Month: January 2019

Goodbye Monkey Bars, Hello Imagination Marsh

Community Board 1 (CB1) chair Anthony Notaro has some good news for Lower Manhattan couples who are planning to have children in the next few years. At the December 19 meeting of CB1, he announced that, “HUD has released funds for the Battery play area.” This was a reference to the federal Department of Housing...
Granite slides in the "Adventure Bluffs" section of the Playscape planned for the Battery. Illustration courtesy : BKSK ARCHITECTS LLP

Today in History January 16

1219 – Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, thousands perish. 1412 – The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy. 1493 – Columbus leaves the new world and sets sail for Spain returning from his first trip 1777 – Vermont declares independence from NY 1879 – Record 13″ of snow falls in NYC (broken...
Ted Cassidy as Lurch in the Addams Family

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East River bridges at night from the top of the new Pier 17 looking north

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The Disenchanted Pose:  If we were to suggest a title for the tableau above, depicting naked mannequins populating the thinly-veiled windows in the now-deserted outpost of Saks Fifth Avenue at Brookfield Place, it might be “Galatea on the Unemployment Line.” But unlike Pygmalio’s beloved creation, these statues, when clothed in size 0 never quite sprang...
The Disenchanted Pose

Dickering Over the Dock

Harbor House, the restaurant and bar at Pier A, has fallen behind by more than $1.7 million on the rent it is required to pay the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA). This arrearage began last April, when the proprietors ceased paying rent. As a result, the Authority has agreed to revise its lease terms with...
Pier A from the sailboat Ventura

Today in History January 15

1346 – Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zeeland.   Happy Birthday! 1535 – Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England 1762 – Fraunces Tavern opens in NYC 1777 – People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England 1831 – First US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train...
Holland/Zeeland