To the editor: So what am I missing here? Was there an Occupy South End Avenue protest in the streets of BPC demanding change recently? Where is the public outcry demanding the makeover of South End Avenue and filling in the arcades? This seems to be yet another solution in search of a problem, and…
Month: August 2016
A New Park Will Help Tell an Old Story
Common sense dictates that in a community as densely developed as Lower Manhattan, with real estate prices on a seemingly relentless vertical trajectory, it is simply not possible to create new parks. But common sense is wrong: Just in the last year, one entirely new public space, Liberty Park, has opened to the public, while…
Rowing The Atlantic
Good morning from a gently rocking boat 804 nm from Isles of Scilly! But looking out is not a view like 24 hrs ago: Dense clouds of varying grey, some down to the horizon and probably full of rain. Some lighter streaks. Mackerel terns are there, singing always and I have slept quite well in…
August 4
1532 – The Duchy of Brittany is united to the Kingdom of France. 1789 – In France, members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges. 1790 – A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard). 1791 –…
Developer Scores $95 Million Benefit in Exchange for Two Subway Elevators
The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has approved the request by a real estate developer to build two futuristic-looking subway elevator sheds in the middle of a Lower Manhattan historic district, in exchange for which a new skyscraper planned for nearby will be allowed to build 70,000 extra square feet of interior space. This decision…
Lower Manhattan Throbs with Gobs of Jobs
There are more than 5,100 new people working in Lower Manhattan, compared to this time last year, and another 10,000 are on the way, according to a new report from the Downtown Alliance. The group’s Lower Manhattan Real Estate Market Overview for the second quarter of 2016 reckons the total number of jobs in the…