Co-cp City's official publication/ serving 1.5,382 member families in the worîd's largest cooperative community. Vol 6, No. 12 January 9, 1971
CAN THIS BE CO-OP CITY? Kids taking advantage of this skating rink for a hockey game could well imagine they were in the country rather than in the flooded basketball court behind the mini school at Darrow Place and Baychester Avenue.
Casper the Ghost May Appear on Your TV Screen
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Fire House Location
Much of the proposed agenda of Monday night's Advisory Council was tabled to allow lengthy debate on the planned Fire House at Co-op City. The proposed fire house should be constructed as planned, the Advisory Council decided. By a vote of 22 to 11, the Council approved a resolution to speak in favor of the stated that any change in Fire House being constructed at its planned location at the station site would cause Mayor Lindsay's office gave verbal assurance to Co-op Thursday night's meeting of long delays, perhaps as City officials last week that before the end of January New York TV sta- the Local Planning Board. much as 5 years, in the cona safety zone will be created on the north side of Co-op tions transmit their signals The Council also voted struction of the fire station. Blvd., opposite Garage 3 to create a safe bus stop. from antennas atop the Em- against supporting a request In fact, he added, "with the The lack of such a zone would become a major problem pire State Building, formerfor a zoning ordinance which City being so short of monfor bus patrons from Buildly the city's tallest building. would allow a gas station to ey, we might not even get ings 11, 12, 13 and 14 on -.Now; one of the Trade Cen- be constructed on Baychest- this back on the budget at Sunday, January 10th, when all." Many speakers in the ter Towers is the tallest, er and Bartow Avenues. MABSTOA BX-15 bus audience urged that a new and the other will soon equal The previous week the Inends service within Carver site be chosen, since they it. The narrow windows and ter-Community Committee Loop. feared the noise and traffic Parking on the Town aluminum facing on the Cen- of the Council held an open problems that such a fire The new route contains an House malls and behind the ter create a comparatively meeting at the Community station might create. Chief present stops for incoming Town Houses is strictly for- flat, reflective surface. This Center to discuss plans for White responded by stating causes some signals which BX-15 buses up to (and in- bidden. Residents are also the proposed Fire House. It cluding) the stop within reminded that curb cuts and strike the towers to bounce is to be built on a site that the firemen would not Dreiser Loop. At that point adjacent cement pads are back. For TV viewers, the bounded by Bartow and Bay- use their sirens returning the new route calls for the designed for garbage pick- situation is further aggra- chester Avenues and Aldrich from fires and would only following sequence of stops: up, not parking. vated because of the Trade Street and Asch Loop, ad- use them if they had to go through a red light enroutø Co-op City Blvd. across from Violators create many ad- Center's location in relation jacent to Building 15. to a fire. In speaking in Garage 3, Co-op City Blvd. ditional and unnecessary to the Empire State's anThe meeting, chaired by favor of the planned Fire near Townhouse No. 312 problems for our Mainte- tennas. The two Center tow- Allen Zachary of the AdHouse, Chief White said that (the first Townhouse south nance Staff, and may be ers form. a sort of soupvisory Council, was attended it takes a fire engine at of Building 12) and the last causing property damage, plate-on-end which catches by about 100 cooperators, present, about 7% minutes stop will be on Co-op City and safety hazards as well. many of them from build- to reach Co-op City from the (Continued on Page 4) Blvd. at Garage 6, to service ings near the proposed site. nearest fire station. "A lot residents of Section 4. Also present at the meeting of damage can occur in those were George Schechter, Vice 7% or so minutes," the The new outgoing route President of Riverbay Cor- Chief stated. "It becomes a will begin with its first stop poration and Chief Allen matter of life and death that on the east side of Co-op White of the New York City a fire house be built as planCity Blvd. across from BuildFire Department. ned at Co-op City," he coning 24. The bus will then Mr. Schechter explained cluded. stop on the east side of Cohow and why the specific At Monday's Advisory op City Blvd. across from site was chosen. The site, Council meeting, Mr. ZachTownhouse N o. 312. The east Mr. Schechter said, "was ary's committee reported chosen by the New York that the most important (Continued on Page 4) City Fire Department on consideration in this matland given to the City of ter was "the length of time New York by Riverbay Cor- delay involved in any change poration. Riverbay, in return in the present plans. V\Te, on for being allowed to con- the committee, are agreed struct Co-op City, gave to that an appreciable delay A spokesma,n for the the City 90 acres of land in could possibly affect the Queens Transit Company order that the City have safety of this community." has announced that effecspace to build service .facili- Mr. Zachary asked that tive Monday, January ties for this very large co- every member of the Advi11 tb a new morning and operative." sory Council and "anybody evening rush hour schedChief White explained who's interested in this comule will go into effect that the Fire Department, munity" attend Thursday which will increase servafter much investigation and night's Planning Board CHIEF GARDNER Walter Langan laces the skates of a ice to Pelham Bay Station administrative debate and meeting. would-be Peggy Fleming at the skating rink he created about 40 % . This means red tape, had gotten apIt was after Zachary's rebehind the mini school. This is the first of three such there should be a bus proval from the City to conthat the Council voted rinks in Co-op City. Others will be in the play areas adjacent about every two minutes. struct the Fire House at the to support construction u to Garages 3 and 4. chosen site. further planned.
Safety Zone for Buses Tc Be on Co-op City Blvd.
These Malls Are Made for Walking
Increase ln Service
The newest residents of Co-op City may be ghosts. Shades of Freedomland ? No, these ethereal visitors come from the new World Trade Center in Manhattan, and their new home may be your TV screen.