Four Yeses, Six Maybes, and Thirty Nos
Most Common City Hall Answer to CB1’s Wish List Is ‘Get Lost’
Next Stop, Canada…
In the next three years, a multitude of hikers and long-distance cyclists may join the throngs that already crowd Lower Manhattan. The administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo plans to create a statewide, 750-mile network of bicycling and walking trails that will begin in Battery Park City and reach the Canadian border. More than 300 miles...
Of the People, By the People, for the People…
Three State lawmakers representing Lower Manhattan have introduced bills in both houses of the Albany legislature that would require the governor to appoint Lower Manhattan residents to a majority of seats on the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA). State Senator Daniel Squadron and Assembly members Deborah Glick and Yuh-Line Niou are sponsoring...
February 22
705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty. 1632 – Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published. 1847 – Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexicans troops. 1853 – Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St....
The Uncanny Valley Comes to Exchange Alley
A series of works by the renowned hyper-realist sculptor, Carole Feuerman, is now on display at a new event space located in the lobby of 55 Broadway (at the corner of Exchange Alley). The show, called “Perception,” features a series of life-sized (and disconcertingly lifelike) female figures, clad in bathing suits and positioned in swimming...
Weir in Trouble
Members of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) are voicing concerns about the future of resiliency funding in Lower Manhattan as a whole — and specifically in Battery Park City — under the presidency of Donald Trump. In a discussion at the panel’s February 7 meeting, Nick Sbordone, director of communications...
Putting the 'In' Back in Indigenous
The George Gustav Heye Center at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (located at One Bowling Green) will host “Native Fashion Now,” the first large-scale traveling exhibition of contemporary Native American fashion opening today, Friday February 17 The show celebrates indigenous designers from across the United States and Canada, from the 1950s to...