Author: Matthew Fenton

Restoring Landmarks Military and Mercantile The New York Landmarks Conservancy, which works to preserve and protect New York’s architectural legacy, is honoring two Lower Manhattan structures with its Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award, the highest honor the Conservancy confers for excellence in preservation: Castle Clinton, at the Battery, and 131 Duane Street, in Tribeca. In...

The Urban Archipelago Celebrates Its Surroundings New York Water Week is hosting a panoply of events on the topic of water in our city of islands. A joint initiative of the City’s Department of Environmental Protection and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Water Week showcases innovative water management and action, and is produced in tandem...

Coalition Pushes to Protect 60 Wall Street A coalition of Lower Manhattan leaders, elected officials, and preservationists are coalescing around a push to grant landmark status to 60 Wall Street, a postmodernist office tower designed by Kevin Roche of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates that opened in 1989, and is noted for its fusion...

Alliance Offers Five-Figure Grants to Those Who Talk the Talk The Downtown Alliance is now accepting applications for its Walking Tour Incubator Grant Program, which will award grants of up to $12,500 each to five entrepreneurs to develop new walking tours in Lower Manhattan. “So much of New York City’s history has taken place in...

A Pair of Public Meetings to Mull Resiliency Plans, Tonight and Tomorrow The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) will host a public meeting about its North/West Battery Park City Resiliency Project this evening (Wednesday, March 15) at Stuyvesant High School (345 Chambers Street), starting at 6:30pm. All interested persons are invited to attend. The session...

Drives to Limit Chopper Flights Face Headwinds A series of developments in recent weeks have both frustrated and encouraged Lower Manhattan residents seeking relief from incessant helicopter noise. In February, Dan Goldman, the newly elected Congressional representative for Lower Manhattan, introduced the Safe And Quiet Skies Act, a proposed law that would restrict local helicopter...