Month: June 2021

Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Ain’t That a Hole in the Boat? Operators of New Ferry Service Predict Launching by Summer The ferry terminal on the Esplanade (near Vesey Street) is slated by summer to begin hosting an additional 60 vessels each day, carrying as many as 2,500 passengers, as the City inaugurates...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘A Public Safety Emergency’ Random Assault in Chinatown Spurs Rally to Decry Anti-Asian Hate A still from a security camera video shows the Monday attack in which a 55-year-old woman (whose name is being withheld) was hit with sufficient force to render her unconscious. City Council member Margaret...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Seeking a Level Playing Field BPCA Begins Work to Protect Its Turf The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) began work on its Ball Fields and Community Center Resiliency Project last Thursday, kicking off a $7-million initiative that will construct approximately 800 linear feet of flood-protection barriers along three...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Turns Out That Fighting City Hall Is Kinda Tough State’s Highest Court Rejects Appeal from Community Groups Battling Two Bridges Development 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 is...