Local environmental artist Mary Miss along with landscape architect Susan Child and architect Stan Eckstut created the jetty and the cove as an urban respite. / 5 comments
Plus a round-up of drinking al fresco; the Wonder gets a feature in Forbes; Come Back Daily expands uptown; Brookfield open spaces getting rehabbed; FaceXercise goes east.
Plus Sonic Youth releases a recording of its 2008 show in Battery Park; 10 Corso Como comes to the Seaport; Good Stuff repairs and recycles; Noted reopens, with flowers. / 2 comments
There are tons of events all summer long in Hudson River Park with some at Pier 25 -- exercise for adults and performances for kids -- and even more a bit up river.
Plus a hearing on the jail proposal; new spot for java at 1 Liberty; a new vet comes to Reade Street Animal Hospital; Ladybugs to be released and celebrated at Washington Market Park. / 2 comments
Plus electronics recycling event in Fidi; Hudson River Park walkway is open; radical living at R&Co; lots of lavender events on Governors Island.
Plus a concert this week in Washington Market Park; a rally to protest the giant building proposed for Two Bridges; free yoga, meditation and music in Freeman Plaza.
Plus the West Thames pedestrian bridge special delivery; a sunset singing circle with Terre Roche; sailing opportunities in the nabe and beyond; farewell to a feathered friend. / 10 comments
The state legislature will decide soon whether to allow office uses at Pier 40, so the park and fields can finally be redeveloped for the long haul. / 14 comments
Plus events this weekend on the Lilac at Pier 25; contemporary art show at the Museum of the American Indian; Frenchette snags honors for food and glasses.
Plus, gardening and turtles at Washington Market Park; luxury rides at Brookfield; a Taino celebration at the Museum of the American Indian;; Dine Around Downtown returns.
Plus Pen Parentis holds its season finale at the Oculus with three guest authors; Freeman Plaza will open on Wednesday; new vendors at the Canal Street Market; Thomas Keller in a Q&A. / 4 comments
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