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Harvest Moon
September 25, 2010 There was a rare Harvest Moon a few days ago, so it is fitting to show this montage of images from the 2010 season in the BPC Community Gardens. See if you spot any gardens you know. … Continue reading
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BPC is the star of Wall Street 2
September 27, 2010 The #1 film at the box office this weekend was “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”, the sequel to the Academy Award winning film of 1987, Wall Street. Most of the film was shot in Downtown Manhattan, and … Continue reading
Lights out for Merrill Lynch
It’s lights out for Merrill Lynch, literally and figuratively. The tower all lit up is the new Goldman Sachs headquarters. To the left is the dark WFC 4, the old location of Merrill Lynch. Bank of America has relocated most … Continue reading
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Mission Accomplished
September 25, 2010 One of the male mallards has changed into full mating plumage much sooner than the others, and seems to have chosen a mate already. August 31, 2010 Coincidentally, on the same day President Obama gave a primetime … Continue reading
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Jackass 3D and Big Air’s Mat Hoffman: An American lunatic
August 17, 2010 The upcoming masterpiece of film called “Jackass 3D” will feature a BMX daredevil, Mat Hoffman, who has broken more bones than Evil Knievel and has suffered at least 70 concussions. He wears a shoulder harness because his … Continue reading
Battery Park City on Ice
Update September 14, 2010 BPC resident Matt Fenton is reporting that the seasonal ice skating rink which was installed this winter on top of the grass playing fields might not be repeated this year as the rink company, Rink Management … Continue reading
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Some economists say: “Let the housing market fully collapse fast”
September 6, 2010 The New York Times is reporting that some economists think the “delay and pray” tactics of the federal government to prevent foreclosures and housing price reductions is just making the recovery that much further away. They say … Continue reading
Is this Newport?
September 3, 2010 No one would guess that the country is in a double dip depression from the looks of North Cove. The number of mega-yachts anchored for the Labor Day holiday weekend has to be near record levels. It … Continue reading
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Comparing an Islamic mosque by ground zero to a porn shop?
Update: August 15, 2010 ABC Nightly News used the same distorted logic as did the New York Times back in May and made the moral equivalence of pornography shops and strip clubs many blocks away from Ground Zero to a … Continue reading
The WFC Green Market
July 8, 2010 Grow NYC opened a farmers market in the south entrance of World Financial Center 2. Craig Willingham gives a brief tour. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irB8c3E1pWc (more…)
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Emeril Lagasse cuts the price on his NYC apartment by 40%
August 20, 2010 As evidence of the continued weak real estate market in NYC, TV chef Emeril Lagasse had to slash the price of his Midtown loft by 40%: from $7.6 Million to $4.6 Million. The WSJ has more. (more…)
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Big decline in apartment prices
July 7th, 2010 The WSJ is reporting today an update on apartment sales prices and number of units sold. The good news is that the number of units increased 179% yoy to 383 units (137 in April of 2009), and … Continue reading
Joke of the day
August 6, 2010 Jay Leno: Giuliani scolded his daughter after shoplifting “You go to Harvard. You don’t start stealing till you go to Wall Street” (more…)
The pretentious way to pronounce Muslim
Op-Ed August 14, 2010 The old media TV news is infamous for using pretentious odd pronunciations of common words or new words of the day. Some examples include the numerous ways to botch “Qatar” as Cutter, etc, pronouncing Pakistan as … Continue reading
We saw this coming
August 4, 2010 The most peculiar and controversial design of the new Tire Swing Park complex is the large arching red steel beams. They look like a cross between the Golden Gate Bridge and whale bones. It is not clear … Continue reading
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Why was Pfizer fined four times as much as Goldman Sachs?
Op-Ed August 2, 2010 The recent stock market collapse caused a $37 Trillion decrease in market cap valuation at its peak in 2008, according to Alan Greenspan. This triggered a global depression that persists to this day. Few disagree that … Continue reading
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Better food on the way courtesy of Goldman Sachs
July 28, 2010 (UPDATE) It was confirmed at the CB1 meeting that Danny Meyer is bringing his duo of Shake Shack and Blue Smoke to BPC. In addition, a third Danny Meyer restaurant will open in the location of the … Continue reading
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Manhattan Sailing Club
July 8, 2010 Emily Whipple introduces the Manhattan Sailing Club in North Cove marina. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKixaN3Gn5M (more…)
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Tire Swing Park Ribbon Cutting
Update September 4, 2017- I am going back to the oldest stories on BPTV and reminiscing. (more…)
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Goldman Sachs closes the neighborhood gym?
June 5, 2010 The only gym and aerobics facility in Battery Park City not within an apartment building, The New York Sports Club (NYSC) in the Embassy Suites building on Vesey Street adjacent to the new Goldman Sachs headquarters, is … Continue reading
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