In the News: Is Park Place the next Park Avenue?

PARK PLACE: THE NEXT PARK AVENUE
Forbes does a roundup of the new residential blocks, ie the new Park Avenues, including 71st Street, Charlton Street and our own Park Place: “Though the street spans just three blocks between Greenwich Street and Broadway, near City Hall, it is now home to several new towers. These include Robert A.M. Stern’s 82-story 30 Park Place, developed by Silverstein and branded by the Four Seasons, and The Woolworth Tower Residences, condos designed by French architect Thierry W. Despont in the top 30 floors of the historic skyscraper. ‘The opportunity to create in such an iconic [property] immediately interested us,” Burger said of 30 Park Place, “and [finding] a site to develop in a historically landmarked area is not only rare, but incredibly exciting with new ground-up development.’”

MEMORIAL FOR THOSE WITH 9/11 ILLNESSES
Crains and the Post report that the 9/11 Museum will dedicate an area of the plaza to those affected by illnesses due to 9/11. “The tribute will be located at the Memorial Glade at Liberty and West streets. It will include a path lined with six stone monoliths pointing toward the sky that “are worn, but not beaten, symbolizing strength and determination through adversity,” according to the museum.


CHILD CUSTODY BATTLE

The sculptor who created the “Fearless Girl” statue is being sued by the investment firm that commissioned the piece, in a legal battle that hinges on the question of what it means to own a work of art. — The Broadsheet

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO OPEN THIS SUMMER
West Thames Bridge Appears Likely to Open in 2019 –The Broadsheet

SOMETHIN’ ELSE AT LMC
The Trib has a cute video montage of LMC middle school’s after-school hip-hop class.

AZIZ ANSARI ON LAYING LOW FOR A YEAR (WITH SOME JOKES THROWN IN)
I didn’t realize at the time that this whole saga of Ansari’s took place in our own little hamlet (or as the Daily News likes to say, enclave) at his apartment on Franklin, street of the stars. (For what that’s worth…) —Yahoo Entertainment

 

 

2 Comments

  1. What about Park Row?
    Any idea what retail is going in?

  2. The new area dedicated at the 9/11 Memorial will be dedicated on 05/30/19 to coincide with the anniversary of the last beam being removed aka the completion of cleanup.

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