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Tax Law Changes Threatened Beekman School Community Board 1’s Executive Committee held an emergency meeting June 18, after getting word from Forest City Ratner executives that a threat to the mega-developer’s city tax subsidies was putting a K-8 school—along with the 76-story Beekman Tower above it—in jeopardy. |
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A Big Wheel Launches Free Bike Rental Program “I want to be the first customer,” said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as he prepared to take a brief spin around South Street Seaport’s Pier 17 on a silver (of course) bike. |
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Cyclists, CB1 at Odds Over City Hall Park Bike Path When the city’s Department of Transportation unveiled plans to install a bicycle path connecting Hudson River Park to the Brooklyn Bridge via Warren Street and City Hall Park, cyclists in Lower Manhattan said it was a great idea, but scoffed when they found out that some Community Board 1 members want riders to walk their bikes through the park. |
| Back to the Drawing Board |
| WEB UPDATE: City landmarks commission says DeNiro's hotel needs work |
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After what the developers are calling a procedural misstep, city officials aren’t giving Robert DeNiro and partners a free pass in their efforts legalize unapproved construction of a lush penthouse atop their new Downtown Hotel. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) told developers of the Downtown Hotel at 377 Greenwich St. they’d have to make at least some changes to the design of the penthouse before they come back before the commission for a final vote. |
| School Crowding Hits A Fever Pitch | A Silverstein Sues For Her Dream |
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Parents and officials are facing tough questions as schools are running out of room. |  |
Three blocks north of Larry Silverstein’s towering projects at the World Trade Center site, his daughter faces a real estate challenge of a very different sort. |
| A Beer-Wine License For 'beca? | CB1 Hears Details On Gehry's New Tower |
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Does the 45-room Duane Street Hotel deserve a chance to offer wine and beer at ’beca, its skinny restaurant and five-seat bar? Community Board 1 is of two minds. | |
Members of Community Board 1 received an advance look at long-awaited plans for the 76-story tower. |
| Volunteers Help Study Bird Safety | Fire Is 2nd Incident At 45 White St. |
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Volunteers patrol the World Financial Center as part of the New York Audubon Society’s Project Safe Flight. |  |
A fire broke out in the basement of 45 White Street, a newly converted 18-unit rental building, just before noon on Tuesday, May 20. |
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Collectors peruse semi-annual music archive sale It was Saturday Morning, June 7, and Shota Iyobe was among the first of thousands of discophiles who would dig through box after box of vinyl albums and singles at the ARChive of Contemporary Music nine-day sale.  Click here for video
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The Mosque's Last Day |
| Wake-up call Forget American Idol. P.S. 150’s performance of “Wake Up! The PAVE-ing of Ewi Valley” rocked the stage last month with vocals, acting, and dancing that would have left even Simon Cowell nodding his head. |
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Construction resumes on Goldman Sachs building Less than three weeks after the city shut down construction of the Goldman Sachs building in Battery Park City, Buildings Department officials agreed to allow some work to continue on the 45-story tower. |
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BPCA to submit first plans for revamped Pier A in August The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) has less than three months to submit preliminary plans for its renovation of the city’s oldest pier shed. |
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David Byrne Plays the Building David Byrne has a new musical instrument. It’s 99 years old, made of steel with a resonant hollow body, and enormous. That is to say, it takes up a significant chunk of the southern tip of Manhattan. |
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At I.S. 89, Door Turns into Portal of Hope Jr. High kids turn an ordinary door into a work of art. |
Police: No one injured in latest Peppers shooting |