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Gristedes South to close
Update January 17, 2020- I thought this happened years ago, but Gristedes is finally closing at the end of this month. (more…)
Posted in Accomplishments, Battery Park City and BPCA, Gripes, Groceries
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Exclusive: BPCA’s Anne Fenton and Matt Monahan gone
November 20, 2013- 3:30 PM (20,000 people have read this, as of December 4, 2013) Sources tell BatteryPark.TV that the BPCA’s Matthew Monahan and Anne Fenton are no longer employed. We are awaiting details. The source also stated that (more…)
Viva la ducklings!
May 6, 2012 In a surprise to those who follow the wildlife in BPC, the ducklings have returned this year, six of them. (more…)
Unboxing my new Pete-Townshend-Red, Eric Clapton Series, Fender Stratocaster
October 16, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD (more…)
Much needed traffic light at North End and Murray Streets
September 22, 2012 By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV was asked by a local business owner whether we could assist in having the city or BPCA (more…)
R.I.P. Playboy Mansion
January 12, 2016- The Playboy Mansion is being sold. I have some fond memories of that place (more…)
Essay: Why creating BatteryPark.TV was such a stroke of genius
September 18, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Time Magazine has been sold again (recall, Koch Brothers’ company Meredith bought it last year, promptly to break it up and sell off the assets). (more…)
The first ever French-American apple pie
November 26, 2015- by Chef Steven E. Greer I had the idea quite some time ago, after enjoying a chocolate croissant at Le District, to make (more…)
HRPT installs lights after BatteryPark.TV reporting
October 1, 2013– By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV previously reported on hotspots of crime within the HRPT strip of parks created by poor (more…)
School overcrowding to persist Downtown until 2022 thanks to Mayor de Blasio
Update April 22, 2016- This school has been pushed back by two years. So, the overcrowding problem (more…)
Told you so. It was not a blizzard according to the NYT
January 24, 2016- by Steven E. Greer I am such a genius contrarian. All of you thought that I had lost my marbles when I was proclaiming (more…)
Posted in - Downtown oversight, - Read Between the Lines, Accomplishments, Battery Park City and BPCA, City Hall & Civic Center, Film Theater and TV, Financial District, Governors Island, Gripes, Hudson River Park Trust, Lower East Side, Op-Ed, Seaport, SoHo, The Battery, TriBeCa, World Trade Center
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South End Avenue needs to have front-in angled parking and storefronts closer to the street
Update June 22, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD Three years ago, the DOT was prepared to make much needed changes to South End Avenue, (more…)
A model for working with the City DOT on city planning
June 26, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD What became a true model for how the community can interact with the City Department of Transportation (more…)
BatteryPark.TV efforts directly cause BPCA to allow public comments at meetings
October 19, 2016- by Steven E. Greer, MD As viewers know, BP.TV has been the only local news source to have the freedom to provide proper (more…)
New Yorker Magazine covers our story on kayak activists
July 23, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD In the July 29th edition of New Yorker Magazine, journalist Nick Paumgarten covered our (more…)
The Greer Grove on Vesey Street
Update May 19, 2016- The Greer Grove of honey locusts, planted last fall, have lived and are g (more…)
City EDC strikes deal to cut noisy helicopter flights in half
Update April 2, 2016- Starting tomorrow, tourist flights will be banned on Sundays. (more…)
BatteryPark.TV helps create 1,180 new rent-stabilized apartments
December 3, 2015- by Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV was the first news source Downtown to report on how many of the so-called (more…)
Images of a closed down PEP office
February 2, 2016- Not only are the PEP gone, but this entire space is being closed down. the BPCA (more…)
Angry pitchfork mob demands the ouster of BPCA Chairman Dennis Mehiel
December 16, 2015- by Steven E. Greer The BPCA hosted a rare Town Hall meeting tonight, and surprisingly, all of the top executives (more…)
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