Video: Kingsbridge Armory Press Conference
We'll have more pictures and coverage of the Kingsbridge Armory announcement tomorrow. In the meantime, here's the press conference in its entirety, courtesy of the mayor's media department.
We'll have more pictures and coverage of the Kingsbridge Armory announcement tomorrow. In the meantime, here's the press conference in its entirety, courtesy of the mayor's media department.
Inside an appropriately frigid Kingsbridge Armory this morning, the city announced that the long-vacant, castle-like structure would be turned into the world's largest ice sports complex, known as the Kingsbridge National Ice Center.
GC5A0072, a photo by nycmayorsoffice on Flickr.
In a press release sent out this morning, the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition announced what it called a 'historic' community benefits agreement with the partners with the Kingsbridge National Ice Center, one of two developers vying to take over the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory.
Yesterday, police released this video of man suspected of stealing a car on Kingsbridge Road that happened to contain a 7-month-old baby. The baby was found safe and sound near the corner of Jerome Avenue and Gobles Place but police are still looking for the suspect and are asking for help in identifying and locating him.
Negotiations are heating up for what could be a landmark benefits agreement between a grassroots community group and a developer looking to take over the Kingsbridge Armory. But both sides are playing their cards close to their vests as the city negotiates with both of the finalists who want to redevelop the Armory.
Hope for the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory, the largest armory in the world and one of the northwest Bronx’s most fascinating and potential-filled pieces of undeveloped property, was resurrected in 2012.
Bronx Community Board 7 and the Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Alliance have forged a partnership to negotiate a Community Benefits Agreement for the coming redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory. It's an interesting partnership given that the two sides were often at odds in 2009 over a previous proposal to turn the Armory into a shopping mall.
After more than 15 years of vacancy and several failed redevelopment efforts, it took a storm of unprecedented proportions to put the Kingsbridge Armory back to extended use. It’s now the site of the largest storm relief effort in the Bronx, bringing much-needed food, supplies, cleaning materials and manpower to the region’s most ravaged communities.