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Military Ships to Parade Up the Hudson River on Wednesday Morning (published May 23, 2023)

Art with a Light Touch Presented at the Waterfront This Week Now through Saturday, the Battery Park City Authority is partnering with Illuminations.NYC, a non-profit organization that produces free, light-inspired art installations, to present a Spring Showcase on Belvedere Plaza (the elevated plaza between North Cove Marina and the World Financial Center ferry terminal). Billed...

New Bike Share Dock, Installed without Notice, Raises Safety and Parking Issues Residents, community leaders, and elected officials are raising concerns about a new Citi Bike rack that was installed on South End Avenue between Albany and Rector Streets during the middle of the night on April 13. There was no prior consultation with the...

Today’s Lower Manhattan Waterfront Bears Little Resemblance to the Past As this map from a 1915 guidebook shows, today’s Lower Manhattan waterfront bears no resemblance to the past, with the exception of Battery Park and the ferry terminals at the southern end of the island. In their parallel progression up and down the riverfronts, the...

Climbers to Clamber Amid Clamor Registration is now open for the ninth annual Tunnel to Towers Tower Climb NYC at One World Trade Center, in which a maximum of 1,000 participants will hike up 104 stories (that’s 2,226 steps) to arrive at the highest vantage point in New York City—One World Observatory, the three-level viewing...

District Attorney Eyes Two Dozen-Plus Downtown Smoke Shops for Possible Unlawful Cannabis Sales On the heels of the February 7 announcement by Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg that they intended to combat the proliferation of illegal, unlicensed cannabis dispensaries across the borough of Manhattan, the prosecutor’s office has identified 32 such...