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One Hundred Years Ago This Weekend, the Dawn of a New Éire

America’s Declaration of Independence begins with a stately flourish: “When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another…” But Ireland’s equivalent document, the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic, gets right to the point: “In the name of God and...

Gym Dandy

The Community Center at Stuyvesant High School is cutting prices across all categories of membership, the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), which operates the facility, has announced. “What we have in Community Center at Stuyvesant High School is an outstanding community resource — which the community isn’t fully using,” said BPCA President Hyman. “Now, with...
The Community Center at Stuyvesant High School

A Parliament of Shopkeepers

Ann Benedetto moved into Tribeca in 2002, shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and it has been an adventure for her and her store ever since. A Uno Tribeca, a high-end women’s clothing store, has seen flooding, construction, hurricane Sandy, and most recently, a crane collapse all within a block. Ms. Benedetto...
Ann Benedetto in her store A Uno Tribeca

Global Reach

Community Board 1 (CB1) has agreed to support modifications to a historic building requested by the developer who is converting it into condominiums, but in exchange wants two legacy features of the structure restored. The 1898 Renaissance Revival building, located at 346 Broadway (also known as 108 Leonard Street), was designed by the acclaimed architectural...
CB1's Landmarks Committee chair Roger Byrom, "We'll give you your staircase, but we want the clock tower working and we want the globe reinstalled."

A Very Lucrative Landmark

The City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) has leased the historic Battery Maritime Building to a ski resort operator, Stoneleigh Capital for up to 99 years at an annual rent that amounts to significantly less than one percent of comparable, prevailing rates. The publicly owned structure, located at 10 South Street, next to the Staten Island...
A rendering of the refurbished Battery Maritime Building, with the glass enclosed hotel and restaurant complex newly constructed on its roof.

Sometimes, Bigger Really Is Better

Community Board 1 (CB1) is calling on City officials who are planning a new elementary school in the Financial District to expand the project to include more school seats, a middle school, and a full-sized gymnasium. “Once again the Department of Education [DOE] has designed a school with a ‘gymatorium’ plan, which we are all...
CB1 Youth & Education chair Tricia Joyce: "Once again the Department of Education has designed a school with a 'gymatorium,' which we are all vehemently opposed to, in a neighborhood where only three of our nine schools have full-sized gyms."