Participants will gather at Pier 40 at 6 p.m. and then march south along the esplanade to Pier 25. Plus: Where to leave flowers at memorials within Hudson River Park.
Plus: Closing sale at Walker Supply Corp.; the new flood barriers at subway stations; 70 Vestry sales office; Hudson River Park obstacle course. / 4 comments
Designers have been announced for the pier, and a corporate neighbor made a sizable donation. Plus: The pier's connection to disco history. (Update: Or not.) / 6 comments
Plus: Falafellas opening in FiDi; Cloud Gallery is open; photography exhibit at Steve Amedee Gallery; agenda additions for Community Board 1 Seaport Committee. / 2 comments
Plus: Is the American Apparel store on the ropes?; Pookie & Sebastian signage; paying homage to a lost jazz shrine; earmarking donations to the Tribeca section of Hudson River Park.
Plus: Hudson River Park benefit; Greenmarket update; Brooklyn Bridge closure; bulb-planting party at Washington Market Park. / 1 comment
Plus: Tacky finance party; Condé Nast's move-in date; first review for Denny's; VFiles store expands; Underground Railroad trail; NYSE moving some of its operations? / 1 comment
Plus: Likely site of the second area Juice Press; Jeff Zimmerman at R 20th Century; famous chef added to the Friends of Hudson River Park's board; China Blue on OpenTable.
Plus: Groovy old signage; photographer show at new New York Film Academy; Pen Parentis lineup; Hudson River Park benefit. / 11 comments
Plus: Penthouse doubles in value in three years; ferry honking annoying Battery Park City residents; elderly BPC folks' mortgage troubles; inside the Corbin Building. / 2 comments
Developer Douglas Durst, a longtime proponent of the Neighborhood Improvement District plan, has withdrawn his support—in part because the sale of air rights along West Street will likely mean compromised views and a corresponding decrease in home values. / 3 comments
A report from L. (thanks again!) on the debate around three hot-button topics: the Hudson River Park's proposed tax, the fashion/photo complex at 50 Varick, and the Mexican restaurant hoping to open at 39 N. Moore. / 5 comments
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