Plus a new film festival celebrating women premiers here; Con Ed goes green; Freeman Plaza East gets a facelift. / 1 comment
"Appreciate any update - very frustrating that it still isn't open to the neighborhood." The answer is even more frustrating. / 14 comments
Plus a Startover discussion with TC; the Skyscraper Museum celebrates the supertalls; an abandoned newsstand at City Hall. / 2 comments
The Public Art Fund has installed six monumental pieces by the sculptor, whose decades of work explores the issues of slavery and the African diaspora. / 3 comments
City Hall Park is open. Plus local preschools will host a virtual fair; outdoor movies are already sold out at the Oculus; but the beer is coming. / 2 comments
Tomorrow marks the two-month anniversary of the city's occupation of City Hall Park -- meaning it has been closed to the public twice as long as it was closed for the protests. Enough. / 13 comments
Closed since Occupy City Hall took over the east plaza in early June, City Hall Park is finally open again, and it's about time. / 22 comments
With about 50 people still at the park, the NYPD raided it at 4a this morning, arresting seven as they did. The park is now almost back to normal. / 18 comments
The route between the Tweed Courthouse and City Hall was locked starting Friday night through the weekend. / 14 comments
The fruit that emits a smell like vomit once crushed also contains a nutritious nut that -- in small quantities -- is considered both healthy and delicious in East Asia. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1's December agendas: The Worth Street reconstruction; Fashion Week's street impact; street fairs in Lower Manhattan; new sculpture in Finn Square; the state of City Hall Park; more. / 2 comments
If the Anish Kapoor sculpture coming to 56 Leonard lives up to its renderings, I think it'll turn into a symbol of Tribeca. And even though it's technically private art, it got me thinking of public art over the years—and in particular, the installations that really dazzled. / 9 comments
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