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Lower Manhattan’s Local News
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Skeleton Crew
Prepare to Take Fright as Local Boys Ghouls Come Out to Play
Downtown will become a ghost town this weekend, as kids and their families celebrate Halloween all over Lower Manhattan. In Battery Park City, the BPCA Dog Association and Le Pet Spa will present the 18th Annual Halloween Puppy Parade on Saturday (October 26), starting at noon in the South Cove Arbor. The procession will make its way along the Esplanade to the volleyball court, adjacent to North Cove Marina, where prizes will be awarded for everything from Best Costume to Best Tail Wagging. (If the weather doesn’t cooperate, the rain date is Sunday. Please browse www.BPCdogs.org, or call Le Pet Spa at 212-786-9070 for updates or more information.)
Also from noon to 3:00 pm on Saturday, Brookfield Place will become everyone’s favorite haunt, with a Halloween Bash that includes magic shows, science tricks, story-telling, dancing, temporary tattoos, and a costume catwalk — plus trick-or-treating at designated locations throughout the shopping center. Admission is free. The Battery Park City Authority invites kids to cozy up around a makeshift campfire in Rockefeller Park (Saturday, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm) as part of its Outdoor Ed-Venture Series, which features singing and storytelling. Admission is free.
And Governors Island is welcoming guests to Nolan Park on Saturday (from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm), for its transformation into Pumpkin Point with more than 5,000 of the archetypal autumnal fruit scattered around the grounds. This free event will also feature arts and craft activities with Children’s Museum of the Arts, including pumpkin painting and costume-making workshops, as well as trick-or-treating at the at the dozens of arts, culture and education organizations that call Governors Island home. For more information, please browse: govisland.com/things-to-do/events/pumpkin-point-2
In Tribeca, the Friends of Washington Market Park will present their Halloween Parade and Party on Sunday (October 27), starting at 3:00 pm. The parade begins at the corner of Beach and Greenwich Streets at 12:50 pm, and proceeds to the park (enter on Greenwich, near Reade Street) by 1:00 pm, where the fun will include live music from the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Band, arts and crafts, parkour coaching, juggling and hula-hoop acts, stilt walkers, and carnival games — along with a costume contest and giveaways. Admission and participation are free of charge, but Friends of Washington Market Park (a non-profit organization that sponsors events throughout the year) will gratefully accept donations large and small.
Also on Sunday, Le District (within Brookfield Place) will offer a Pumpkin Painting and Decorating Class from 10:30 am too noon. A price of $30 gets you pumpkins, paint and decorations, plus pastries, orange juice, tea and coffee.
And next Thursday (October 31), the Vince Smith Hair Experience (300 Rector Place, enter on South End Avenue) will host its Halloween Fund Raiser, from noon to 8:00 pm. In exchange for a $25 donation to Save the Children, the salon is offering professional quality portraits of families in costume (along with pets), plus cider and cookies for kids and sangria for adults.
Matthew Fenton
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Climate Science on the Sand
Next Tuesday, Oct. 29, is the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, a destructive storm that flooded Lower Manhattan and much of the East Coast, and sparked greater awareness of the inevitability of rising sea levels and storm surge.
On Saturday, October 26, between noon and 4pm, join Waterfront Alliance educators on Brooklyn Bridge Beach at a free, family-friendly event to learn about coastal resilience. Measure tide levels, use a sea level stick to envision future high water, and experiment with protecting shorelines in an erosion tray. Walk at the water’s edge at this rarely accessible shoreline, and learn what community members can do to advocate for a safe, accessible, and healthy waterfront. Rain or shine. Brooklyn Bridge Beach is under the Brooklyn Bridge on the Manhattan shore.
Photograph courtesy of Waterfront Alliance.
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Things That Make You Go ‘Hmm…’
Lawsuit Over Similarity Between One World Trade and Architecture Student’s Design Moves Ahead
One thing is reasonably certain: In 1999, Jeehoon Park, then a student at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture, created a design for a very tall building with a large square base tapering to a smaller square top. In Mr. Park’s vision, the square formed by the roof was rotated 45 degrees relative to the one at the ground level, so that the center-points on each side of the quadrilateral below corresponded to the corners of the one above, and vice versa. And instead of four vertical walls, the structure’s facade consisted of eight elongated triangles.
That structure was never built. Or was it?
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You Can Hit-and-Run,
But You Can’t Hide
Driver Alleged to Have Run Over Tribeca Pedestrian in May Indicted for Separate Manhattan Traffic Death
The New York County District Attorney’s Office has indicted Jessenia Fajardo, a resident of the upstate town of Walden in two separate incidents involving reckless driving that caused injury to pedestrians. The more serious of these took place on July 19, when Ms. Fajardo is accused of having run a red light on the Upper West Side and then slamming into an elderly couple in a crosswalk. One of these pedestrians, 62-year-old Alfred Pocari, was killed, while the second (whose name has not been released) was seriously injured.
When police took Ms. Fajardo into custody at the scene of the July incident, they discovered that she was also involved in a similar (albeit less gravely serious) incident two months earlier. To read more…
Matthew Fenton
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Today’s Calendar
October 25, 2019
10AM – 4PM John Street Methodist Church Autumn Tag Sale
44 John Street
Looking for some artwork for your apartment? Some good old fashion games, that don’t require batteries. A good book!Enter the Church and go down a few stairs and begin your browsing of a different kind and maybe you’ll find some stocking stuffers! Today,10AM-4PM; Saturday 10AM-2PM. Everything HALF PRICE on Saturday!!!
3PM
Archtober 2019 Building Tour: Schermerhorn Row and the Seaport
South Street Seaport Museum
Come discover the treasures hidden inside Schermerhorn Row, one of the most significant examples of early 19th century commercial architecture. This special tour will take you through the remains of two 19th century hotels made famous by New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell’s “Up in the Old Hotel.” Meet your tour guide at the entrance of the South Street Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton Street. *Tours are not open to children under 10. $15
5:30PM
Archtober 2019 Walking Tour: Hidden History of the South Street
South Street Seaport Museum
Several buildings in the seaport district are considered to be some of the oldest standing structures in Manhattan. From rat pits to a warehouse built by one of the most famous American architects of the 19th century, the buildings of the seaport have a big story to tell. Meet your tour guide at the entrance of the South Street Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton Street. $15
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Adding Insult to Penury
Ridership Survey Indicates That Ferry Coming Soon to Battery Park City Primarily Serves Affluent Riders
An analysis of who uses the NYC Ferry service, which the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to expand to Battery Park City next year, shows that riders are primarily white passengers who earn more money than average New Yorkers.
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Out of Their Depth
Volleyball Players Rescued from Hudson, After Jumping Into River to Retrieve Ball
Two young men were pulled from the waters of the Hudson River on Saturday morning, after jumping from the Battery Park City Esplanade to retrieve a volleyball that went over the railing, near North Cove Marina.
The men, whose names have not been released, were playing volleyball on the court that overlooks that yacht basin at approximately 11:40 am, when a wild serve sent their ball into the Hudson. Impulsively, they both leaped in after it.
Matthew Fenton
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Keep It Light
Condo Boards Question Need for South End Avenue Redesign After Installation of Traffic Signal
At the October 2 meeting of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1, Battery Park City Authority president B.J. Jones was apprised by the leader of a coalition of condominiums along South End Avenue of that group’s ongoing reservations about the Authority’s plan to revamp the thoroughfare.
Pat Smith, the board president of the Battery Pointe condominium (at South End Avenue and Rector Place) told Mr. Jones, “before you go too far on South End Avenue, please remember that six condo boards, representing more than 1,000 households along South End Avenue, from Albany down to West Thames, don’t want you to do this.” To read more…
Matthew Fenton
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RiverWatch
Cruise Ships in New York Harbor
Arrivals & Departures
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Friday, October 25
Mein Schiff 1
Inbound 7:00 am (Bayonne) in port overnight
Seven Seas Navigator Inbound 6:15 am; Outbound 5:30 pm New England/Halifax, NS/Bermuda Saturday, October 26
AIDAluna
Inbound 7:15 am; in port overnight Mein Schiff 1 Norfolk, VA/Florida/Bahamas/Charleston, SC
Regal Princess Inbound 6:30 am (Brooklyn); Outbound 5:00 pm New England/Canadian Maritimes
Star Pride Inbound 6:15 am; Outbound 4:30 pm Philadelphia, PA/Charleston, SC/Bahamas/Samana, DR/San Juan, PR
Sunday, October 27
AIDAluna
Outbound 6:30 pm Baltimore, MD/Norfolk, Va/Charleston, SC/Florida/Bahamas
Disney Magic Inbound 6:45 am; Outbound 4:30 pm Castaway Cay, Bahamas/Port Canaveral, FL
Norwegian Escape Inbound 6:15 am; Outbound 4:30 pm Port Canaveral, FL/Bahamas
Many ships pass Lower Manhattan on their way to and from the Midtown Passenger Ship Terminal. Others may be seen on their way to or from piers in Brooklyn and Bayonne. Stated times, when appropriate, are for passing the Colgate clock in Jersey City, New Jersey, and are based on sighting histories, published schedules and intuition. They are also subject to tides, fog, winds, freak waves, hurricanes and the whims of upper management.
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Music to Our Ears
When she was ten, Julie Reumert was selected
to sing at a celebration marking the birthday of
Margrethe ll, Queen of Denmark. As a girl growing up in Copenhagen, Ms. Reumert performed with the Saint Anne Girls Choir as a soprano and a soloist.
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CLASSIFIEDS & PERSONALS
Swaps & Trades ~ Respectable Employment ~ Lost & Found
212-912-1106 editor@ebroadsheet.com
CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE SEEKING
Full-Time Live-In Elder Care
I am loving, caring and hardworking with 12 years experience. References available. Marcia 347-737-5037 marmar196960@gmail.com
John Street Methodist Church Autumn Tag Sale
Thursday, Oct 24, 10 am to 4 pm
Friday, Oct 25, 10 am to 4 pm
Saturday, Oct 26, 10 am to 2 pm
Everything HALF PRICE on Saturday!!!
44 John Street
DO YOU NEED A PERSONAL ASSISTANT?
I am experienced, reliable, knowledgeable and able to work flexible hours. CHINESE AIDE/CAREGIVER FOR ELDERLY
Cantonese/Mandarin-speaking and Excellent Cook for Battery Park City.
917-608-6022 SEEKING FREE-LANCE PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONAL OR SMALL PR FIRM
Work with well-reviewed author of five E-books, developing and implementing outreach strategies. Includes writing, placement, research, new outlets and on-line advertising. Savvy social media skills a must. Downtown location.
Please send resume and fee schedule to: Email: poetpatsy@gmail.com HOUSEKEEPING/NANNY/BABYSITTER
Available starting September for PT/FT.
Wonderful person, who is a great worker. Reference Available ELDERCARE
Available for PT/FT elder care. Experienced. References Angella
347-423-5169 angella.haye1@gmail.com
DITCH THE DIETS & LOSE WEIGHT FOR GOOD
Call Janine to find out how with hypnosis.
janinemoh@gmail.com 917-830-6127 EXPERIENCED ELDER CARE
Able to prepare nutritious meals and light housekeeping
Excellent references 12yrs experienced 347-898-5804 Call Hope anasirp@gmail.com
NOTARY PUBLIC IN BPC
$2 per notarized signature Text Paula at 917-836-8802
IT AND SECURITY SUPPORT
Experienced IT technician. Expertise in 1-on-1 tutoring for all ages.Computer upgrading & troubleshooting. Knowledgeable in all software programs.
James Kierstead james.f.kierstead@gmail.com 347-933-1362. Refs available OLD WATCHES SOUGHT, PREFER NON-WORKING
Mechanical pocket and wristwatches sought and sometimes repaired
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Letters
Preserving the Rector Street Bridge
To the editor,
I would like to take this opportunity to report progress on saving the Rector Street Bridge.We now have over 1,800 petition signatures and a letter from Margaret Chin calling for community engagement; the steps of the bridge are re-painted and the elevator is running consistently.
As time has passed with this issue, I have a fuller appreciation of how bridges and underpasses save lives. We have conducted a survey to learn about BPC workers and residents who cross the bridge. We have learned that workers and residents do not think of West Thames as a replacement for the Rector Street Bridge but, at best, an addition. 98% know that crossing at Albany is more dangerous, but in New York seconds are precious, and if the Rector Bridge is demolished, they will cross at Albany, despite the danger.
With 1,800 signatures and a plea from our Council Member for Community Engagement, we now know that our community cares. |
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Today in History
October 25
1415 – Hundred Years’ War: Henry V of England and his lightly armoured infantry and archers defeat the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt on Saint Crispin’s Day.
1760 – George III becomes King of Great Britain.
1812 – War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
1938 – The Archbishop of Dubuque, Francis J. L. Beckman, denounces swing music as “a degenerated musical system … turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people”, warning that it leads down a “primrose path to hell”. His warning is widely ignored.
1944 – Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council proving that Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.
Births
1881 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
1941 – Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress
Deaths
1400 – Geoffrey Chaucer, English philosopher, poet, and author (b. 1343)
1916 – William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
1965 – Eduard Einstein, Swiss son of Albert Einstein (b. 1910)
1980 – Virgil Fox, American organist and educator (b. 1912)
1993 – Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
2014 – Jack Bruce, singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943)
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Build It and They Will Come ~ Monarch Butterflies Pause to Refuel in Lower Manhattan
Click to watch monarch butterflies feeding on milkweed planted by the Battery Park City Authority to help them on their annual fall migration from Canada to the mountains of Mexico. To read more…
To the editor:
Thank you, kind-hearted gardeners. We must all do whatever little bit we can to hold back the wave of extinctions that is a hair’s breadth from taking the last of our monarchs.
Brendan Sexton
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RECENT NEWS
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Aesthetic Inventory
BPCA’s Public Art Collection Represents Multiple Layers of Value
The Battery Park City Authority, has completed an inventory and appraisal of its public art collection. This is part of a broad effort to take stock of the Authority’s ongoing role as a patron and custodian of pieces that represent an integral thread in the fabric of the community, as evidenced by the fact that space and funding for public art were both set aside decades ago, in the neighborhood’s first master plan, before the first building was erected.
Matthew Fenton
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Saloon Scuffle
Residents Riled about Tribeca Tavern
More than a dozen concerned Tribeca residents turned out for the September meeting the Licensing and Permits Committee, which weighs in on the granting or renewal of liquor licenses.
They showed up to voice concerns about MI-5, a bar located at 52 Walker Street, which has been a source of local complaints as far back 2007.
Neighbors of the bar allege that it operates as a dance club (in violation of its current license, which is now up for renewal), and that loud music penetrates the upper floors of the residential building located above the bar as late as 4:00 am. To read more…
Matthew Fenton
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Sin of Omission
City Agency Leaves Cash-Strapped Local Museum Off Roster of Cultural Institutions
The City’s Department of Cultural Affairs has omitted from its list of dozens of New York-based cultural institutions that receive public support the museum that chronicles the oldest community anywhere in the five boroughs.
Matthew Fenton
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Condo Embargo
BPCA Puts the Brakes on Conversions of Rental Buildings within Community
Residents of rental apartments in Battery Park City who fear being thrown out of their homes as developers plan to convert those buildings to condominiums can rest a little bit easier, according to the Battery Park City Authority. At the October 2 meeting of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1, Authority president Benjamin Jones said, “I want to talk about some of the potential condo conversions that people are concerned about. We have been very clear with developers over the last year, and then some, about our position — that we want to preserve the rental housing that exists in Battery Park City.” To read more…
Matthew Fenton
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Damascus on the Hudson
Lower Manhattan’s Old Syrian Quarter
Today, the stretch of Greenwich and Washington Streets between Battery Place and Albany Street — bisected by the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel entrance — is known by the forgettable name, “Greenwich South.” By all appearances it is an orphan of a neighborhood that never quite coalesced. But nothing could be further from the truth. A century ago, before the World Trade Center or the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (the two giant public works projects that decimated this once-thriving quarter), it was an ethnic enclave as vibrant as Little Italy or Chinatown. To read more…
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Vertical Values
Costs to Rent or Own in Lower Manhattan Are Matched by Lofty Local Earnings
A slew of recent reports documents what everyone who lives or works in Lower Manhattan already sensed in their bones: This is a mind-numbingly expensive place to call home.
In September, RENTCafé issued a new analysis of the most expensive neighborhoods for renters in the United States that finds northern Battery Park City (zip code 10282) is the priciest enclave in America, with an average rent of $6,211 per month. Coming in at second place is zip code 10013, which covers western Tribeca, along with part of Soho. To read more…
Matthew Fenton
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From Bunker to Incubator
New Arts Center on Governors Island Will Provide Studio Space and Cultural Programming
Lower Manhattan has a new cultural hub. The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Trust for Governors Island have partnered to create the LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island, a 40,000-square foot studio space and education facility, housed within a restored 1870s ammunition warehouse — a relic from the days when the island was a military outpost.
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Rapport to the Commissioner
CB1 Makes Exception to New Policy; Okays Naming Street for Former NYPD Commissioner
A public figure from the 1980s may soon be honored by having a street co-named in his memory, if Community Board 1 gets its way. The panel recommended that Benjamin Ward, New York’s first African-American police commissioner, be commemorated by rechristening one block of Baxter Street as Benjamin Ward Way.
This comes on the heels of a controversial decision by CB1 in 2018 to decline such a request on behalf of James D. McNaughton, who, on August 2, 2005, at age 27, became the first New York City Police officer to be killed in action while serving in “Operation Iraqi Freedom.”
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Breaking It Down
Composting Catches on in Battery Park City
You’re probably heard of the farm-to-table movement. Thanks to the Battery Park City Authority’s compost initiative, there’s a burgeoning table-to-earth movement in this Lower Manhattan community.
What happens to the scraps after you’ve dropped them in the bin? How do your apple peels and corn husks turn into rich, beneficial compost?
The Broadsheet set out to investigate. To read more…
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Death Came Calling at the Corner of Wall and Broad Streets, in Lower Manhattan’s First Major Terrorist Attack
As the noon hour approached on a fall Thursday morning in 1920, a horse-drawn wagon slowly made its way west down Wall Street toward “the Corner,” the high-powered intersection of Wall and Broad. Its driver came to a gentle stop in front of the Assay Office, where stockpiles of gold and silver were stored and tested for purity. But theft was not his motive.
John Simko
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Cass Gilbert and the Evolution of the New York Skyscraper
by John Simko
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