architizer and Architectural Record. Read More

By Eliot Brown 3/09/09 4:31pm

St. Vincent’s/Rudin Hospital Fight Hits the Courts

It’s been almost two years since St. Vincent’s unveiled its plans to build a new hospital building in the West Village, replacing its current Seventh Avenue and 11th Street location with luxury apartments and townhouses built by the Rudin family.

The plan isn’t moving quickly.

Monday—the day before the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission Read More

By Eliot Brown 12/15/08 7:37pm

Underground Railroad Homes in Chelsea Up for Landmarking

The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has put a set of 19th-century Chelsea row houses used in the Underground Railroad on track to become landmarks, as the agency is slated to consider the properties at a hearing tomorrow.

The buildings, which create a new “Lamartine Place” historic district, run from 333 to 359 West 29th Read More

By Eliot Brown 10/28/08 4:14pm

St. Vincent’s ‘Very Pleased’ With Landmarks Decision, Community Group Vows Appeal [Updated]

Here’s the statement from St. Vincent’s regarding the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s approval today of the hospital’s hardship application.

The approval was a critical one, and removes a hurdle to the development of the new hospital building on 12th Street and Seventh Avenue, along with a new housing complex built by Rudin Management in the spot Read More