A pair of proposals to remake the Hudson River waterfront with large new projects envisions transforming the Battery and the site currently occupied by Pier 40 with futuristic innovations like drone landing pads and open plazas designed to be flooded. Although neither plan is likely to be built anytime soon (if ever), they both emphasize...
The Pier 2 proposal would feature a new marina, vertical plantings along the outside walls, and hundreds of units of affordable housing.
The National Museum of the American Indian, at Bowling Green in the Alexander Hamilton Custom House, is undergoing a transformation. For many years, exhibitions centered on the vast amount of Native American artifacts that were collected more than a century ago by George Gustav Heye who, like many others, saw a complex civilization disappearing as...
The 9/11 Tribute Museum will mark the 25th anniversary of the first attack on the World Trade Center by honoring teachers who create inspiring lessons to educate students. For the past 11 years, the 9/11 Tribute Museum has honored teachers from across the United States for the innovative lessons they have created to introduce students of all ages to the...
On a Sunday radio talk show, City Comptroller Scott Stringer renewed his 2014 call to dedicate a portion of excess revenue generated by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) to New York’s crumbling low-income housing infrastructure. The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), “is in crisis,” he said. “People who live in NYHCA have weathered...
Stringer: "One of the proposals I have is to put $40 million in annual surpluses that the City receives from the Battery Park City Authority, and give it to NYHCA to address their capital needs and massive maintenance backlog."
The City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is accepting applications for 30 new apartments now under construction (including studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units) in a luxury building at 60 Fulton Street (between Cliff and Gold Streets), which have been set aside at less-than-market rents for low- and moderate-income tenants. Half of these 30...
The Exhibit is a new luxury rental building at 60 Fulton Street, which will contain 30 affordable units, available at below-market rents, and set aside for a broad range of incomes.
The Downtown Alliance is offering a “Downtown Digital Innovation Grant” that will award one storefront business in Lower Manhattan up to $10,000 in services to improve its online presence and digital tool kit. This grant is intended to give businesses the capacity to invest in everything from digital advertising and social media strategy to outfitting...
This iconic row of small shops on Fulton Street is emblematic of the changing retail landscape in Lower Manhattan, where small businesses on besieged by a variety of converging market forces, from rising rents to cut-throat competition from e-commerce giants.
