Month: May 2016

Landmarks Committee To Meet Tonight

1) 195 Broadway, application for interior alterations and signage – Resolution 2) 11 Hubert Street, application for additions to existing building – Resolution 3) Liberty Street Pedestrian Bridge – Discussion The meeting takes place at 6pm at Community Board 1’s conference room 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North  
The Liberty Street pedestrian bridge

Today in History

1328 – Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice 1733 – Maria Theresa crowned Queen of Bohemia in Prague 1835 – Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile 1908 – Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield 1926 – Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over North Pole 1932 – Body...
The antipope

A Better Battery

The ongoing renaissance of the Battery, the 25 acre history park located south of Battery Park City, will gather speed this summer, and appears poised to continue for years to come. On the last weekend in June, the Battery Fair will celebrate the long-awaited opening the Battery Oval, 87,000 square feet of Kentucky bluegrass, surrounded...
An architect’s rendering of Castle Clinton, after being redesigned and rebuilt, and returned to its 1800s use as a concert hall and performance space.

Tribeca Committee To Meet Tonight

1) 95 West Broadway, application for liquor license for Tribeca Hotel LLC d/b/a Cosmopolitan Hotel – Resolution 2) 20 Warren Street, application for restaurant liquor license by 20 Lodge Associates LLC – Resolution 3) Worth Street Reconstruction Project – Update by Department of Design and Construction The meeting takes place at 6pm at Community Board...
The Cosmopolitan Hotel before her recent hue enhancement

Today in History

868 – A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book 1647 – Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by...
The brilliant Dali

If You Want the Plan to Work, Get a Working Group

Community Board 1 (CB1) is calling upon the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio and elected officials representing Lower Manhattan to reconvene the Seaport Working Group, a panel of local leaders and stakeholders that met over a four-month period in 2014 and reviewed development proposals for the South Street Seaport. At the end of its...
A rendering of the Howard Hughes Corporation's vision for the landmarked Tin Building, which is to be elevated, moved slightly, and reconfigured as a dining destination. This plan has cleared several regulatory hurdles, but has yet to break ground.