Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

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The River Ridge Condo building at 78 Ridge Street is not practical.  It was built at the peak of the gold rush in 2007, and is situated on perhaps the worst possible plot in the Lower East Side – practically on top of the Williamsburg Bridge approach.  As Curbed often noted in the past, apartment [...]

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Back in mid-March, Community Board 3 approved a proposal to create a series of protected bike lanes just north of the Williamsburg Bridge approach.  It is hoped that these safety measures will help curb collisions along the treacherous Delancey by offering a less-trafficked, alternative route.  Indeed, Delancey is no stranger to such accidents.  On January [...]

[Photo: Joel Raskin]