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Water outage in BPC Parks Conservancy

May 4, 2013- The reason the water for the community gardens on Albany Street is not activated is that the pipes have a break under the grass field Since that is Hudson River Park Trust property, they are hiring an … Continue reading

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Asphalt Green to open June 15th

Update May 3rd, 2013- Asphalt Green sent emails telling people that they will be opening June 15th. As of yesterday, significant work with “movable furniture” is still required. Update April 13, 2013 The wood floor for the gym has been … Continue reading

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Photos 4-26-2013

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Dozens of nice bikes remain unclaimed in PEP office

April 26, 2013– By Steven E Greer In May of 2011, the Park Enforcement Patrol (PEP) began confiscating bikes that had been abandoned chained to trees and posts throughout BPC. The best working theory as to why the bikes were … Continue reading

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BPCA turns off the cash spigot to non-profits, bus shuttles in question

April 18, 2013- By Steven E. Greer In response to BatteryPark.TV oversight stories (see below) questioning the legality of awarding six-figure grants to non-profits unrelated to Battery Park City, the BPCA board debated on April 16th whether to continue those … Continue reading

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Agenda for CB1 meeting tonight

April 23rd, 2013- The Manhattan Community Board 1 is consistently not posting the agendas for the monthly meetings. We had to email them to receive this. The controversial Hudson River Park NID will be front and center. Chairwoman Katherine McVay … Continue reading

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Stroll on the esplanade 4-21-2013

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Buying with a mortgage, Downtown

April 18, 2013, By Barbara Ireland of DJK Residential Buying an apartment today can be a challenge and leave you disappointed if you are not properly prepared. Here are a few tips to get started on the right path. Speak … Continue reading

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Spring, 2013, finally

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The Tribeca Film Festival

April 18, 2013  By Steven Greer, MD Jone Rosenthal and Robert De Niro were interviewed on the CBS Morning show today, and Ms. Rosenthal listed the examples of the recovery of Downtown New York after September 11th, 2001. For example, … Continue reading

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Have you been wrongly billed by Manhattan Youth?

April 8, 2013- We are getting reports that people who cancelled Bob Townley’s Manhattan Youth are still getting billed on their credit cards. Has this happened to you? Send us your story or post comments below. (more…)

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UPS parks in proper location

April 3, 2013-  The UPS trucks that had been trying to use the “No Standing” zone in front of North End Grill to park for hours as packages were delivered are now parking in the proper locations. The issue had … Continue reading

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Holy Cow

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The new Community Board appointees

April 1, 2013– New York City’s version of the Papal conclave is over. After a puff of white smoke from 49 Chambers Street, the new Community Board appointees have been announced. (more…)

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Ann Taylor in WFC closes

March 23, 2013: The Ann Taylor in the WFC is closing. The mannequins were disrobed and the clothes are on sale. The image, above, caught our eye as rather bizarre. (more…)

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