Charging Bull is wrapped up for Occupy Wall Street anniversary. Plus the return of the Oculus Greenmarket; free movies at Fosun Plaza; more Citi Bike stations. / 1 comment
The lives of both the creator of Charging Bull and a founder of Hudson River Park are covered in obits by The Times. / 1 comment
Plus the Shinola building sells despite the virus; the staff at the assisted living facility in BPC entertains residents; Soho luxury retailers board up stores. / 1 comment
The guerrilla art placed in 1989 would go back to its original location in front of the stock exchange at Wall and Broad. More on the Downtown Alliance's plan for that area too.
Plus a 9/11 recollection from a child, now grown; scenes of downtown in shadow; a recounting of Philippe Petit's World Trade Center balancing act. / 3 comments
Plus: Tenants of 50 Murray appealing decision regarding rent-regulated leases; history of the Mudd Club building; Lower Manhattan's daytime-vs.-nighttime population; "Charging Bull" artist opposes move.
Moreover, the city is considering moving "Charging Bull," too. / 3 comments
Plus: Man sues upstairs neighbor over kids' noise; Paowalla restaurant to become Bombay Bread Bar; OddFellows Ice Cream opening on Houston; former porn star enrolled at New York Law School; card-only restaurants; enlarged shop at American Indian museum; historic 1 Broadway. / 12 comments
Relative to other parts of the city FiDi has comparatively little green space, let alone trees on the streets. Further,... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
A lot of NIMBYism in these comments. Financial district is basically the birthplace of the skyscraper, has always been crowded,... — Cd / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
One solution to the lack of common areas and too much traffic: close streets to cars/trucks permanently, and convert them... — Ben / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Typo: before 2010 (not 2020) — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Before 2020, the area was still mostly office (personally I would not describe as moribund) and actually less traffic. There... — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
I pass by 100 Gold a couple of time a week. At street level it seems dank and squat, and... — Gary / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Lovely and well deserved -- keep up the good work, Adger! — John Willenbecher / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday