This morning, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. is expected to vote in favor of allocating $14 million for the creation of a new park at Pier 42, just north of Montgomery Street. The news broke Thursday night and was...
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...
The Board of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. is meeting this morning to begin deciding how to use $200 million that remains from its 9/11 recovery fund. Lower East Side activists are hoping board members will be feeling the...
A short time ago, we returned from Pier 42 (at the end of Montgomery Street), where U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer called on the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC) to pay for the construction of an East Side waterfront park...
Once upon a time, the city envisioned creating an "urban beach and boat launch," something like the rendering posted above, on Pier 42. Last week, however, NYC's Economic Development Corp., detailed plans that are considerably less ambitious. David Quart,...
The Department of Transportation announced last night it will not use Pier 42, near Montgomery Street, as a "staging area" for commercial buses. The news came during a briefing by Luis Sanchez, the DOT's Lower Manhattan Borough Commissioner, before...
The Port Authority has agreed to drop plans to use Pier 42 (at the end of Montgomery Street) as a staging area for the construction of the World Trade Center site. According to a news release from Assembly Speaker...
