To the editor:
In regard to Mr. Goodkind’s letter in the April 28 BroadsheetDAILY that suggests BPC should become part of New York City:With corruption appearing to ooze out in many directions from the Mayor’s office, why would anyone want to place Battery Park City under the city’s control?
A far better solution would be to increase local representation on the BPCA board; given all the neighborhood concern, it seems probable that this will eventually happen.
Ironically, Mr. Goodkind’s letter appears directly below the Broadsheet article which discusses downtown construction and includes this quote, “Seven weeks ago, four elected officials representing Lower Manhattan wrote to City Hall for…oversight of construction in Lower Manhattan. They have yet to receive the courtesy of a reply”.
Why in the world would we want to subject our community to the unresponsiveness or worseof City Hall?
To the editor: The new bridge would involve going way out of my way to get the the Rector St 1 and R stations vs the existing one which provides much more direct access. I suppose the alternative for me and others is (go somewhat out of my way) to cross at Albany St intersection....
The bridge, 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.
To the editor: Great article – informative and detailed. Thank you! And thank you again to Dennis Mehiel and the BPCA for taking this step. I am confident that, while the BPC community may disagree with many of the decisions of the Board and will have a lot to say, they will at all times...
To the editor: RE: A Matter of Truss Decades Late, the West Thames Bridge Is Now Slated to Cost $196,000 Per Foot (BroadsheetDAILY Sept 15) I find it irresponsible how long this bridge (West Thames Bridge) has been repeatedly delayed. What makes the delay even worse is that last year, they announced that construction would...
The design for the West Thames pedestrian bridge calls for a "lenticular truss," which will cross from the southwest corner of West and West Thames Street, to the northeast corner of the same intersection -- connecting Battery Park City and the Financial District via a 230-foot span.
To the editor, While it is obvious that community representatives needed to applaud this breakthrough, I consider it too little too late. If the process for announcing and clarifying this decision was accurately described in this Broadsheet article, clearly, the BPCA Board and staff are nervous and uptight about public discussion of resident concerns. It...
State Senator Daniel Squadron (right) and Battery Park City Authority chairman Dennis Mehiel (left), shown here at the Authority's September board meeting, discuss Squadron's months-long push to allow public comment at BPCA board meetings. That quest bore fruit on Wednesday, as the agency announced a policy that will permit residents to speak directly to the board of the agency that governs the community.
To the editor, I no longer live on South End Avenue (formerly in the Cove Club), but I’m appalled by the plan to destroy the avenue and some of the people that favor that – David Goodman. I once distributed pamphlets to businesses on the avenue when the plan was first announced arguing against it....
To the editor: The opening of the iPic movie complex in the historical South Street Seaport area marks an historical occasion for the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Instead of being the first major movie house to geographically service the large population while complementing its unique seafaring location, it vividly illustrates another glaring symbol of...
