Tag: Letters to the Editor

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?

Gunnar Peterson

A NOTE TO THE EDITOR

To Matthew Fenton, Very nice article (“Unaccompanied Minors”) on a cappella singing, and singing in general.  I like the inclusion of a discussion of the evolutionary origins of singing.  Darwin’s reference to the “principle of the inherited effects of use” is interesting.  It shows that the usual pedagogical practice of placing “Darwinian” (evolution by natural...
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Letters

To the editor: On the topic of the BPCA Board – I can understand that the Board has business to attend to and that the members are not paid for their service on the Board so they want their meetings to run efficiently. Dennis Mehiel knows that if community comment were to be allowed, much...

LETTERS

To the editor, I went to the BPCA town hall meeting back in December and after an orientation, the floor was open to questions.  One person spoke asserting adamantly that he cannot get a mortgage. He referred to “the exotic nature of home ownership in the community ( which is based on a landlease rather...

Letters

To the editor, Everyone I know has a story about where they were on 9/11. The days and weeks following that terrible day were a time of otherworldly confusion, particularly for people who lived and worked downtown. I am grateful to the Broadsheet for highlighting in the photograph below, the great community organizer Bob Townley....
Post 911 meeting with community leaders and elected officials on the basketball court, north of Canal Street on the Avenue of the Americas

Letters

To the editor, Just wanted to tell all our friends and neighbors that we developed warm and caring relationships with during our tenure at Gateway Plaza “Happy Birthday.” Even though we live in Florida our hearts are still in Battery Park City especially during this time of year. We say ‘Happy Birthday’ because on that...

Letters

Hello Downtown Dog followers, As some of you might be aware by now, there is now an off-leash area in Battery Park for all dogs enjoyment in the neighborhood. I wanted to share how this all came about. Our group of dedicated volunteers, with a lot of hard work, research, patience, and lobbying at the...