The much-delayed West Thames pedestrian bridge project appears to be keeping to its most recent schedule, first announced last September, and is likely on track to open during the late summer or early autumn of this year. This was the takeaway from a presentation at the February 6 meeting of the Battery Park City Committee...
An architect's rendering of what the completed structure will look like, when it opens later this year.
The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and Community Board 1 (CB1) will co-host a public meeting tonight (Monday, November 19) to update residents about the state of planning for the resiliency project now being formulated for the neighborhood’s ball fields. The meeting, which begins at 6:00 pm, takes place at Six River Terrace (opposite the...
West Street flooding during Sandy photo Alison Simko
A leading housing advocacy organization has completed an exhaustive look at threats to affordability in every community in the five boroughs, and has found that Lower Manhattan in under pressure, as measured by three metrics. The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD), an umbrella organization of 100 non-profit affordable housing and economic development groups...
ANHD's analysis finds that Lower Manhattan housing has, in recent years, become markedly less affordable in a pair of key respects.
Work seems to have ground to a halt in recent weeks at the site of the new West Thames pedestrian bridge, which has been under construction since November, 2016, although this appears to be a temporary hiatus. The span is being partially funded by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), but its construction is being...
Earlier this week, there appeared to be a single worker at the construction site for the West Thames bridge, and no significant activity -- a situation that has been the norm since mid-February. But officials at the Economic Development Corporation, which is overseeing the project, say that the bridge remain on-budget and within its most recent schedule, which calls for the span to open by the end of this year.
The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) will host an “Open Community Meeting” tonight (Monday, March 5), from 6:00 to 7:30 pm, at Six River Terrace (opposite the Irish Hunger Memorial and next to Le Pain Quotidien restaurant). Residents are urged to attend, hear a presentation from Authority staff on their vision for the community, and...
202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. 1784 – John Wesley charters the Methodist Church. 1827 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight. 1849 – Regular...
February 28, 1953: James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA
