Photo of the Week

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Editor
This photo is appropriate for Photo of the Week given that it is Valentine’s Day soon Financier in WFC   (more…)
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How to handle harassing town car solicitations on Vesey Street

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Editor
February 10, 2012 By Steven Greer On any given busy work day, anyone wearing business casual or a suit, trying to cross Vesey Street from the WFC to the Goldman Sachs alley, will be harassed by numerous town car drivers wanting your business. They are becoming more aggressive. Some drivers (more…)
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Saturday Night Live slams Huffington Post for copying other’s content

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Editor
https://youtu.be/4ZZgEvFsnO8 BatteryPark.TV makes original content often copied by other news aggregating farms with little original content. Therefore, this SNL video was quite satisfying to watch. (more…)
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Exclusive: Man kills self falling from Rector Place window

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Editor
300 rector Place where man was found on sidewalk. By Steven Greer BatteryPark.TV February 11, 2012 (updated February 12 at 9:35 AM) BatteryPark.TV has learned that at 5:55 AM this morning, a man named Jimmy Taso, 28 years old, somehow fell from his window and died upon impact at 300 (more…)
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Is it better to rent or buy?

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Editor
February 11, 2012 The New York Times has an excellent interactive calculator to determine whether it is better to rent or buy an apartment. Essentially, at New York City prices and taxes, it is far better to rent. The graphic below is the chart when one plugs in the average (more…)
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Port Authority Called ‘Dysfunctional’ as Trade Center Costs Rise

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Editor
By CHARLES V. BAGLI The New York Times Published: February 7, 2012 The estimated cost of rebuilding the World Trade Center has grown to at least $14.8 billion, up from $11 billion in 2008, according to an audit commissioned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The (more…)
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Goldman Sachs delivers with Shake Shack

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Editor
https://youtu.be/Fp8VQpvq-A4 June 4, 2011 By Steven Greer, MD Goldman Sachs might be on the road to redemption. After taking away the neighborhood gym, there is finally evidence of betterment to the local community. One of Danny Meyer’s high-end, ultra healthy and natural, Shake Shacks has opened in Battery Park City. (more…)
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Photo of the Week

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Editor
Birds sunbathing on the Hudson River Ducks sunbathing in Waterfall Pond (more…)
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The Two Towers

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Editor
(click images to enlarge) The Two Towers: Goldma Sachs and Freedom Tower, February 4, 2012 By Steven Greer (more…)
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Beating Time

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Editor
We found this funny. The youngsters playing on the turf fields must not have much respect for time, as they beat the clock to oblivion with soccer balls, etc. Beating time By Steven Greer (more…)
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Ed Koch: Will Governor Cuomo become Obama’s VP?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Editor
July 7, 2011 We spoke with former Mayor Ed Koch again today. In Part 1, we asked him to prognosticate as to whether President Obama would shift VP Biden to Secretary of State and make Governor Cuomo the new VP for 2012. We also discussed the Governor’s recent accomplishments.   (more…)
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Huge crowds for Chinese New Year celebrations at the Winter Garden

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Editor
January 28, 2012 (Click images to expand to full screen) (more…)
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Goldman Sachs transforms BPC from a Staten Island annex vibe into the new Tribeca

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Editor
January 10, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD Battery Park City, since its formation in the early 70’s, has always been viewed by most New Yorkers as more of a Staten Island annex rather than a true part of Manhattan, and for good reason. With the West Side Highway as a (more…)
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Benvenuti Pizzeria

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Editor
South Battery Park now has once again a local pizzeria and Italian deli. Benvenuti has opened up in the former location of Samantha’s. (This restaurant has not yet been review) Please post your comments in the section below. (212) 945-2100 250 South End Avenue (more…)
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Will Fox Studios or Wall Street Journal move Downtown?

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Editor
Crain’s has an article that mentions once again how News Corporation, parent company of Fox Studios and The Wall Street Journal, might move into some office space in the World Trade Center. Of course, the Dow Jones offices used to be in WFC Building 1 until a few years ago. (more…)
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Photos of the Week

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Editor
The following photos were submitted by John Brindisi (Click images to expand to full screen) By John Brindisi By John Brindisi (more…)
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Kutsher’s Tribeca

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Editor
186 Franklin St.  212-431-0606 (This restaurant has not yet been reviewed)  Please post your comments in the section below. BatteryPark.TV was invited to lunch at the new Kutsher’s Tribeca. Lunch service just began a few days ago and we dined with co-owners Zach Kutsher and Alan Wilzig. The hamburger and (more…)
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Gypsy cabs illegally soliciting people crossing Vesey Street by Goldman Sachs

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Editor
January 13, 2012 If you have been harassed lately by gypsy cab drivers, out of their car and soliciting clients, as you walk across Vesey Street from the WFC toward Goldman Sachs, you are not alone. As the new restaurants open, they have increased in boldness. A pedestrian can be (more…)
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Three Cunard Oceanliners Together Again

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Editor
January 13, 2011 Once again, a trio of flagships from the British Cunard cruise line (The Queen Mary 2, The Queen Victoria and The Queen Elizabeth) came together in New York Harbor. A similar gathering took place in 2008. (Heat convection currents and the cold air by the buildings made (more…)
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Tunnel from WTC to Winter Garden progressing

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Editor
January 16, 2012 The tunnel being constructed to go from the World Trade Center, under West Street, to the Brookfield Properties Winter Garden atrium is nearing completion. An inspector on the site said that the new glass structure overtop of the west end of the tunnel, to house new retail (more…)
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