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.
The BPCA is preparing to spend $630 million to protect its property from future flooding, and plans will include flood walls on Tribeca streets. They are taking comments now. / 3 comments
Plus Alexander Wang moves his HQ to the Seaport; raves for Fonda Tribeca; a man is shoved to the tracks at Park Place. / 2 comments
The Battery Park City Authority's resiliency plans will raise (and raze) the park and add flood walls from the museum down to The Battery. / 21 comments
Plus Sunday in Brooklyn in Manhattan; the ballfield flood wall is nearly complete; finding your way in Battery Park City. / 2 comments
A boat tour will discuss the effects of flooding in NYC. Plus a walking tour of the BPCA resiliency plans; new theater and comedy at Soho Rep.; performances at Pace.
Plans to protect Battery Park City will include barriers along West Street as far up as N. Moore, as well as a new design for the north section of Rockefeller. / 16 comments
The Battery Park City Authority will start construction on their plan to protect the ballfields from storm surges, and should have the work completed by summer.
Plus more street trees coming to Hudson Square; photography workshops at Soho Photo Gallery; help needed at Bowling Green Park.
Plus the DOE is seeking children who were attending local schools during 9/11; the rezoning of Soho and Noho; the status of resiliency at the Seaport. / 6 comments
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