The terrorist attack that struck Lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon was witnessed at close range by a female employee of Manhattan Youth who has asked that her name not be published. This woman was walking from Pier 25, along the Hudson River (near Harrison Street) toward the Downtown Community Center, on Warren Street (near West...
The alleged driver of the truck that killed eight people on Tuesday, dashes through traffic on West Street - a weapon in each hand - after abandoning his disabled vehicle at the corner of Chambers Street.
Research by a community leader has discovered that the agreement between the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and Asphalt Green requires the operator of the athletic facility on North End Avenue to provide services to the neighborhood that have not been forthcoming. Maryanne P. Braverman, one of the volunteers with the Battery Park City Seniors...
Maryanne P. Braverman, a volunteer with Battery Park City Seniors, discovered that Asphalt Green is required to provide up to 35 hours per week of community usage at its facility in Battery Park City.
Elected officials are voicing opposition to the plan by a real estate developer to privatize more than 4,700 square feet of public amenity space at 200 Water Street. In an October 20 letter to the City Planning Commission, City Council member Margaret Chin and Manhattan Borough president Gale Brewer wrote that they, “have serious concerns...
The facade of 200 Water Street. Under a plan opposed by Community Board 1, as well as City Council member Margaret Chin and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, the open colonnade shown in the foreground will be absorbed into new retail space, while several hundred square feet of the outdoor plaza will be turned over to seating for an outdoor cafe, and the three open-air rectangular spaces (center, on the second level above the street) will become new, market-rate apartments.
Residents of Battery Park City’s south neighborhood may soon have to walk farther for bargains like the Tuesday senior discount offered by the Gristedes supermarket. The grocery story has been a fixture for decades on South End Avenue, with locations at West Thames Street and another in the Gateway Plaza complex. But a marketing presentation...
On Thursday afternoon, the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio submitted to Amazon.com its initial proposal for the giant online retailer and technology firm to locate its so-called HQ2 (a second corporate headquarters) in New York City. Working through the City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) — the agency that negotiates strategic partnerships designed to foster...
The World Trade Center Health Program will host a forum on Saturday (October 21), where Lower Manhattan residents with questions about how their health may have been — or may yet be — impacted by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. (If you are unable to attend the Research to Care 9/11 Community Event...
