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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 Meeting at PS/IS276 November 4th at 8:45am
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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 series. You might have seen him around over the summer capturing faces and nighttime long-exposure shots.
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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 more information, call (212) 968-1961 (more…)
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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 selections. Chef Billy has a Blue Smoke pedigree.
The interior design is well done. The wood is reclaimed 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 create it. (more…)
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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 Department boss, Continue reading
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 result has been a daily menace to society of nonstop (more…)
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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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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 in his latest term, for which he will be re-elected this November. He discussed the growing problem of cybercrime and identity theft.
Commander Timoney then took the podium and BatteryPark.TV asked about the recent problems with biker gangs. CO Timoney began 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 Curiale, CPA worked at the accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron LLF prior to joining the BPCA, where he now earns at least 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 that Mr. Simko published a self congratulatory letter thanking him (more…)
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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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Egregious service by Verizon in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
October 31, 2012 The Verizon land line phones are still down, astonishingly. Since they use the same lines as the Fios Internet and TV, this is clearly a human error. The headquarters for Verizon is less than a mile away on West Street. Recall, the Internet service went out for (more…)
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