Year: 2017

Barge In South Cove ~ Pile Remediation Project

Dear editor, A barge arrived in South Cove a week ago. Do you have any idea why it is there and what they are doing? More importantly, when will they leave? Evan Dillon —————————————————————————- Nicholas Sbordone, spokesperson for the Battery Park City Authority replies: Keeping 36 acres of parkland the jewel of Battery Park City...
Construction barge in South Cove

Marshall Lore

On Thursday (May 18), Marshalls is slated to open a 65,000 square foot store in the former Verizon building, on the block bounded by Vesey, Washington, Barclay, and West Streets. The entrance to the new store will be at 206 Washington Street (the corner of Vesey and Washington). This appears to be a contrarian bet...
The historic Verizon Building, designed by Jazz Age architect Ralph Walker, will soon be home to a discount department store Marshalls

Fatal Crash in Battery Park City

An automobile crash in the early hours of Thursday, May 11 occurred in the cul de sac of South End Avenue at Liberty Street in front of Brookfield Place and resulted in the death of Lena Pitu, 76 a cab driver. Police say she suffered a medical episode and collided with one of the barriers...

May 12

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 He was born in Kentucky...
Nathan Stubblefield

Daniel and Goliath

President Donald Trump now says of his tax returns, “I might release them after I’m out of office,” but the public may not have to wait that long if State Senator Daniel Squadron has his way. In April, Mr. Squadron introduced a bill, now pending in the State Senate, which would require the New York...

The Madding Crowd

The Downtown Alliance has released its analysis of real estate activity in Lower Manhattan for the first quarter of 2017, and most indicators point to a very remunerative place to own property and a rather congested place to live or work. For those of us who live here, the cost of doing so is climbing...