Harry and Peter Poulalakos, noted Lower Manhattan restaurateurs, got the O.K. to build an oyster bar, complete with "outdoor seating, event venue and [a] visitor center" on Pier A from the Battery Park City Authority today.
The deal was no doubt helped by the generous amount of public space—30,000 square feet to be exact, not including Read More
Tourists winding their way around Battery Park this afternoon were treated to an unusual sight among the seagulls pecking at garbage on the sidewalk and men in drag dressed up as the Statue of Liberty: Forty-odd stranded Iroquois lacrosse players, trailed by news crews as they waited to get cleared to travel to England for Read More
City records show that Mr. Chang's Great Neck, N.Y., company has paid $27 million for a building at 6-12 Water Street.
According to PropertyShark.com, the 21,000-square-foot building includes a two-story McDonald's -- quite appropriate for the McSam gang.
Despite the hype about green roofs; despite the rampant branding of luxury residences with names like the Solaire and Tribeca Green; despite the cachet that once-repulsive ideas have now garnered (waterless urinals! recycled rainwater!), technologies that allow buildings to generate at least a portion of their own power in a clean, efficient way are having Read More
"Americans are frightened of density. Europe is not.” Laurie Olin, one of the most noted landscape architects in the country, was holding forth in his firm’s library in central Philadelphia. He wants to help us get over our obsession with personal space. So Mr. Olin took on the task of designing the Atlantic Yards project Read More
Dec. 31, 2006 8 a.m. 8 pounds, 6 ounces New York Downtown Hospital Husband-and-wife architects James and Hayes Slade, both 40, have built quite a family in the 18 years they’ve been married: Ana, 14, Santi, 13, Stella, 2, and now this beautiful little bald, pinkish addition, the news of which prompted cheers and hugs Read More
Eliot Spitzer spent the morning and afternoon yesterday speaking to the Assembly Democratic Conference at the Embassy Suite in Battery Park City, where "the relationship between Shelly and Eliot was clearly cordial," one Democratic lawmaker who was there emailed to say. Another legislator who attended the get-together said that talk among the rank and file Read More
In an otherwise critical sound-off on Atlantic Yards, Municipal Art Society head Kent Barwick tells StreetsBlog that there is still, in his eyes, hope for the mega-complex. "I don't think this project is substantially designed in its later phases," he said, pointing out that it could be a decade before construction begins on much Read More
In an otherwise critical sound-off on Atlantic Yards, Municipal Art Society head Kent Barwick tells StreetsBlog that there is still, in his eyes, hope for the mega-complex: "I don't think this project is substantially designed in its later phases," he said, pointing out that it could be a decade before construction begins on much Read More
A new BP condo
Demetria Collins and Joshua Irwin Met: July 2005 Engaged: Oct. 2, 2006 Projected Wedding Date: June 3, 2007 If the ring fits, you must get hitched! Joshua Irwin, 34, a personal injury attorney at the Cochran Firm, founded by the late Johnnie Cochran, is betrothed to Demetria Collins, 27, an urban planner for Manhattan Borough Read More
Demetria Collins and Joshua Irwin Met: July 2005 Engaged: Oct. 2, 2006 Projected Wedding Date: June 3, 2007 If the ring fits, you must get hitched! Joshua Irwin, 34, a personal injury attorney at the Cochran Firm, founded by the late Johnnie Cochran, is betrothed to Demetria Collins, 27, an urban planner for Manhattan Borough Read More
Demetria Collins and Joshua Irwin Met: July 2005 Engaged: Oct. 2, 2006 Projected Wedding Date: June 3, 2007 If the ring fits, you must get hitched! Joshua Irwin, 34, a personal injury attorney at the Cochran Firm, founded by the late Johnnie Cochran, is betrothed to Demetria Collins, 27, an urban planner for Manhattan Borough Read More
Demetria Collins and Joshua Irwin
Met: July 2005 Engaged: Oct. 2, 2006 Projected Wedding Date: June 3, 2007 If the ring fits, you must get hitched! Joshua Irwin, 34, a personal injury attorney at the Cochran Firm, founded by the late Johnnie Cochran, is betrothed to Demetria Collins, 27, an urban planner for Manhattan Borough Read MoreArnold salutes NYC? [Deider]
