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Making a De Facto Landmark Official

March 20, 2023 By Matthew Fenton Leave a Comment

Coalition Pushes to Protect 60 Wall Street A coalition of Lower Manhattan leaders, elected officials, and preservationists are coalescing around a push to grant landmark status to 60 Wall Street, a postmodernist office tower designed by Kevin Roche of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates that opened in 1989, and is noted for its fusion […]

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An Astonishing Hive of Maritime Activity

March 18, 2023 By Brian Rogers Leave a Comment

Today’s Lower Manhattan Waterfront Bears Little Resemblance to the Past As this map from a 1915 guidebook shows, today’s Lower Manhattan waterfront bears no resemblance to the past, with the exception of Battery Park and the ferry terminals at the southern end of the island. In their parallel progression up and down the riverfronts, the […]

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Tell Your Story Walking

March 16, 2023 By Matthew Fenton Leave a Comment

Alliance Offers Five-Figure Grants to Those Who Talk the Talk The Downtown Alliance is now accepting applications for its Walking Tour Incubator Grant Program, which will award grants of up to $12,500 each to five entrepreneurs to develop new walking tours in Lower Manhattan. “So much of New York City’s history has taken place in […]

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Within Reach

March 15, 2023 By Matthew Fenton Leave a Comment

A Pair of Public Meetings to Mull Resiliency Plans, Tonight and Tomorrow The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) will host a public meeting about its North/West Battery Park City Resiliency Project this evening (Wednesday, March 15) at Stuyvesant High School (345 Chambers Street), starting at 6:30pm. All interested persons are invited to attend. The session […]

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Whirlybird Bills Struggle to Get Airborne

March 15, 2023 By Matthew Fenton Leave a Comment

Drives to Limit Chopper Flights Face Headwinds A series of developments in recent weeks have both frustrated and encouraged Lower Manhattan residents seeking relief from incessant helicopter noise. In February, Dan Goldman, the newly elected Congressional representative for Lower Manhattan, introduced the Safe And Quiet Skies Act, a proposed law that would restrict local helicopter […]

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‘This Person Comes To New York And Doesn’t Leave Breathing’

March 13, 2023 By Matthew Fenton Leave a Comment

Federal Agents Meet Twice in Battery Park City with Aspiring Contract Killer An alleged wanna-be button man was busted by the FBI on Wednesday, after two meetings in Battery Park City. According to a federal criminal complaint, Maine resident Hyunkook Korsiak (pictured), aged 41, came to the FBI’s attention last August, when the Federal Bureau […]

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