Search Results for: Rector Street Bridge

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/8/20 ~ Odious Edifice State Prosecutor Probes Trump Finances in FiDi 40 Wall Street Landmark

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Odious Edifice State Prosecutor Probes Trump Finances in FiDi Landmark The 70-story, Depression-Era skyscraper at 40 Wall Street, owned by Donald Trump, is the focus of a civil-fraud investigation by New York State Attorney General Letitia James. The office building at 40 Wall Street figures prominently in a...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/28/20 ~ The Fate of a Neighborhood Appeals Panel Overturns Lower Court Decision Blocking Two Bridges Developments

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage The Fate of a Neighborhood Appeals Panel Overturns Lower Court Decision Blocking Two Bridges Developments An architect’s rendering of the four new residential towers proposed for the Two Bridges neighborhood, which would contain more than 2,700 apartments. The tower at left is already largely complete, while the four...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 7/1/20 ~ Justice Belayed ~ Appeals Court Considers Whether to Let Stand Decision About Two Bridges

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage  Active in the BPC community since 1994 Barbara.Ireland@Sothebys.Realty Justice Belayed Appeals Court Considers Whether to Let Stand Decision About Two Bridges A recent hearing before the Appellate Division court of New York’s First Judicial Department indicates that the controversial plan to erect four massive new towers in the...

West Thames/Rector Street Project

To the editor: Is the West Thames Street Bridge a typically managed public project in New York City? Publicity and public meetings are concerning. Questions begin to arise. Why does such a project cost so much? Who benefits? It doesn’t seem to be the taxpayers. How does a $20 million contract become a $40 million...

Bridge of Sighs

At the September 5 meeting of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1), engineer Matt Krenek announced that the long-awaited West Thames pedestrian bridge will not open until the second half of 2019. Mr. Krenek, who works for Skanska USA (the outside firm managing the project), explained that, “we’ve obviously been working...
The West Thames pedestrian bridge is now slated to open in the second half of 2019.

Suspension Bridges

A pair of pedestrian bridges under construction in Battery Park City and the Financial District appear to be slipping behind schedule. The first of these is the West Thames bridge, which will eventually connect Battery Park City to the Financial District, beside the entrance plaza to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. In the most recent public review...