Battery Park City Day Nursery was the first preschool in Battery Park City. It opened in 1986 was known as Joy McCormack’s All Day Nursery. Ten years later, the Nursery was purchased by Denise Cordivano and Karen Klomp and renamed Battery Park City Day Nursery. Karen retired in 2007, but continues to stay interested in...
Some of the early graduates of Battery Park City Day Nursery
LMHQ, the collaborative workspace catering to companies in the technology, advertising, media, and information (TAMI) industries, is offering free event and meeting rooms to nonprofit organizations. Located at 150 Broadway, near the corner of Liberty Street (where it occupies the entire 20th floor), LMHQ is operated by the Downtown Alliance, as part of that organization’s...
LMHQ, the collaborative working space operated by the Downtown Alliance, is opening is doors to nonprofit organizations, free of charge.
At a moment when the federal government seems poised to target immigrants to America, one local leader is making the case for empowering them. City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who is a likely candidate in the upcoming mayoral election, has released an analysis making the case that granting New York State driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants...
City Comptroller Scott Stringer (shown here at a 2016 meeting of Community Board 1) is pushing for New York to grant driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, in part because it could results in a windfall of tens of millions of dollars in new revenue for both the City and the State.
The benefits of living in Lower Manhattan are many. Great museums, history under our every footstep, and free art and music performances year round are among them. One of the artistic perks available are free classes for adults, children and preschoolers, funded by the Battery Park City Authority and offered in the neighborhood’s various parks...
Craig Hudon, director of programming, center, flanked by art specialists Marla Lipkin, Elise Engler, Sara Wolfe and Larry Dobens.
The benefits of living in Lower Manhattan are many. Great museums, history under our every footstep, and free art and music performances year round are among them. One of the artistic perks available are free classes for adults, children and preschoolers, funded by the Battery Park City Authority and offered in the neighborhood’s various parks...
Craig Hudon, director of programming, center, flanked by art specialists Marla Lipkin, Elise Engler, Sara Wolfe and Larry Dobens.
In what may be a sign of Lower Manhattan coming of age as a fine-dining destination, a new restaurant in Brookfield Place has earned a Michelin star. L’Appart, an intimate, 28-seat hideaway nestled behind a leather-padded door within Le District, was given the honor in the 2017 Michelin Guide to New York City, which was...
Maître d' George Thomas (left) and chef Nicolas Aiello (right) of L'Appart, an intimate restaurant within the Le District market of Brookfield Place, where the setting is designed to mimic a chef's living room and kitchen more than that of a traditional restaurant.
