The turf expansion and replacement is about a month behind schedule thanks to the two winter snow storms.
The Battery Park City Authority will close the fields for three months this winter to replace the turf and make other significant upgrades.
Plus BPCA will replace ballfield padding this fall; Paros adds umbrellas to the loading dock; help a world-class sommelier win a competition.
The ballfields viewing platform has reopened. Plus 15 Broad will fulfill holiday wishes; Chinatown will get $20 million for a street revamp; Seasonal Whispers is back open. / 3 comments
Plus fireworks scheduled off Rockefeller for Diwali; the wall at the fields; Bogardus wins an award from the Victorians. / 1 comment
Plus digging has started at 65 Franklin; more on Pier A; push back on luxury residential for 5 WTC. / 3 comments
The Battery Park City Authority will start construction on their plan to protect the ballfields from storm surges, and should have the work completed by summer.
The Battery Park City Authority is developing a long-term flood plan for the fields, but in the meantime, this will get them through hurricane season.
Plus an art installation of 7-foot prisms at the Seaport; photography at Alexander and Bonin; construction inconveniences on Warren and Worth; Daily Goods on John; Color Vue on Warren; Fellow Barber on Fulton; BPC ballfields meeting this week. / 1 comment
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