After nearly three decades of plans, proposals, and false starts, the West Thames pedestrian bridge broke ground on Tuesday (November 15). At the ceremony, David Emil, president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), which is largely funding the project, said, “I have been working on this for 28 years.” This was a reference to...
Officials ceremonially break ground on the West Thames Bridge. Among those digging in are LMDC president David Emil (left, in green jacket), Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (center without helmet), BPCA president Shari Hyman (center, with red helmet), State Senator Daniel Squadron (right, without helmet), and City Council member Margaret Chin (far right).
The first sighting of a whale in New York Harbor was Friday morning off the Statue of Liberty. Over the last three days, sightings have indicated that the whale has been feeding and going as far as the George Washington Bridge and back again. The whale has been spotted off Lower Manhattan each day and...
Ilka deLaat, a mother of two who lives in Battery Park City, is crowd-funding a new documentary project about the ways in which cannabis oil can improve — and in some cases, save — the lives of children with catastrophic medical problems. Her film, “Our Medicine,” profiles some unlikely advocates: a diverse group of parents...
“We are all mourning the loss of Ruth Ohman, who was a vibrant part of the Battery Park City Community, for the seniors, and as part of the everyday fabric of life here, as well,” said Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) president Shari Hyman at the start of the Authority’s Open Community Meeting, on November...
The 9/11 Tribute Center Museum, which plans to move from its current headquarters, adjacent to the World Trade Center, to a larger space in the Greenwich South section of the Financial District, is facing a potential hurdle. On November 4, the condominium board of the residential building at 88 Greenwich Street (which houses the new...
This rendering of the new headquarters of the 9/11 Tribute Center, which is slated to open next spring, shows the entrance planned for the corner of Greenwich and Rector Streets. Residents of the condominium tower in which the facility will be housed have filed suit to compel the Museum to move that entrance to the middle of the block, to avoid creating congestion near the front door used by people who live in the building.
“Many Lower Manhattan are very discouraged right now, because of the results of last week’s presidential election,” State Senator Daniel Squadron reflects. “But it’s vital that people who are concerned or upset about the outcome not to give up, but instead to double down on involvement and engagement.” A venue for doing that will be...
