A coordinated push by Community Board 1 (CB1), elected officials representing Lower Manhattan, and the Downtown Alliance has resulted in the allocation of a total of $14.75 million in new funds to help Lower Manhattan plan for and prepare for future extreme weather events, particularly floods. This allocation includes $6.75 million from the City and...
An architect's rendering of how one section of the proposed "Big U" flood protection system would look in Battery Park City's northern neighborhood
Tomorrow (Saturday, March 14), Trinity Church will continue the groundbreaking process of inviting the Lower Manhattan community to help determine the form and use of the new skyscraper it will soon erect in the Financial District. This dialog began two weeks ago, on February 28, when dozens of area residents gathered at St. Paul’s Chapel...
Lower Manhattan residents gather to contribute ideas for a new skyscraper that Trinity Church will soon erect in the Financial District
Tomorrow (Saturday, March 14), Trinity Church will continue the groundbreaking process of inviting the Lower Manhattan community to help determine the form and use of the new skyscraper it will soon erect in the Financial District. This dialog began two weeks ago, on February 28, when dozens of area residents gathered at St. Paul’s Chapel...
Lower Manhattan residents gather to contribute ideas for a new skyscraper that Trinity Church will soon erect in the Financial District
Community leaders, directors of youth athletic leagues, and elected officials are voicing criticism about the process under which the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) is allocating time on the community’s ball fields. In a March 2 letter to BPCA chair Dennis Mehiel, U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, State Assembly member Sheldon...
"Along with schools, the parks, and libraries," ball fields are the foundation of any community. Here the community gets together in a beautiful summer scene.
On 20 April 1861, when Virginia authorities took over the Norfolk Navy Yard after its evacuation by Federal forces, they found, among other valuable items, the hulk of the steam frigate USS Merrimack. Though burned to the waterline and sunk, the big ship’s lower hull and machinery were salvageable. During the remainder of 1861 and...
The Merrimack was the first of six screw frigates (frigates with steam power) begun in 1854.
Two Lower Manhattan Hotels are facing headwinds. At the March 3 meeting of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1, committee member Tammy Meltzer said, “I’ve heard from one of the people on the board at the Ritz-Carlton that they are actively seeking votes to boot the hotel, and to turn the entire...
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, located at the foot of West Street, may be converted entirely to apartments, if the board of the condominium housed in the building's tower has its way.
