Two local elected officials are demanding meaningful consultation with the community before the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio moves ahead with a plan to create a giant new prison complex in Lower Manhattan. City Council member Margaret Chin and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer will lead a public Town Hall meeting to discuss these...
The Louis J. Lefkowitz State Office Building, bounded by Centre, Worth, Leonard, and Baxter Streets, is the proposed site for a new 40-story jail complex, which would preserve the facade of the existing building, but gut its interior and perch a new tower on top.
In its New York and New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Coastal Storm Risk Management Study, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering various plans to “manage the risk of coastal storm damage…while contributing to the resilience of communities, critical infrastructure, and the environment.” One alternative includes a massive five-mile-long barrier at the mouth...
See streaks of light dart through a field of stars glittering in darkness. Streaks of light with long and lasting trails stir eyes, heart and voice to heaven’s touch. One of the greatest shows of the season here on planet Earth is underway right now; it is the Perseid meteor shower. A meteor is...
Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle approaches Earth every 133 years during its oblique orbit around the sun. It last approached Earth in 1992, and will return in 2126. Its path of debris causes the annual Perseid meteor shower.
Credit: NASA/JPL
Since 1986, The River Project has been working to protect and restore the ecosystem of New York Harbor through scientific research, hands-on environmental education, habitat improvement and innovative waterfront programs. Manhattan Deputy Borough President Matthew Washington served as the evening’s emcee. The annual fundraising event featured an evening of music, cocktails and dinner while cruising...
Honorees Pete Malinowski, president of the Billion Oyster Project, and Mark Kurlansky, author of The Big Oyster stand behind Clay Hiles, Executive Director of the Hudson River Foundation, Gale Brewer, Manhattan Borough President and Cathy Drew, founder and executive director of The River Project.
The groundbreaking Yiddish-language production of “Fiddler on the Roof” now showing at the Museum of Jewish Heritage has opened to glowing reviews and sell-out crowds, which has led to the production being extended for an additional week beyond its original run. None of which is a surprise to the actor playing the lead: Broadway veteran...
Steven Skybell leads an ensemble cast in the Yiddish-language production of 'Fiddler on the Roof,' at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
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A transaction involving docks in Chelsea and a pair of skyscrapers planned for Midtown may soon brighten the prospects of a public space in Lower Manhattan. The Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) has agreed to sell unused air rights from the Chelsea Piers complex to a two developers, who plan on erecting residential towers on...
Chelsea Piers, the site from which the Hudson River Park Trust
recently sold unused air rights for $52 million.
