Battery Park City on Ice

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Editor
Update September 14, 2010 BPC resident Matt Fenton is reporting that the seasonal ice skating rink which was installed this winter on top of the grass playing fields might not be repeated this year as the rink company, Rink Management Services, is hesitant to bring it back. There are reports (more…)
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Some economists say: “Let the housing market fully collapse fast”

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Editor
September 6, 2010 The New York Times is reporting that some economists think the “delay and pray” tactics of the federal government to prevent foreclosures and housing price reductions is just making the recovery that much further away. They say it is best to stop intervening and let the market (more…)
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Is this Newport?

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Editor
September 3, 2010 No one would guess that the country is in a double dip depression from the looks of North Cove. The number of mega-yachts anchored for the Labor Day holiday weekend has to be near record levels. It seems more like Newport, Rhode Island, than New York City. (more…)
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Comparing an Islamic mosque by ground zero to a porn shop?

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Editor
Update: August 15, 2010 ABC Nightly News used the same distorted logic as did the New York Times back in May and made the moral equivalence of pornography shops and strip clubs many blocks away from Ground Zero to a proposed Islamic mosque. Presumably, ABC did this to make the (more…)
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The WFC Green Market

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Editor
July 8, 2010 Grow NYC opened a farmers market in the south entrance of World Financial Center 2. Craig Willingham gives a brief tour. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irB8c3E1pWc (more…)
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Emeril Lagasse cuts the price on his NYC apartment by 40%

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Editor
August 20, 2010 As evidence of the continued weak real estate market in NYC, TV chef Emeril Lagasse had to slash the price of his Midtown loft by 40%: from $7.6 Million to $4.6 Million. The WSJ has more. (more…)
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Big decline in apartment prices

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Editor
July 7th, 2010 The WSJ is reporting today an update on apartment sales prices and number of units sold. The good news is that the number of units increased 179% yoy to 383 units (137 in April of 2009), and a 20% increase from last month. However, the bad news (more…)
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Joke of the day

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Editor
August 6, 2010 Jay Leno: Giuliani scolded his daughter after shoplifting “You go to Harvard. You don’t start stealing till you go to Wall Street” (more…)
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The pretentious way to pronounce Muslim

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Editor
Op-Ed August 14, 2010 The old media TV news is infamous for using pretentious odd pronunciations of common words or new words of the day. Some examples include the numerous ways to botch “Qatar” as Cutter, etc, pronouncing Pakistan as “Pawkeestan” and Taliban as “Tollyban”. The basic word Muslim is (more…)
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We saw this coming

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Editor
August 4, 2010 The most peculiar and controversial design of the new Tire Swing Park complex is the large arching red steel beams. They look like a cross between the Golden Gate Bridge and whale bones. It is not clear what the functional purpose of them are. One thing is (more…)
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Why was Pfizer fined four times as much as Goldman Sachs?

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Editor
Op-Ed August 2, 2010 The recent stock market collapse caused a $37 Trillion decrease in market cap valuation at its peak in 2008, according to Alan Greenspan. This triggered a global depression that persists to this day. Few disagree that the root cause of all of this was the irresponsible (more…)
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Better food on the way courtesy of Goldman Sachs

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Editor
July 28, 2010 (UPDATE) It was confirmed at the CB1 meeting that Danny Meyer is bringing his duo of Shake Shack and Blue Smoke to BPC. In addition, a third Danny Meyer restaurant will open in the location of the old Pac Rim restaurant on the West side of the (more…)
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Manhattan Sailing Club

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Editor
July 8, 2010 Emily Whipple introduces the Manhattan Sailing Club in North Cove marina. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKixaN3Gn5M (more…)
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Tire Swing Park Ribbon Cutting

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Editor

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Goldman Sachs closes the neighborhood gym?

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Editor
June 5, 2010 The only gym and aerobics facility in Battery Park City not within an apartment building, The New York Sports Club (NYSC) in the Embassy Suites building on Vesey Street adjacent to the new Goldman Sachs headquarters, is being closed down. Goldman Sachs owns the building and there (more…)
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Sitting on a dock by the Hudson

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Editor
March 21 The North Cove Marina docks were the venue for sunbathers rather than boats. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hszVjH1mV-E (more…)
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Does South Cove really have a floating trash problem?

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Editor
As the city and state battle over the income generated from Battery Park City, some have tried to have the South Cove water area filled in and developed into more unsightly crackerbox condo units for pure tax generation benefits. One argument in favor of doing this has been that South (more…)
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Sharks gone wild

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Editor
Our Shark posting went viral. It was picked up by New York Magazine now, and look at all the comments! https://nymag.com/daily/intel/ https://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/11/shark.html It all started out by being picked up by the Gothamist https://www.batterypark.tv/outddor-events/shark.html (more…)
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The new Tire Swing Pork Park

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Editor
May 8, 2010 The old “Tire Swing Park” was bulldozed last year over the protests of many families in Battery Park City. It was a park design with natural materials such as wood, sand, grass, etc. Families loved it because it offered rare shade in the summer time, among other (more…)
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St Vincent’s hospital closure: The first of many across the country?

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Editor
April 7, 2010 St. Vincent’s hospital in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, is closing due to mounting debt and New York State cuts in funding. St. Vincent’s is the last tertiary care catholic hospital in the city. How can a business entity with surplus demand go out of business due to lack (more…)
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