"I saw them putting in a detour for the bike path that runs along West Street north of Chambers, which will be between the bike dock and Stuyvesant." / 1 comment
Plus another Gillie and Marc sculpture at the WTC; the next hearing on the resiliency plans for Rockefeller and Tribeca streets; Dunkin on Murray is closed for renovations.
The reconstruction will take five years, starting in 2025, and cover all the waterfront areas of BPC from the South Cove to the esplanade behind Stuyvesant High School. / 2 comments
The BPCA's resiliency plans no longer call for a wall to cut through Hudson River Park. / 8 comments
Plus Edith's is on hiatus; scholarship fundraiser gala for BMCC; Battery Park City walking tours to explain impending park construction.
In addition to adding height to walls in Battery Park City, plans still call for a wall along the bike path from Chambers to Harrison. / 9 comments
Two climate activists take on the Army Corps' plan for the west side that would most definitely ruin everything we value about living next to the river. / 7 comments
Plus a month of plays at Federal Hall; another resiliency meeting for Rockefeller; Pride dance party at the Seaport. / 1 comment
Plus the last two resiliency construction meetings for BPC are this month; Poets House is back?; Nero Lab coming to 40 Wall.
The design phase of the reconstruction of the park should be complete by fall 2024. Construction would start then and continue until 2027. / 9 comments
In the name of coastal resiliency, there is a plan afoot to create a walled city out of Lower Manhattan. / 28 comments
Plus the meeting for the rebuild of Rockefeller is tomorrow; a helpful garden tip from Starbucks; the art of the book at the New Amsterdam Library.
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