The “Upper Room” once stood here, at the western end of Albany Street. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Beloved Battery Park City Sculpture ‘Upper Room’ Razed for ‘Resiliency’ First they came for the trees, clear-cutting them by the many hundreds on the East River. Then they came for the art, smashing... News 21 Nov 2025 | 12:53
Left: Christopher Marte in City Hall Park; Right: Helen Qiu flyers on East Broadway. ( Photos: Brian Berger) Christopher Marte faces Helen Qiu in District 1 City Council Race Incumbent District 1 City Council Member Christoper Marte, having handily vanquished a slate of Democratic rivals in the... News 01 Nov 2025 | 08:48
Unveiling of the names at NYPD Memorial Wall, Oct. 15, 2025. ( Photo: NYPDPC Instagram) NYPD Memorial Adds 50 Names in Battery Park City Ceremony The NYPD Memorial Wall in Battery Park City stands just a few short blocks west of Ground Zero—just take Liberty Street... News 18 Oct 2025 | 12:14
One of two “Resonating Bodies” by British sculptor Tony Cragg. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Newly Raised Wagner Park Reopens, Lower Manhattanites Rejoice! More than two years after it was closed, in March 2023, as part of the Southern Battery Resiliency Project, a redesigned... News 04 Aug 2025 | 10:22
Wagner Park on the tip of Manhattan is slated for flood resiliency work under the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project but a neighborhood association is opposes the plan. Photo: Samantha Maldonado, The CITY One Battery Park City Flood Protection Project Moves Ahead, After Court Denies Request for Pause An attempt to pause a plan to raze and then raise Battery Park City’s Wagner Park for flood protection has been thwarted,... News 14 Feb 2023 | 03:57
The North/West Battery Park City Resiliency Project is broken down into smaller “reaches.” Photo via the Battery Park City Authority Battery Park City Plans Get Hashed Out for Rockefeller Park and Belvedere Plaza It’s never easy figuring out how to spend $630 million, the price tag on the flood protection plans covering various Downtown... News 13 Feb 2023 | 10:36
Views of the Hudson at Mezze on the River. Photo via mezzeontheriver.com Mediterranean Dining With a View in Manhattan River view – The city’s streets are alive with every manner of dining: in sheds, at tables lining the streets, at the curbs,... Voices 17 Jul 2022 | 04:52
