After nearly three decades of plans, proposals, and false starts, the West Thames pedestrian bridge broke ground on Tuesday (November 15). At the ceremony, David Emil, president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), which is largely funding the project, said, “I have been working on this for 28 years.” This was a reference to...
Officials ceremonially break ground on the West Thames Bridge. Among those digging in are LMDC president David Emil (left, in green jacket), Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (center without helmet), BPCA president Shari Hyman (center, with red helmet), State Senator Daniel Squadron (right, without helmet), and City Council member Margaret Chin (far right).
To the editor: The new bridge would involve going way out of my way to get the the Rector St 1 and R stations vs the existing one which provides much more direct access. I suppose the alternative for me and others is (go somewhat out of my way) to cross at Albany St intersection....
The bridge, shown here in an architect's rendering, will be a 230-foot long lenticular truss, stretching diagonally across the junction of West and West Thames Streets, from the southwest to the northeast corners of the intersection.
Trinity Church has unveiled plans for the new building that it asked Lower Manhattan residents to help design, in a series of “community conversations” that began in February, 2015. “We began with a public process to understand the hopes and dreams of our community,” explained Trinity’s rector, the Rev. Dr. Bill Lupfer, at the final...
This view of the new building from the Trinity Place side shows the existing pedestrian bridge that will connect the structure to Trinity Church.
The City government agency that will decide how and when to storm-proof Lower Manhattan will host an Open House meeting in Battery Park City tonight (October 6), starting at 6pm, in the event space at Six River Terrace (opposite the Irish Hunger Memorial and next to Le Pain Quotidien restaurant). “We have the Lower Manhattan...
A menu of options prepared by the staff of the Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency, which will lead tonight's meeting.
The pedestrian bridge planned for West Thames Street, currently seven years behind schedule, is now slated to begin construction before the end of this year, but its estimated cost has almost doubled in nine months and nearly tripled since the previous opening date of 2009. The project’s planners hope to save money, however, by demolishing...
An artist's rendering of the proposed West Thames pedestrian bridge, which is slated to begin construction before the end of this year, with a projected completion date of early 2018.
The debut of one new venue for eating and drinking, plus two free events will round out this weekend in Lower Manhattan. City Vineyards, the new outpost of City Winery located in the Hudson River Park on Pier 26 (near North Moore Street) fully opens tonight, after a “soft” debut in the middle of the...
