Month: January 2023

More Trees, Please

CB1 Calls for Greater Greenery as City Launches Enhanced Tree Map Community Board 1 (CB1) is urging City administrators to embark on a reprise of the Bloomberg Era MillionTreesNYC Initiative, which planted one million new trees throughout the five boroughs, with an eye toward boosting the tally of saplings in Lower Manhattan. Last month, the...

Live in FiDi, with Rents That Aren’t Sky-Hi

City Reopens Affordable Housing Lottery for Luxury Building on Fulton Street The City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is accepting applications for its waiting list to lease apartments (including studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units) in the Exhibit, a luxury rental building at 60 Fulton Street (between Cliff and Gold Streets), which have been...

The Matthew Effect

Church Takes Great Panes to Send a Message Trinity Church has gifted to the Lower Manhattan streetscape a new, iconic stained-glass window on its Broadway facade that promises to become a landmark in its own right. Fashioned by world-renowned artist Thomas Denny, the new window is a narrative depiction of the Parable of the Talents,...