Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com Hither the Hippodrome Concert Venue Big Enough to Host 3,000 People Planned for Financial District The Trinity Place facade of the landmarked American Stock Exchange building. Plans are under way to develop an 80,000-square-foot concert and performance venue on the former trading floor […]
Community Board 1 Meeting Agendas May 2019
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Letters
To the editor: Two way tolls on the Verrazzano Bridge should make an enormous difference in the amount of truck traffic those of us living below Canal Street endure daily as we risk our lives trying to navigate crosswalks in an attempt to get to and from home. Since one way tolls began in 1986, […]
The Future of Wagner Park
Battery Park City Partners & Friends: Last week with Community Board 1, BPCA hosted a design workshop activity for the Wagner Park portion of the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. That session captured feedback and input from the greater BPC community on how they experience and use Wagner Park currently, and how they envision […]
BPC LAWNS OPEN FOR ‘RECREATION AND RELAXATION’
In Battery Park City, the opening of our park lawns each spring ranks among the year’s highlights. After a season of repair and regrowth, lawns across our 92 acres – from Rockefeller Park in the north to Wagner Park in the south, and all points between – are reborn for recreation and relaxation during the […]
Tribeca Alliance Partnership
Tribeca Alliance Partnership is a non-profit organization made up of volunteers from our community in support of neighborhood goals. We are merchants, residents, community representatives and others who have an interest in seeing that Tribeca remains a desirable neighborhood enriched by its small businesses. Our goal is to build a strong and unified […]
Design Discussion about Wagner Park BPCA and CB1 to Host Meeting Tonight
6-8PM 6 River Terrace The Battery Park City Authority and Manhattan Community Board 1 will host a design discussion about the future of Wagner Park as part of the South BPC Resiliency Project. Intended to be a deeper dive on the Wagner Park portion of the project, this discussion follows the March 12 South BPC […]
Curating an Artifact of the Unthinkable
The rail car was loaded onto a truck bound for Battery Park City after its transatlantic voyage. (Editor’s Note: The author, David Cohen, is a 36-year resident of Battery Park City and the co-founder of Masterpiece International, a firm based in Lower Manhattan that specializes in transporting fine art objects for most of the world’s […]
Letters
To the editor: In August of 2016, the Battery Park City Authority presented recommendations for safety improvements to South End Avenue and West Thames Street that were developed by Stantec, a consulting company. Three options were offered, but ALL of them included: * Adding a crosswalk across South End Avenue at the entrance from Gateway […]
Ship Shape
The most glittering event in Lower Manhattan’s spring social calendar is the annual Sailors Ball, a black-tie fete that draws sailing enthusiasts from around the region and the nation. Held in the august precincts of the historic Down Town Association club house, the April 27 event will feature dinner and dancing, cocktail and hors d’oeuvres, […]