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Not So Alone in Trinity Churchyard

He’s cut quite the figure for more than a century, standing alone in Trinity churchyard. Hamilton-just steps away-is who everyone seems to come for, but then are all drawn to the large bronze looming to the left. All lawyer robe and courtroom wig turned away to face Broadway. Not a hint of flesh from here-even...

Letters

To the editor: The recent investigation into a multitude of campaign contributions and much more alone should stop this madness. Is there anyone anywhere that can put this on a public ballot for the November election and stop the entire madness? Land give-away and tax breaks to private enterprises (developers) have a sole purpose-make the...
Water Street Arcade

In the Zone

In little more than a year, Lower Manhattan fifth graders and their families will have a new option for middle school. The 75 Morton Street School, slated to welcome its first class of sixth graders in the West Village (four blocks north of Houston Street, between Hudson and Greenwich Streets) in September 2017, will become...
An architect's rendering of the new school planned for 75 Morton Street, in the West Village, which is slated to open in September, 2017, and has been designated as the zoned middle school for Tribeca and Battery Park City.

Loggia Loggerheads

On Wednesday morning, supporters and critics of the plan to convert to commercial, retail use more than 100,000 square feet of public space in arcades along Water Street gave testimony before the City Council. The Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises opened when chairman Donovan Richards invited City Council member Margaret Chin (whose district includes the...
Water Street Arcade

Gym Dandy

The Community Center at Stuyvesant High School is cutting prices across all categories of membership, the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), which operates the facility, has announced. “What we have in Community Center at Stuyvesant High School is an outstanding community resource — which the community isn’t fully using,” said BPCA President Hyman. “Now, with...
The Community Center at Stuyvesant High School

Spate of ‘Super-Tall’ Towers Will Swell Count of Lower Manhattan Households

In the years to come, Lower Manhattan may become a thicket of “super-tall” apartment buildings, if present trends continue. The local movement toward the stratosphere began in 2008, when developer Forest City Ratner began construction of the 76-story tower at Eight Spruce Street. Now known as New York by Gehry, for its star architect, Frank...
The building now being constructed at the corner of Murray and West Streets will rise 62 floors, for a total of 822 feet, and house 139 apartments.