| City plans park for vacant lots
The city Redevelopment Authority has authorized seizing several lots along the eastern approach to Seventh Street Bridge for a gateway park.
The authority is negotiating with three owners and the owner of another pair of lots, in hopes of settling so it wont need to force sale of the ground, authority solicitor Patrick Fanelli said.
The authority has settled with the owner of one parcel.
The city wants to begin developing the nearly 1.5-acre passive park with grass, trees, benches and urban art this spring.
We have to get the project moving, authority member John Forney said.
From the perspective of someone starting over the bridge toward the hospital, the 75-foot wide Parklet Parcel One on the right will run parallel to the bridge for a block and a half, from Seventh Avenue to the alley beyond Eighth Street.
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