Month: January 2017

A protest encampment similar in style to — but smaller in scale than — the Occupy Wall Street movement that transfixed Lower Manhattan in 2011 has claimed several hundred square feet of sidewalk space outside of the Goldman Sachs headquarters building, at northwest corner of Vesey and West Streets. The protestors arrived on Tuesday night,...

If Battery Park City sometimes seems a tad buttoned down, part of the reason may be all the forms of work and trade that are officially forbidden within the 92 acres of landfill between West Street and the Hudson River. The neighborhood, although governed and managed by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), is subject...

If Battery Park City sometimes seems a tad buttoned down, part of the reason may be all the forms of work and trade that are officially forbidden within the 92 acres of landfill between West Street and the Hudson River. The neighborhood, although governed and managed by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), is subject...

A mainstay of Battery Park City’s restaurant scene will soon be almost-but-not-quite gone, and replaced by an uptown cousin. SouthWestNY, which been serving quesadillas and margaritas to Lower Manhattan residents since 1999, is a victim of changing times, according to Alexander Yellen, associate counsel at Merchants Hospitality, which owns the eatery. “Revenue has slowed, because...