Author: Matthew Fenton

Downtown University Plans to Make Plaza Sweet Pace University is embarking on a transformation of One Pace Plaza, the central building of its Lower Manhattan campus, to include new academic spaces, a modernized residence hall, and a state-of-the-art performing arts center. The rebuilt theater is slated to serve not only the university’s performing and creative...

Lower Manhattan College Awarded Grant to Help Hungry Students The Borough Manhattan Community College (BMCC), headquartered in Tribeca, has received a $100,000 grant from the online retailer Amazon to help address food insecurity among its students. In addition to the cash donation, Amazon also contributed an industrial refrigerator, to enable BMCC to offer cold products,...

East River Begins to Rival the Hudson as a Waterfront Destination Although the Hudson River Park has emerged in recent years as a focus of Lower Manhattan community life, it increasingly faces competition. Planning and development for an East River waterfront park are roughly a decade behind the political dialog and physical construction surrounding the...

Affordability Advocates Rally to Delay Agency Vote on Five World Trade Center A rally to demand a larger-than-planned number of affordable housing units at the last remaining development parcel in the World Trade Center complex drew elected officials and community leaders to the steps of City Hall on Monday morning. The Coalition for a 100...

The New York State Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) has issued yet another version of proposed boundaries for the New York State Assembly, which restores the lines of the districts representing Lower Manhattan to almost exactly where they were before the process began. For more than a decade, Lower Manhattan straddled two Assembly districts. Southern Battery...