Plus the neighborhood in chalk; Wagner Park, razed; shred-a-thon coming to Fulton. / 10 comments
Inspired by the razing of Wagner Park in Battery Park City, the satirical novel takes on climate alarmism through a fossil-fuel heiress and her overwhelming guilt.
Plus Church Street School's The Happening is scheduled for June 4; Stuy Robotics at Brookfield; cocktails in a can ready for picnic season. / 3 comments
Plus the efforts to save 60 Wall; more on the fight over Wagner Park; 30 Park Place penthouse sells to the son of the richest man on earth.
The Battery Park City Neighborhood Association filed a suit in Supreme Court arguing that the authority did not come up with a better plan to preserve the park.
Plus a gubernatorial candidate joins the Wagner fight; a gallery show with literary roots; the statue's crown is open.
The restaurant planned for the new pavilion at Wagner will be chosen through an open request for proposals. / 2 comments
Plus more spotted lantern flies; another protest at Wagner; the last call at Gigino in Wagner Park.
The Battery Park City Authority will close Wagner this summer in order to rebuild it for flood protection. Neighbors are protesting the plans. / 1 comment
Plus architect Thierry Despont is selling his Hamptons real estate; where to eat in Chinatown; a critique of the plans for Wagner Park.
Wagner Park will be under construction for two years, after which its three pieces of public art will be returned to the site.
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
Glad to see this, and I like the renderings. This lot was always a graffiti-vandalized eyesore. So this is quite... — Marcus / Construction moving along at 14 White
Surely someone is offended that no one was offended. — Marcus / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
Farewell, Jungle on Mars. You won't be missed. — Marc / Seen & Heard: Puffy’s window shattered
The chopped cheese at Tribeca Olive Branch is very popular in my home! — Elizabeth / The Great Tribeca Deli Resurgance
I believe these buildings are landmarked. — Heide Fasnacht / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
No word on that yet... — Tribeca Citizen / Corner of Lispenard and West Broadway is sold
Worth noting that Coalition for the Homeless is on Fulton Street. Since Covid there seems to be an increase in... — Lisa / City proposes another Safe Haven shelter for the Seaport