[media-credit name="Downtown Express photos by Terese Loeb Kreuzer " align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] Elena Parkhomenko, whose child has been waitlisted for kindergarten, voiced her concerns at the Battery Park City Authority’s second Town Hall meeting, which was held on March 29. B.P.C.A. president Gayle Horwitz said that the Authority can be a “bully pulpit” but doesn’t have [...]
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[media-credit name="Terese Loeb Kreuzer" align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] Downtown Express photos by Terese Loeb Kreuzer Margaret Kittredge, a designer at Bloom, the high-end flower and lifestyle store that opened on March 19 in the passageway between Goldman Sachs headquarters and the Conrad hotel. BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | Bloom opens in Goldman Sachs alley: A high-end flower [...]
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BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | Angels in Africa clothing drive: From now through April 15, six Battery Park City buildings owned by Milstein Properties are collecting clothing for people in rural Kenya that will be distributed via a charity called Angels in Africa that was started by Janet Martin, Milstein’s chief administrative officer. Martin was [...]
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BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | Conrad New York hotel opening: The Conrad New York hotel at 102 North End Ave. on the site of the former Embassy Suites hotel opens on March 19 after a complete makeover. It has 463 guest rooms, all of them suites, a Mediterranean restaurant called Atrio whose executive chef, Anthony [...]
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BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | B.P.C. boxwood at Philadelphia International Flower Show: Battery Park City’s boxwood isn’t actually at the Philadelphia International Flower Show this week but Andrea Filippone, the woman who brought boxwoods to Battery Park City, is there talking about her cultivation methods. The Philly flower show, which takes up 33 acres at [...]
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[media-credit name="Downtown Express photos by Terese Loeb Kreuzer " align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] Battery Place Market opened at 240 Murray St. in the Goldman Sachs headquarters building on Jan. 30 and has proven so popular that its hours have been extended. BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | Battery Place Market is a hit: When the Battery Place Market [...]
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[media-credit name="Photo by Terese Loeb Kreuzer " align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] A game of Mah Jongg, in progress at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City. The museum is staging its second annual Mah Jongg Marathon on Sunday, March 11 as a fundraiser. BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | Second annual Mah Jongg Marathon at the [...]
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Asphalt Green Battery Park City in limbo: According to Anat Gerstein, a spokesperson for Asphalt Green, “The Asphalt Green Battery Park City community center has not yet received a confirmed date from the Battery Park City Authority as to when Asphalt Green staff can gain access to the facility at 212 North End Ave. We [...]
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[media-credit name="Downtown Express photos by Terese Loeb Kreuzer " align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] On Monday, Feb. 6, food trucks started serving lunch on North End Avenue in the cul-de-sac at Vesey Street next to the World Financial Center. There will be four food trucks there every day, Monday to Friday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. World [...]
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BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | B.P.C.A. adopts severance policy: At its Board of Directors meeting on Jan. 31, the Battery Park City Authority formally ratified a severance policy that will apply to the 19 people who were summarily fired on Nov. 9, 2011. It will also apply going forward should workforce reductions be necessary from [...]
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