Community Board 1 (CB1) is exploring the possibility of using surplus funds from the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) to fund resiliency infrastructure throughout Lower Manhattan. At the January 18 meeting of CB1’s Waterfront, Parks, and Resiliency Committee, chairman Paul Goldstein began the discussion by noting that, “resiliency is an issue that we need to...
CB1 is a collection of neighborhoods -- usually thought of as Battery Park City, Tribeca, the Financial District, the South Street Seaport, and the Civic Center -- encompassing 1.5 square miles.
To the editor: Your article “The ‘Mallifcation’ of Lower Manhattan,” and comments by some members of CB1, suggest that the opportunity to turn Thames Street between Trinity and Broadway into a pedestrianized zone, with increased retail opportunities along the block, somehow amounts to “privatization of public space” and “mallification.” Let me suggest an alternative view....
Thames Street proposal
"Mallification" or Woonerf?
The Sun, our star, is returning to the northern hemisphere at a steady clip, rising noticeably north of its furthest south of east marker and setting north of its furthest southwest reach on the horizon. Each day, sunrise is a minute earlier and sunset a minute or two later. By February 4, we will enjoy...
Time lapse of October 8, 2014 lunar eclipse as reflected in a pond in central Illinois, by Greg Lepper. Courtesy EarthSky.org
The Gristedes supermarket chain appears to be engaged in a headlong retreat from Lower Manhattan. The firm’s owner, John Catsimatidis, is seeking to close two Downtown locations of the grocery store, at 90 Maiden Lane (in the Financial District) and at 21 South End Avenue (in Battery Park City). The firm’s desire to shutdown the...
The Gristedes grocery store at 90 Maiden Lane may soon shut down, as the firm's billionaire owner, former mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis, seeks another tenant for the space.
1419 – Hundred Years’ War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. 1818 – French physicist Augustin Fresnel submits a “supplement” which establishes the current understanding of polarized light. 1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States. 1883...
In 1978 the last VW Beetle rolled off the assembly line in Germany.When Beetle No. 15,007,034 was produced, Beetle production surpassed that of the previous record holder, the Ford Model T.
At January 9 swearing-in ceremony for City Council member Margaret Chin, Borough President Gale Brewer pointedly predicted that, “when a real estate developer says that he wants something, and Margaret and I say he can’t have it, that developer is screwed, because we are not going to change our positions.” On Thursday, Ms. Brewer and...
The four towers proposed by developers (visible on the right) currently qualify as "minor modifications" to nearby (and much smaller) existing structures. Ms. Chin and Ms. Brewer's proposed rule change would subject these projects to a more rigorous form of official review.
