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Community Board 1 (CB1) has unanimously passed a resolution voicing its opposition to the plan, hatched by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, to levy a toll on vehicles driving in Lower Manhattan. In a departure from precedent observed elsewhere, this scheme contains no exemption or discount for people who reside within the...

Construction work has begun to transform Pier 26 from a concrete slab into Lower Manhattan’s next great public space — a waterfront park featuring grassy meadows, shaded paths, playing fields, ridges of sand dunes, and a marine science station. The project is now slated for completion in 2020. A discussion at the March 26 meeting...

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  Hudson’s Half Moon exploring the Palisades 1PM Taste of the Past: (Part 1) European Ages of Exploration 6 River Terrace  Battery Park City Parks This talk, led by BPC resident historian Fred J. Bivetto,covers a 1,000 year period of European exploration leading to discovery and colonization of the Americas, with special attention to Lower...

A Crossing Guard squires students across Pearl Street, near the Peck Slip School. Community Board 1 (CB1) is demanding that the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio ramp up traffic safety efforts at Lower Manhattan schools by hiring more crossing guards. In a resolution passed at its March 26 meeting, the Board called upon the...

“Lightning Bugs” 2012 by Donald R. Pettit, NASA astronaut The spectacular image, above, was produced by Donald R. Pettit, a NASA astronaut, from multiple photographs captured during Expedition XXXI of the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting 240 miles above Earth.”It is a star trail and Earth image showing massive thunderstorms. The white flashes are lightning...