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Letters Tom Goodkind To the editor: As a former member of Tom Goodkind’s CB1 Affordable Housing Committee, I’m so saddened that he didn’t live long enough to see 90 West and 50 Murray Streets win their cases for Rent Stabilization. But as I read 125 Greenwich Street is about to enter bankruptcy, perhaps the City...

Greta Arrives, Carbon Free Greta Thunberg arriving in America  photos courtesy: Battery Park City Authority/Jonathan Gross On August 28, Lower Manhattan turned out to welcome 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg to the U.S. after her voyage across the Atlantic fueled by solar cells, hydro-generators and the wind. She is in town to attend the...

Autumnal Auteurism This year’s outdoor Fall Film Series at 28 Liberty Street (between Nassau and William Streets) will focus on uplifting athletes every Thursday, with a screening of The Legend of Bagger Vance on September 5 and A League of Their Own on September 12. Shows begin at 7:30 pm and admission is free. And so...

CALENDAR Wednesday September 4 August 31 The beginning of the Swim around Manhattan          photo: Dorothy Lipsky 11AM Elements of Nature Drawing Wagner Park Get inspired by the beautiful expanse of the Hudson River & New York Harbor. Embolden your artwork amidst the flower-filled and seasonally evolving palette of Wagner Park’s verdant...

EYES TO THE SKY  September 2 – 15, 2019 Seasonal change written all over the sky As September begins, it seems abrupt that the dark of night comes early, the light of day comes late and a new chill in the air reverses embedded routines for how to respond to summer heat. All the while,...

Governor Taking a Shrine to  Battery Park City Budget, Possible Locations, and Deadline for Designs Announced for Hurricane Maria Memorial A student at the University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture has protested Governor Cuomo’s decision to build a Hurricane Maria Memorial in Battery Park City by designing a statue that resembles a house submerging...