A Bridge in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Budget

A team from the City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) updated the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) on Tuesday evening about the plans for the West Thames pedestrian bridge, which is slated to begin before the end of this month. Matt Krenek, an engineer with Skanska USA (the outside firm managing the...
Lynne Guey, an assistant vice president at the City's Economic Development Corporation, and Matt Krenek, an engineer with Skanska USA (the outside firm managing the West Thames Bridge project) update members of Community Board 1's Battery Park City Committee about the pedestrian span, which is slated to begin construction before the end of this month.

Today in History November 2

1675 – Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip’s War. 1889 – North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states. 1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football...
Howard Hughes' 'Spruce Goose' which was made of birch

LETTERS Can You Hear Me Now?

To the editor: Great article – informative and detailed. Thank you! And thank you again to Dennis Mehiel and the BPCA for taking this step. I am confident that, while the BPC community may disagree with many of the decisions of the Board and will have a lot to say, they will at all times...

Fish Gotta Swim…

The River Project, a marine science field station that works to protect and restore the ecosystem of the Hudson River Estuary and New York Harbor through hands-on environmental education and habitat improvement, is inviting your kids (and you) to its annual Release of the Fishes event, on Thursday (November 3), from 4:00 to 7:00 pm,...