Tucked away on the third floor of the U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green, above the National Museum of the American Indian, is an unassuming room filled with a few dozen computers, some printers, and a couple of staff members and volunteers. Give that this office is the National Archives at New York City, it...
Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday nominated three new appointees to fill empty seats on the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), one of whom is a part-time resident of Battery Park City, another of whom lives elsewhere in Lower Manhattan, while the third has no direct connection to the community, but has extensive...
Former Community Board 1 chair and Lower Manhattan resident Catherine McVay Hughes, who has been nominated by Governor Cuomo to join the board of the Battery Park City Authority. Ms. Hughes has been a leading advocate and expert in local resiliency measures.
“Look how many of us there are!” exclaimed Sharon Olds. By “us,” the esteemed poet meant poetry lovers. It was June 12, and 600 poetry fans had just strolled together across the Brooklyn Bridge in the annual Poetry Walk sponsored by Poets House. Ms. Olds stood before them-the Brooklyn Bridge, the East River and the...
Poetry lovers parade over the Brooklyn Bridge photo: POETS HOUSE
A three-year campaign by Charles J. Urstadt, the founder of Battery Park City, to name the new pedestrian bridge, now being constructed over West Street, in the memory of Downtown leader Robert Douglass, appears to have come to a successful conclusion. Mr. Urstadt, the founding president and chairman of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA),...
The bridge to be named in Mr. Douglass's honor, shown here in an architect's rendering, will be a 230-foot long lenticular truss, stretching diagonally across the junction of West and West Thames Streets, from the southwest to the northeast corners of the intersection.
The 16th annual River to River Festival — Lower Manhattan’s annual, free summer arts celebration — kicks off today (Wednesday, June 14) with an opening celebration at Pier A Harbor House (from 6:00 to 8:00 pm) and continues through Sunday, June 25. Between this evening and a week from Sunday, the festival will include more...
"A Body on Wall Street," a dramatic performance that took place on the steps of Federal Hall in the Financial District, during the 2016 River To River Festival. This year's events will include dozens of performances in venues that span Lower Manhattan and Governors Island.
The 9/11 Tribute Museum reopens today, Tuesday, June 13, in its new home, at 92 Greenwich Street (near the corner of Rector Street), immediately following a 10:30 am ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Museum, formerly known as the 9/11 Tribute Center, now expanded and revamped, was founded in 2006 by the September 11th Families Association, a group...
