If you walked past Lost Weekend, the coffee shop on lower Orchard Street last week, you might have noticed something beautiful in the window: a multi-level terrarium (it looked especially stunning at night). The temporary exhibition was not just...
This could be the last summer for the "old" Gulick Park. Thanks to the efforts of Friends of Gulick Park, $3 million in funding has been raised to refurbish the neglected public space along Delancey and Willett streets. During...
The Friends of Seward Park and the Hester Street Fair are teaming up to restore the Schiff Fountain, on the western edge of the park. They've launched a petition drive with a goal of collecting 5,000 signatures.
Tonight the Parks Department and Community Board 3 will be looking for public input about a new park they plan to build on Pier 42, at the end of Montgomery Street. It's always been the plan to tear down...
Two major projects along the East River waterfront moved one step closer to reality this morning, when the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation voted officially to fund them.
As we've been expecting, the redevelopment of Pier 42 was allotted $14 million, while another...
This weekend is your chance to dispose of that pine tree dropping needles all over your apartment, and turn it into mulch that helps plants in our public parks. (See adorable video here.)
The city's parks department is hosting its...
We're at Pier 42 where U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and State Senator Daniel Squadron are announcing the allocation of $14 million dollars in 9/11 recovery funds towards renovation of long-neglected Pier 42.
More to come.
This was the scene a year ago at Pier 42 -- a rally organized by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and State Senator Daniel Squadron to urge the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC) to fund the revitalization of the East...
This weekend get the kids thinking ahead to spring. Help the Lower East Side Ecology Center plant daffodil bulbs to get East River Park ready for next spring. Tools and gloves will be provided, but bring a snack and water. You...
An eight-month-long renovation project at Corlear's Hook Park wrapped up this week, and a sparkling new sports complex is due to open later this month. The $2 million project includes a new large playing field for soccer and baseball, a batting cage,...
