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The SPURA Has Landed: City Council Approves 47-Year-Old Urban Renewal Project

Yesterday, in a unanimous vote 47 years in the making, the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area has finally been approved
By Kit Dillon
SPURA springs eternal. (NYC EDC)

Hip Hip SPURA! Land-Use Committee Approves LES Development After 40-Year Slog

It took 40 years, but the transformation of the Seward Park urban Renewal Area, better known as SPURA, may finally
By Jonah Wolf

SPURA Spat Sweeps Council: After 40 Years, Disbelief Abounds

Yesterday, at a City Council hearing on the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, more commonly known as SPURA, the proper
By Kit Dillon
The city's plan. (NYC EDC)

The Wong Plan: Wok & Roll Founder Wants to Make SPURA 100 Percent Affordable, Build Giant Bus Depot

By Kit Dillon

Spurring on SPURA: Lower East Side Mega-Development, Decades in the Making, Will Be Affordable Forever

By Matt Chaban
Who lives under the Williamsburg Bridge?

What's Really Living in the 'Low Line' (Slideshow)

By Drew Grant

SPURA-Duper: LES Splits the Differences on Urban Renewal Revival

By Matt Chaban

SPURA On! Housing Fight Brewing on 50-Year-Old Lower East Side Site

By Matt Chaban
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