Author: Matthew Fenton

Art with a Light Touch Presented at the Waterfront This Week Now through Saturday, the Battery Park City Authority is partnering with Illuminations.NYC, a non-profit organization that produces free, light-inspired art installations, to present a Spring Showcase on Belvedere Plaza (the elevated plaza between North Cove Marina and the World Financial Center ferry terminal). Billed...

Garage Partially Vacated by Buildings Inspectors, Citing Structural Concerns In the wake of the collapse of a Lower Manhattan parking garage in the Financial District on the evening of April 18, the City’s Department of Buildings (DOB) has identified structural problems at a similar facility, located in the back of the 225 Rector Place condominium...

CB1 Wants Outdoor Dining Spaces Scaled Back Community Board 1 (CB1) is getting behind a push to scale back the number of outdoor dining sheds on Lower Manhattan streets and sidewalks, led by the Coalition United for Equitable Urban Policy (CUEUP). The group describes itself as “an alliance of neighborhood and block associations, organizations, institutions,...

Hard Times for Higher Education in Lower Manhattan A college based in Lower Manhattan is in danger of losing its academic accreditation, making it the latest in series of local institutions facing similar headwinds. Alliance University (known as Nyack College until rebranding last year) has been based at Two Washington Street (near Battery Place) since...

City Hall Agrees to Pause Jail Demolition for Two Weeks The administration of Mayor Eric Adams has responded to widespread outrage among community leaders and elected officials over its sudden decision to proceed with demolition of the Manhattan Detention Complex (MDC) by agreeing to put the project on hold at least through May 5. The...

Tourist Tally Turns a Corner Lower Manhattan tourism has begun to rebound from the troughs of the COVID pandemic, with several key indicators matching or exceeding levels last seen in 2019, according to a new analysis from the Downtown Alliance. “While more visitors may mean increasing competition to snag a table at your favorite Downtown...