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BPCA guidelines clearly allow for replacement of ballfields without RFP delays

January 16, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV has exclusively reported that the BPCA has the authority to replace the ballfields, and repair the Asphalt Green community center, without going though lengthy RFP contract delays. However, for unknown reasons, … Continue reading

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Have you ever used the Doorman’s Guide?

February 14, 2012 The local advertising flier The Broadsheet self proclaims that it’s other advertising flier, The Doorman’s Guide, is the most used reference for local shops. We find this unbelievable. Even before the Internet, Seemless Web, Yelp, BatteryPark.TV, etc, … Continue reading

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New York Post refutes false Lindsay Lohan rumor started in a Tribeca blog

Update February 12, 2012 The New York Post covered this false rumor about Lindsay Lohan looking to start a restaurant in an empty commercial storefront in Tribeca. Per below, the rumor was started by a Tribeca blog that receives money … Continue reading

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Reliable gun violence statistics

February 12, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut massacre of 20 first graders and six brave adults, the debate over gun control (more…)

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Complaints brewing about Hudson Produce bad service

We have received complaints about this establishment (see comments section). What has been your experience? Please post your opinion of this business in the comments section. 300 Albany St # 1 New York, NY 10280-1404 (212) 945-0500 (more…)

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Just a Storm? Not After the Hurricane

February 8, 2013 The New York Times By CARA BUCKLEY Perhaps in any other year, the nor’easter would have been met with little more than a shrug in the New York region. Sure, some people would still have stocked up … Continue reading

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The best source to monitor the non-blizzard

Update February 9, 8:00 AM: At most, another inch of snow fell since 1:00 AM, leaving only a total of 5 inches on the ground. It seems to be melting on the streets already. There are no power outages and … Continue reading

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Bloomberg expands in London

New York Times By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM LONDON — It is the biggest development in this city’s buzzing financial district, and even Olympics-jaded Londoners call it grandiose: two bronze-and-stone towers, connected by sky-bridges atop the ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman … Continue reading

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Battery Park City CB1 meeting, February 2013

February 5, 2013 By Steven E. Greer At the monthly CB1 meeting tonight, the much anticipated updates by the BPCA on the ballfields and Asphalt Green repair projects were much ado about nothing. After somewhat of a distracting filibuster about … Continue reading

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More than 16,500 read our review of North End Grill brunch

North End Grill’s ricotta pancakes with rhubarb jam and whipped honey butter $15 Click here for the menu and contacts ______________________________________________________________ Update May 25- A very respectable number of people, 16,500, have read this story to date. (more…)

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Viewership for January

For the month of January, 2013, BatteryPark.TV received: 20,071 total views for a 41% increase over a seasonally slow December To put hose numbers in perspective, according to a website Compete.com that can somehow estimate traffic, the eBroadsheet website received … Continue reading

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Last episode of 30 Rock filmed in BPC’s North Cove

The finale of the final episode of NBC’s “30 Rock” was filmed in Battery Park’s North Cove Marina.   (more…)

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Pick-A-Bagel delivery bikes pollute South End Ave

February 3, 2013 As if the neglected Pick-A-Bagel and poor quality of service is not bad enough, the restaurant is now the source of property-value-lowering delivery bikes illegally chained to trees on South End Ave.  The PEP should be ticketing … Continue reading

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Billion dollar performing arts center at Ground Zero saved from extinction

January 31, 2013 The WSJ is reporting that the all-but-dead billion-dollar proposed performing arts center at Ground Zero has been given a small breath of life. However, it is far from a done deal. In the WSJ, by Jennifer Maloney, … Continue reading

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The new Gateway Plaza courtyard

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Unofficial minutes of the BPCA meeting to approve the 2013 budget

January 29, 2013 By Steven E. Greer We were live blogging the BPCA board meeting today. Below is a summary of the comments. Update 1: The BPCA board is discussing the 2013 fiscal year budget, “Expenses going down every year, … Continue reading

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Without public comment, Poulakakos dominates BPC

January 25, 2012 By Steven E. Greer, MD With the news that the World Financial Center might lease 25,000 square feet to the Poulakakos restaurant family to build a food court similar to Eataly, suddenly the Poulakakos’ group now dominates … Continue reading

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WSJ features Battery Park

The weekend edition of the WSJ featured Battery Park City as a real estate opportunity. Battery Park City Adds More to Its Views January 25, 2013 The WSJ By MELANIE LEFKOWITZ When Derek Lee moved to Battery Park City in … Continue reading

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