Today, the City Planning Commission (CPC) will vote on whether to approve a controversial plan to privatize almost 5,000 square feet of public space at 200 Water Street, where the building owner wants to enclose arcades — the columned porticos that adorn the ground-floor facades of more than a dozen Water Street buildings — to...
The former office tower (now a residential building) at 200 Water Street, where the owner is proposing to convert the open-air arcades -- along with part of the plaza -- at the street level into new, private retail space.
After 134 years, the Brooklyn Bridge may need some surgical enhancement. A report released Friday by the City’s Department of Transportation (DOT) notes that the span’s pedestrian and cycling deck is the No. 1 tourist attraction in Brooklyn and one of the top five in Manhattan. The report also documents that between 2008 and 2015,...
The clashing visions and competing priorities that were at the center of the recent race for the City Council seat representing Lower Manhattan have begun to crystallize into a bricks-and-mortar policy decision. The plan to use a City-owned lot to create permanently affordable housing for low-income seniors on the site of a public garden in...
A rendering of the proposed Haven Green affordable housing complex for seniors, which the City plans to erect on the site of the Elizabeth Street Garden.
A proposed State law that would set aside two seats on the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) for residents of the community is now on the desk of Governor Andrew Cuomo, awaiting his signature or veto. (Editor’s Note: Readers who wish to contact Governor Cuomo to voice an opinion about this bill...
State Assembly member Deborah Glick: "This bill that will make certain that the voices of Battery Park City residents are heard by the Battery Park City Authority."
Community Board 1 (CB1) has completed its annual statement of District Needs and Budget Priorities, which is submitted every 12 months to the City government, to help set the agenda for policy and spending in the coming fiscal year. “Reacting to problems is important,” reflects Board chair Anthony Notaro, “but CB1 has a heritage of...
Plans by a developer to gut a landmarked clock that sits atop a historic Tribeca building were dealt a setback in State Supreme Court last week, when a ruling found that legal protections to both the inside and the outside of the structure cannot be waived by City regulators. The structure in question is the...
The clock tower at 346 Broadway, which the State Supreme Court ruled last week must be preserved, according legal protection both to its exterior facade and its inner workings
