An unobtrusive Lower Manhattan structure might be the local embodiment of the phrase, “If these walls could talk…” The Robert and Anne Dickey House, located at 67 Greenwich Street (one block south of Rector Street), has been host to a stunning variety of uses since it was completed in 1810, as recently reported by the...
An architect's rendering of how the Dickey House will appear after it has been restored and incorporated into the new public school that will soon be built as the base of a large residential tower, slated to rise on the site of the former Sym's clothing store.
Justine Cuccia, co-founder of Democracy for Battery Park City: “For people who live here to have a voice how our community is governed: Sign the bill!” More than 100 residents turned out on Thursday evening for a rally on the Esplanade, called to encourage Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that recently passed both...
Justine Cuccia, co-founder of Democracy for Battery Park City: "For people who live here to have a voice how our community is governed: Sign the bill!"
New estimates by the Department of City Planning show that the risk to Lower Manhattan posed by sea-level rise and extreme weather events will increase in years to come, as the focus of climate change converge with aggressive real estate development. Projections shared at the June 27 monthly meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1) predict...
This map from the Department of City Planning shows the current (as of 2015) estimated flood risk for extreme weather events in Lower Manhattan. The dark blue area is what the Federal Emergency Management Agency defines as the V Zone, or most vulnerable, while the lighter blue section is the A Zone (or area experiencing the second-greatest hazard), and the light green region is the X Zone, believed to be at risk for less-severe flooding. The red dotted line shows the perimeter where waves are expected to penetrate.
Democracy for Battery Park City (D4BPC), the grassroots organization that has collected more than 2,500 petition signatures and has lobbied for years to have neighborhood residents appointed to the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) board, will hold a rally tomorrow (Thursday, July 6) to build public support for a new law —...
Members of Democracy for Battery Park City meet in the Winter Garden last spring to confer about strategy for building public support in their campaign to make the Authority more representative of the community it governs.
Lower Manhattan has a new public art piece: “What a Wonderful World,” by Romanian-born (but New York-based) sculptor Leonard Ursachi was unveiled yesterday in Tribeca Park, the triangular greensward that bisects West Broadway near Walker Street and Sixth Avenue. Resembling a cross between a giant hornet’s nest and a gargantuan egg fashioned from wicker, the...
"What a Wonderful World," the new public art piece on display in Tribeca Park now through December.
The developer that spent nearly $400 million to acquire adjoining lots in the Seaport District in 2016, along with hundreds of thousands of square feet of air rights, has received demolition permits for two structures at the site. This may indicate that the construction of a new “super-tall” tower, which could surpass One World Trade...
A 2016 rendering illustrates the scale of the proposed tower, which will be more than double the height of any surrounding structure, and will top out at more than 1,400 feet - higher than One World Trade Center.
