Photos of the Week

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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 these eyesores and removing them. Post your comments below. (more…)
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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, “After years of little progress, a planned performing-arts center at (more…)
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The new Gateway Plaza courtyard

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Unofficial minutes of the BPCA meeting to approve the 2013 budget

Field strip 3January 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, revenues going up”. This means more money for the city, and the residents here pay for it. $126 million “excess revenues”, all goes to the city. We who live here cannot even get a traffic light on West Thames Street. Continue reading

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Without public comment, Poulakakos dominates BPC

Pier A May 20 2012January 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 Battery Park City (BPC) and both of the ongoing Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) construction projects. All of these real estate deals were accomplished without public comment or debate. 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 2004, the area seemed markedly different from the Midtown neighborhood (more…)
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Leo DiCaprio retires from acting, discusses his green BPC apartment

January 22, 2013 Local resident of BPC, A-list actor Leonardo DiCaprio, is retiring from acting. The NY Post article also has a comment from him referencing his green BPC apartment. From the NY Post, “Leonardo DiCaprio…has announced he’s retiring from acting indefinitely. “I’m a little bit drained,” he told the (more…)
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Breaking News: BatteryPark.TV helps save the Little League season

January 18, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD As a direct result of BatteryPark.TV’s reporting that lengthy RFPs are not required before beginning the repair work on the ballfields (other sources such as the Broadsheet were incorrectly reporting on the topic), the BPCA has agreed to scrap the RFP process (more…)
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BatteryPark.TV now the most viewed news source for BPC

January 7, 2012 By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV is now the most viewed original content local news source for the area, by far, and rapidly becoming a go-to source for all of Downtown as well. Using the reliable web tracking source Compete.com, the numbers stack up like this. For all (more…)
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BPCA posts announcement about Asphalt Green repair work

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January 24, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD Continue reading

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The program funding new diesel engines for the NY Waterway boats

January 24, 2013 By Steven E. Greer

BatteryPark.TV has extensively reported on the NY Waterway ferry polluting diesel engines, and the $7 Million granted by the state NYSERDA and city DOT for the purpose of retrofitting the engines. After claiming in 2011 that the new engines were “ordered”, the CEO of the company, Paul Goodman, is now claiming that Hurricane Sandy is the cause for none of the engines having been actually installed.

Where did the $7 Million dollars, awarded in 2006, go? Continue reading

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Tip of the Day: Try De Cecco pasta

January 24, 2013 By Steven E. Greer The excellent long-running PBS show Cook’s Country recently taste tested the various commercially available dried pastas and concluded that the brand De Cecco was the best. The test kitchen here at DowntownTV did so as well, and we agree with their conclusion. De (more…)
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CB1 update on NY Waterway ferry pollution/noise problems

NY Waterway stalling on promised ferry boat engine replacements Do these NY Waterway ferries look safe to you? A letter to the EPA about the NY Waterway ferries polluting the children’s playgrounds Diesel exhaust fumes cause cancer, WHO says Polluting ferry boats to get new, less polluting, less noisy, engines (more…)
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CB1 full board presentation of West Thames/South End traffic lights

Little progress on West Thames and South End pedestrian dangers Traffic light for West Thames discussed at First Precinct meeting Serious accident at the dangerous West Thames and Battery Place intersection Much needed traffic light at North End and Murray Streets   (more…)
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Tips of the Week: buy a juicer

January 23, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD The WSJ features an article today about the growing popularity of “juicing”, which is drinking vegetable juices made by special machines at home. The basic concept is that it is more palatable to drink a combination of juiced vegetables, and more convenient, (more…)
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Kaffe 1668 coffee and pressed juice

January 20, 2013 Kaffe 1668 across the street from Whole Foods now has fresh cold pressed vegetable juices. They also still serve their best-in-class coffee custom brewed per cup. 401 Greenwich Street (212) 693-3750 (more…)
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Photos of the Week

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Have you ever been held hostage in a taxi?

January 20, 2013 We have heard numerous stories over the last 12-months of New Yorkers being locked in yellow cabs and driven as hostages as the driver extorts more money from the passenger. Have you experienced anything like this, or other serious crime perpetrated by a yellow cab or black (more…)
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Update on the ballfields from the CB1 meeting 1-15-2013

IMG_0056January 15, 2013 By Steven E Greer

The CB1 meeting tonight discussed the ballfields. CB1 member Anthony Notaro mentioned that the board has requested an answer from the BPCA as to why the turf fields cannot be used now, as a temporary stopgap measure, until the RFPs are processed and the fields are completely replaced. This idea was first raised by our essay How to save the Little League season.

Mark Costello, representing Little League, was asked Continue reading

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