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BPCA questions whether to pay for Irish Memorial upkeep

November 2, 2013- By Steven E. Greer After years of neglect, failing to even repair a gaping hole in the Irish Memorial wall caused by a car accident, the BPCA board finally budgeted into the F2014 plans repairs to the … Continue reading

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Photos 11-3-2013

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PS 276 supports DOT plan for concrete medians

October 30, 2013- The PS 276 school will be hosting a safety Town Hall. In the blast email, they specifically mention the City DOT’s plan to install concrete medias on South End Avenue and West Thames. First Town Hall Safety … Continue reading

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Photographer Christopher Lange captures Battery Park City

  Christopher Lange uses a Hasselblad camera with 6 x 6 cm film to capture people in the different areas of New York. We invited him down to cover Battery Park and the images below are the first of a … Continue reading

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The Skyscraper Museum

Carol Willis, Founder and Director of The Skyscraper Museum in Battery Park City gives us a tour of the museum and the current exhibit: China Prophecy: Shanghai The museum is located at 39 Battery Pl, New York, NY 10280. For … Continue reading

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Review: Route 66 Smokehouse in FiDi

October 30, 2013- By Steven E. Greer Ronan Downs opened his latest FiDi restaurant as a Texas barbeque called Route 66 Smokehouse. We sampled much of the menu with General Manager Johnny Flores as Chef Billy Kooper brought us his … Continue reading

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Fake Banksy tag placed on Syms building

October 31, 2013- A fake Banksy graffiti art tag was placed on the Greenwich Street side of the Syms building. The adjacent performing arts center 3LD stated that they are “modifying it with video.” but denied being the ones to … Continue reading

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Fired city parks officer wants job back

November 1, 2013- BatteryPark.TV has reported on the problems at the top with our local Park Enforcement Patrol (PEP) officers, led by Captain Ed Falcon. The New York City Parks Department has endemic problems. The Post is reporting, “A Parks … Continue reading

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Should kayakers blow whistles when they leave port?

August 29, 2013- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV previously reported how kayak activists complained to the Coast Guard about theoretical safety issues with larger passenger ferries causing the Coast Guard to enforce old rules about sounding horns when docking. The … Continue reading

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Banksy’s Grim Reaper

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Another CBS show films at North Cove Marina

October 16, 2013- The CBS drama “person of Interest” filmed extensively at the North Cove Marina. (more…)

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Great Halloween costume

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Chocolate skulls galore

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Route 66 BBQ opens in FiDi

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The end of sailing season

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First Precinct Community Affairs meeting: CO clarifies BS story, bike gangs, and courts

October 24, 2013- By Steven E. Greer The monthly meeting of the First Precinct Community Affairs took place a week early to avoid conflicts with Halloween. District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. gave a talk about the agenda for his office … Continue reading

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BPCA hires staffer away from current auditor company

October 26, 2013- By Steven E. Greer In yet another questionable move, The Battery Park City Authority’s (BPCA) Chairman/CEO, Dennis Mehiel, hired a staffer as a full-time in-house BPCA employee even though the staffer creates a conflict of interest. Daniel … Continue reading

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Architectural icons then and now: Woolworth and Gehry buildings

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Broadsheet, absent throughout Hurricane Sandy, posts self-congratulatory letter

November 16, 2012 The publisher of the local advertising flier The Broadsheet, Robert Simko, and his employee “Pulitzer” Matt Fenton, were both silent throughout the Hurricane Sandy aftermath, publishing nothing for days on end. Therefore, we find it quite offensive … Continue reading

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Interactive map of the Sandy flooding

The NYT has this interactive map of the flooding we experienced after the storm. (more…)

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