Month: April 2021

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News How Much Is Too Much? CB1 Discussion Tonight Will Examine BPCA Finances Tonight (Wednesday, April 7) the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) will host a review of the finances of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA). To participate in this online meeting, which starts...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Harboring Good Will Highly Regarded Maritime School on Governors Island to Expand Building 515, the historic structure (and former hospital) into which the Harbor School will expand. A years-long campaign by Lower Manhattan community leaders, elected officials, and parents came to fruition on Monday when an agreement to...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Plots Thicken Liberty Community Gardens Wait Listers Will Finally Get Their Hands Dirty Above: As seen in a photo taken last, week, 26 new garden plots await new gardeners. Most garden beds are divided in half. Below: In a shot from last summer at Liberty Community Gardens,...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Fate of a Neighborhood State’s Highest Court Blocks Suit by Brewer, Chin Opposing Two Bridges Plan An architectural rendering of the four new residential towers proposed for the Two Bridges neighborhood, which would contain more than 2,700 apartments. The tower at left, closest to the Manhattan Bridge,...