Author: Matthew Fenton

Gym and Arts Center at School Facing Closure to Continue Under New Pennant The soon-to-be defunct Blue School, in the Seaport District, will live on in at least one respect: Part of its strikingly designed learning space will be repurposed by two other Lower Manhattan private schools. Green Ivy Schools, a network that includes the...

New Food Hall Prepares for Debut at Pier 57 on Hudson River Lower Manhattan is weeks away from the debut of yet another destination food hall. This one, to be called Market 57, will open in the spring at Pier 57, on the Hudson River waterfront, near West 15th Street. Market 57 is being spearheaded...

City Council Member Urges Restoration, Rather Than Replacement, of Manhattan Detention Complex City Council member Christopher Marte is sponsoring a resolution that, if enacted, will pressure the administration of Mayor Eric Adams to consider pausing the plan to demolish the Manhattan Detention Complex (MDC) in Chinatown, and rebuild it as the world’s tallest correctional facility....

District Attorney Eyes Two Dozen-Plus Downtown Smoke Shops for Possible Unlawful Cannabis Sales On the heels of the February 7 announcement by Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg that they intended to combat the proliferation of illegal, unlicensed cannabis dispensaries across the borough of Manhattan, the prosecutor’s office has identified 32 such...

Public Discussion This Evening Will Review Park Resiliency Plans for Tribeca and Battery Park City’s North Esplanade The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) will host a public meeting about its North/West Battery Park City Resiliency Project tonight (Thursday, February 16) at Stuyvesant High School (345 Chambers Street), starting at 6:30pm. All interested persons are invited...

Borough President Scours Community for Empty and Underused Space On Which to Build New Housing Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is has identified three publicly owned sites in Lower Manhattan at which new residential buildings that would be 100 percent affordable housing can be developed. These would create up to 547 rent-protected apartments, which is...