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A view of Governors Island, which has become a beloved public space for Lower Manhattan residents, from the observatory atop One World Trade Center. Michael Samuelian, the chief of the Trust for Governors Island, the non-profit organization that administers the 172-acre park situated some 800 yards off the tip of Lower Manhattan, will be stepping...

By the end of this century, New York City could have up to six feet of sea level rise, radically reshaping our 520 miles of coastline and impacting more than 100 coastal neighborhoods. A documentary by director Nathan Kensinger, Managed Retreat examines the fates of three Staten Island neighborhoods that were purchased by New York State in...

FRIDAY  APRIL 26 1PM Pipes at One St. Paul’s Chapel Pipes at One concerts feature the celebrated three-manual Noack organ that was inaugurated in the spring of 2018. Today, listen to Julian Wachner, Director of Music, Trinity Church Wall Street. 6:30PM Severe Asthma: Novel Concepts & Therapeutics New York Academy of Sciences Asthma is a...

Among the many features of the Eco-Park that are intended to evoke and advance environmental concerns and a series of sand dunes and lawns. Downtown’s list of great public spaces has increased by one, with the opening on April 19 of a new “Eco-Park” at Pier 35, on the East River shoreline, in the Two...

Battery Park City Partners & Friends: Last week with Community Board 1, BPCA hosted a design workshop activity for the Wagner Park portion of the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. That session captured feedback and input from the greater BPC community on how they experience and use Wagner Park currently, and how they envision...

In Battery Park City, the opening of our park lawns each spring ranks among the year’s highlights. After a season of repair and regrowth, lawns across our 92 acres – from Rockefeller Park in the north to Wagner Park in the south, and all points between – are reborn for recreation and relaxation during the...