The Village is aiming for a spring 2013 start date and an 18-month construction period where crews will replace sidewalks, road surfaces, and utility poles. The project focuses on Broadway to Broad Street, New Main Street to Clove Avenue, and Main Street to 2nd Street.
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Downtown Streetscape Plans Emerge
Posted: February 16, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, New ConstructionTags: art, artists, bike parking, Broadway, bulb-outs, bulbout, bump outs, Creative Class, creativity, cycling, design, designer, downtown Haverstraw, downtown rebirth, grandeur, heritage, hipster, historic downtown, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, landscape architecture, Main Street, pedestrian, pedestrianization, plans, revitalization, sidewalks, street, street light, street tree, streetsblog, streetscape designs, village of haverstraw
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Built to Last
Posted: September 13, 2010 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, History, New Construction, SustainabilityThere’s something about old fashioned communities that attracts so many of us. What is it exactly? Can you pinpoint that special something about Nyack, or Piermont, or Hoboken, or Brooklyn, or . . . HaverstrawVillage that creates excitement, the platform for a thriving community?
Village Poll #2: Housing on Maple Avenue
Posted: August 13, 2010 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, New ConstructionNew Website for the Harbors at Haverstraw
Posted: January 8, 2009 by HaverstrawLife.com in New Construction, WaterfrontGinsburg Development Companies has just updated its website for the Harbors at Haverstraw luxury waterfront community, currently under construction in Haverstraw. Phase I of the project is about 75% complete. Already, hundreds have moved into their new homes in Haverstraw. Most of the large condominium buildings & clubhouse building are also complete. The Harbors at [...]
Support for Tappan Zee Alernative 4A
Posted: March 8, 2007 by HaverstrawLife.com in New Construction, UncategorizedThe Tappan Zee Bridge task force has whittled down the list of alternatives for replacement or maintenance of the Tappan Zee Bridge (I-287) corridor. They have settled on six alternatives: (1) No build – maintain the bridge “as is,” (2) Rehabilitate the existing bridge with seismic and structural upgrades, (3) a new bridge and full [...]
Our Neighbor Gets a Facelift
Posted: March 1, 2007 by HaverstrawLife.com in Cafes & Restaurants, Ferry Service, New Construction, WaterfrontThe Ossining Ferry dock and train station area is about to undergo a complete transformation into a beautifully appointed mixed-use neighborhood. Ginsburg Development Companies and Capelli Enterprises have teamed up to build One Harbor Square between the existing ferry pier and the Metro North train station. Easy access to New York City, the rest of [...]
Revamping the Village’s Streets
Posted: February 2, 2007 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, New ConstructionThe Village of Haverstraw recently applied for a Federal Community Block Grant that might supply the Village with $2 million needed to improve drainage and the quality of its streets. The money will be used for paving, work on crosswalks, and drainage systems for New Main Street, West, Lincoln, Broad, and Sharp Streets. The first [...]
Ferry’s Move to Main Street Approved
Posted: January 18, 2007 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, Ferry Service, New Construction, WaterfrontThe Haverstraw – Ossining Ferry by New York Waterway and the future Haverstraw – Yonkers – Lower Manhattan Ferry by New York Water Taxi are soon to move to the end of Main Street in the Village of Haverstraw. The plans, refined during summer 2006, have been approved recently by local and state officials. M [...]
Funds for Short Clove Road Overpass
Posted: August 30, 2006 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, New Construction, Uncategorized, WaterfrontThe Federal Transportation Bill of 2005 allotted a significant amount of funds for the reconstruction of the Short Clove Road and Route 9W intersection, which includes construction of twin-bridge overpasses that will carry Short Clove Road over the West Shore Rail Line below. The current intersection is known to be one of the worst in New [...]
Midrises Coming to Maple Avenue?
Posted: August 28, 2006 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, New Construction, WaterfrontRecently, in the Rockland Journal News, a developer who owns several apartment buildings at the corner of Maple Avenue and West Street in the Village of Haverstraw released his plan to build four- and six-story apartment buildings after completion of demolition of his existing properties. The present apartment complex has been a source of blight along Maple Avenue [...]
Governor Pataki and Haverstraw
Posted: June 28, 2006 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, New Construction, WaterfrontGovernor George E. Pataki has continually supported the Haverstraw Revitalization effort. In his last round of grant distribution, Pataki released $3 million more toward the $150 million needed to continue Haverstraw’s rennaissance. This last funding happened in October of 2002. Since then, numerous projects in the Village have been earmarked by the state and federal [...]
Martin Ginsburg on Haverstraw Ferries
Posted: June 22, 2006 by HaverstrawLife.com in Ferry Service, New Construction, WaterfrontMartin Ginsburg, who could quite possibly go down along with Mayor “Bud” Wassmer as men who “saved Haverstraw,” is the father of waterfront development in the Village of Haverstraw. The Harbors at Haverstraw, and subsequent communities that will follow it, are at any length children of Mr. Ginsburg. Thanks to him and his corporation,Ginsburg Development [...]
Revitalizing Haverstraw in the Eyes of Bob Baird
Posted: June 22, 2006 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, New Construction, New Stores, WaterfrontThere’s no overestimating the value of access to the Hudson River, and so there’s no way to put a price on the promenade being built in Haverstraw as part of builder Martin Ginsburg’s Harbors at Haverstraw development. The promenade, which will run for 1.5 miles along the riverfront, will cost $14 million to build. Ginsburg [...]
Ferry Future, and Present…
Posted: February 11, 2006 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, Ferry Service, New Construction, WaterfrontFor almost five years now New York Waterway has been operating the popular Haverstraw-Ossining ferry service between the Village of Haverstraw waterfront and the Ossining Metro-North train station. New studies have shown that more ferry service could be just as successful. Service from Haverstraw to the Yonkers Pier and then to the World Financial Center [...]
Haverstraw’s Renaissance
Posted: February 11, 2006 by HaverstrawLife.com in New Construction, WaterfrontThe New York Times has published numerous articles on the developement and revitalization of the Village of Haverstraw. Read here about the future of the waterfront! Also, the Rockland Journal News released some coverage on Haverstraw's renewal and revitalization.
