Construction work has begun to transform Pier 26 from a concrete slab into Lower Manhattan’s next great public space — a waterfront park featuring grassy meadows, shaded paths, playing fields, ridges of sand dunes, and a marine science station. The project is now slated for completion in 2020. A discussion at the March 26 meeting […]
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Hudson’s Half Moon exploring the Palisades 1PM Taste of the Past: (Part 1) European Ages of Exploration 6 River Terrace Battery Park City Parks This talk, led by BPC resident historian Fred J. Bivetto,covers a 1,000 year period of European exploration leading to discovery and colonization of the Americas, with special attention to Lower […]
RE: Taking Back the Streets (BroadsheetDAILY March 27) To the editor, How does this new plan affect the M55 bus that already has to crawl down Broadway, past FiDi and around the Custom House to travel up Church St. It is almost always late. Please please don’t do anything that slows down the only way many of […]