The new eight-acre park stretches between the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridge with all sorts of amenities: fields, courts, playgrounds and views.
Plus the Daily Grocer will close for summer; Pier 42 opens today with a new playground; Costa Rican artist at Warren Street gallery.
Plus: Team Gallery says it's looking in this area (among others); 100 Barclay to be first building with extra-fast data service; Pier 42 park renderings.
As a result of a legal settlement, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation had $50 million to hand out to various downtown organizations and projects. And the winners are.... / 2 comments
Plus: Duran Duran concert canceled; pay by the class at Tracy Anderson; shop the closet of T Magazine's publisher; artist's loft in Soho; money allotted for East River park development. / 5 comments
Plus: 1 World Trade Center's spire is complete; 56 Leonard prices rising; dogs in Teardrop Park; Pier 42 park proposals; Museum of American Finance.
Plus: W Hotel's disappointing plaza; smart guy bought while young; 53 N. Moore; Pier 42; Duane Park restaurant update. / 4 comments
Plus: Peck Slip School rendering; high school urinal shooting; Gateway Plaza pet agreement; Jay-Z's securi-T; Pier 42 plans; Edward Albee; Pathmark closing; World Financial Center arts programming. / 4 comments
Plus: Battery Park City Authority town hall; funding for the East Side's Pier 42; fire on White Street; Kutsher's Tribeca; City Hall's renovation.
Hopefully this will have some benefit for other businesses but I do have to say it was always packed. Very... — John Gallagher / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
I, for one, and so tired of graffiti. The art deco post office on Canal gets carefully scrubbed clean, only... — Marcus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Ben If the area was pedestrianized, what would happen with emergency vehicles, Access a Ride, school buses, trash pick-up? The... — Lisa / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
I'm sorry to hear this news. My condolences to the family. I was a regular until 2007 when we moved... — Kevin Clarke / Jerry Walker, co-owner of Walker’s and The Ear Inn, has died
It's 3:45 and the line for pillows wraps from the park around on Reade and the end is only about... — N / Seen & Heard: 24-hour golf simulators in Hudson Square
This is a real shame. They had wonderful clothes and bought my daughter’s favorite clothes there when she was a... — John Gallagher / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed
Throwing the word NIMBY into the mix suggest you did engage the reasonable concerns expressed here. Worse than NIMBYism is... — Heide Fasnacht / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold