Plus the Gural Family will renovate 7 Hanover Square; the last big chunk of Governors Island is put out to bid for a climate change center; BPC wants to keep its rentals.
Plus NYPD officers who died from 9/11 illnesses are added to the memorial wall; two teenagers dive in the Hudson for a volleyball (and are fished out); work on the equitable building is complete. / 2 comments
Plus a local school teacher starts a tutoring business; a city van crushes the sidewalk on Franklin Street; could there be action at the long closed City Hall? / 2 comments
Plus the Museum of Jewish Heritage is hosting a public sukkah with BPC greenery; Open House New York will feature a bunch of downtown locations; Downtown Alliance seeking volunteers.
Plus a protest is held against the plan for a White Street jail; Amanda Church and John Franklin at Hionas Gallery; NYC Ferry analysis shows record subsidies. / 3 comments
Plus 27 are arrested in climate die-in, while the Bull gets splashed with paint; DeNiro & Co opening a new movie studio in Astoria; a review of a shared street in Brooklyn. / 1 comment
The folks advocating for a floating pool in the East River have launched a floating light sculpture off Pier 17 that will promote the cause and bring attention to the water quality of the river. / 1 comment
There will be ongoing issues discussed, including the giant event space Convene for Battery Park City; the Howard Hughes brownfield cleanup at 250 Water; and the homeless in Manhattan.
Plus a dance performance each night this week at the Wintergarden; a show on the chair at R&Co.; Ferrante at Art Projects International; PS 150 will hold its annual rummage sale.
Plus tons of events this month at Battery Park City parks; the Gitano Jungle Room is soon heading out; Reade Street Animal Hospital will host an adoption event -- skip if you hate puppies.
The years have not been kind to this little cherub (or is it a sun goddess?) but she's still hanging on. Where is she? / 5 comments
A shoot for the TV show "FBI" defies the community board and takes over half the alternate street parking in the neighborhood. / 1 comment
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