157 years ago, in 1860, English immigrant William Loft opened a candy store in Lower Manhattan and his two sons followed in his footsteps, taking charge of the company in the 1890s. One son, George Loft, soon opened two more stores, and then added more as he moved production out of the family kitchen into...
157 years ago, in 1860, English immigrant William Loft opened a candy store in Lower Manhattan and his two sons followed in his footsteps, taking charge of the company in the 1890s. One son, George Loft, soon opened two more stores, and then added more as he moved production out of the family kitchen into...
At its meeting tonight, the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) will hear an update about the future of North Cove Marina from Callie Haines, a senior vice president at Brookfield Properties, the giant office and shopping mall developer that was awarded control of the marina (which is legally mapped as parkland)...
Parting the Waters: North Cove Marina (shown here at the height of its success as a community facility) has struggled to remain relevant to area residents since the departure of the local resident and small businessman who ran a school, club, and camp there for decades, before being removed by the Battery Park City Authority in 2015.
On December 20, the BPC CERT team, held their graduation event after completion of a 16-week training course. The CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) was formed after September 11th, in partnership with FDNY, NYPD, NYC Emergency Management to train neighborhood volunteers to render assistance in all types of disasters, manmade and natural. Their mission is...
Peter Morici CERT senior instructor, with CERT instructor Joe Gibney, NYPD's First Deputy Commissioner Benjamin Tucker and Maureen Koetz, formerly a senior executive in the Pentagon who spoke at the ceremony
A woman whose name has not been released was robbed and slashed in an attack on Monday evening, in the Seaport District. At approximately 7:45 pm, the 25-year-old victim was walking in front of 217 Water Street (near the corner of Beekman Street), when she was approached by an unknown white male assailant, who is...
The owner of two historic skyscrapers in the Financial District is proposing to close the street that separates the buildings and turn the thoroughfare into a block-long retail plaza. The block in question in Thames Street, which stretches for 270 feet between Broadway and Trinity Place, just south of Zuccotti Park. For decades, Thames Street...
An architect's rendering of how Thames Street, between Broadway and Trinity Place, might be enlivened if closed to vehicular traffic.
