A team from the City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) updated the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) on Tuesday evening about the plans for the West Thames pedestrian bridge, which is slated to begin before the end of this month. Matt Krenek, an engineer with Skanska USA (the outside firm managing the...
Lynne Guey, an assistant vice president at the City's Economic Development Corporation, and Matt Krenek, an engineer with Skanska USA (the outside firm managing the West Thames Bridge project) update members of Community Board 1's Battery Park City Committee about the pedestrian span, which is slated to begin construction before the end of this month.
The River Project, a marine science field station that works to protect and restore the ecosystem of the Hudson River Estuary and New York Harbor through hands-on environmental education and habitat improvement, is inviting your kids (and you) to its annual Release of the Fishes event, on Thursday (November 3), from 4:00 to 7:00 pm,...
Tricia Joyce had good news to share at the October 25 meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1), where she chairs the Youth and Education Committee. “The new school on Trinity Place will have a full-sized gym and a separate assembly space with room for as many as 140 people.” This is the culmination of a...
CB1 Youth & Education chair Tricia Joyce: "I just felt so passionate about this one. We did a survey of our Downtown schools and how their gyms and auditoriums were scheduled, and learned that gyms are in use every hour of every school day, and all day long on weekends. So it became clear that if DOE moved ahead with their original plan, a significant amount of programming would be lost."
The Lower Manhattan Real Estate Overview report for the third quarter of 2016, from the Downtown Alliance contains good news for those who suffer from an acute fear of being alone: With 3,198 new apartments currently under construction, and another 921 planned for development in the square mile below Chambers Street, our masses are are...
At the October 25 meeting of Community Board 1, chairman Anthony Notaro was reviewing recent developments in Lower Manhattan, when he said, “last Thursday, Ruth left us…” At that point, the normally unflappable Mr. Notaro paused, and then added, in a quieter voice, “and that’s all I can say.” As a photo of Ruth Ohman...
There will be both tricks and treats for Halloween celebrants of all ages throughout the weekend of October 29 and 30, as well as on the day itself. Battery Park City residents planning to escort little goblins on Monday (October 31), between 5:00 and 8:00 pm should begin browse www.BPCBlockParty.com/Halloween. That’s where lists of addresses...
