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Battery Park

  • Voice Choices

    May 2, 2012

    EASY RIDERS

    It's time to dust off that bike

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2012

    'The Sphere' To Leave Battery Park

    "The Sphere" -- a sculpture that survived the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center -- will leave Battery Park at the end of the month, according to the Associated Press. The sculpture sat in the plaza between the two towers and became a memorial after it was recovered from the rubble. Despite an o ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 24, 2011

    Hand in Hand: Remembering 9/11

    "The Sphere" -- a sculpture that survived the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center -- will leave Battery Park at the end of the month, according to the Associated Press. The sculpture sat in the plaza between the two towers and became a memorial after it was recovered from the rubble. Despite an o ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 22, 2011

    IT'S WAR!

    Bring your armor for the Battle of Agincourt

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Perfect Picnic to Pack Your Lunch, New York

    A perfect picnic, delivered.​Summer may not be here yet, officially speaking, but picnicking season is already in full swing. Perfect Picnic, a new food shop and picnic-delivery service based on the Lower East Side, has you covered for all your packed-lunch needs.

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    NYC Is Getting Free Wi-Fi in Parks

    Wikipedia​New York is becoming just like a college campus -- Wi-Fi will soon be available all over the place! The city announced today that 26 locations in 20 parks are getting free AT&T Wi-Fi over the summer. You can boot up in three spots already: the Battery Bosque in Battery Park, the nort ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Rhong-Tiam Is Taking Itself to the Financial District

    The new Rhong-Tiam will be located behind this truck.​Seems that Rhong-Tiam has its fingers in quite a few pies these days: in addition to opening a new location in the former Chinito space on Orchard Street, the Thai restaurant is planning to open another in the financial district. This news ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Fatty Kiosks Will Peddle Fatty Fun in Battery Park

    Rebecca MarxThe transformative powers of barbecue.​ Remember way, way back to August of 2009, when everyone couldn't wait to get their ass down to Wall Street to try the brisket at Picnick Smoked? As the food blogosphere has the attention span of a drunk gnat, the mania surrounding Will Goldfa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Open & Closed: Say Hello to Ciano; Goodbye to Donald Sacks

    Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Bossa Nova Brazil in Hell's Kitchen has closed to make room for Flavor, which looks like it could be a martini bar. [Life with Food and Drink]​ Donald Sacks in Battery Park is closing do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    10 NYC Hotels Better Fitted for Charlie Sheen to Do Blow in Than the Plaza

    ​Home Alone 2. North by Northwest. Crocodile Dundee. Arthur. Eloise and her motherfucking Pet Turtle!* New York City's landmark The Plaza Hotel has been home to many famous scenes over its 103-year history. Yet Charlie Sheen has managed to sully it, as it is now also home to the famous scene that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Bike Lanes on City Streets Coming 'Soon': 1970

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 24, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 39 Cyclists in The City: Ride On! By Clark Whelton A thousand bicyclists left Central Park last Wednesday morning and headed down Fifth Avenue to demonstrate that New York would be a better city if more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Shake Shack Migrates North to Connecticut

    ​Here's further evidence that the conservation-of-energy principle applies to the Danny Meyer empire: Even when a restaurant closes, it isn't really lost; it just takes on a different form. Case in point: Two weeks after announcing Tabla's imminent shutter, the Union Square Hospitality Group h ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 11, 2010

    As Polls Go Against the Mosque, Bloomberg Preaches Religious Liberty

    The Mayor stands tall

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Goldman Sachs Finding New and Improved Ways to Piss Off New Yorkers: Ferry Boats, Spendthrifts

    ​If anyone was wondering whether or not Goldman Sachs would be kinder to the American public after the banking monolith was fined a $500M slap on the wrist and finance reform was put into place, well, wonder no more. Because we have the answer, and it's apparently Hell no.

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2010

    FANTASY ISLAND

    Leave Manhattan and reality behind

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Treme Character Works for The Village Voice, Is Accurate, Awesome

    ​The Wire creator David Simon's new show Treme has been called both "TV that viewers ask for but rarely get" and by another: "Boring." Most of us here, however, think it's pretty wonderful. Especially since the show now features a character who works at the Village Voice on it!

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Chatting With Picnick, Smoked's Kevin Pomplun: "We're Planning to be Here Year-Round"

    Kevin Pomplun when he's not making brisket.​When Picnick, Smoked first opened in Wall Street Park just over three weeks ago, Financial District workers flocked to it like piranhas to a synchronized swimmer. Tales of 100-deep lines and depleted brisket supplies were commonplace, and Will Goldf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    News Roundup: Lupe Fiasco, Elliott Smith, Brooklyn Bowl, Late Night TV

    -- Lupe Fiasco released the first single from his upcoming album, Lasers. The track is the spacey "Shining Down," which has Lupe taking a dig at autotune by using it. It leaked last month to the rapper's dismay. He plays Governors Island on Sept 11 (tickets go on sale Friday at noon) and SUNY's Dewa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    This Weekend! 4th of July Edition

    It's our country's birthday this weekend. Thursday, the Celebrate Brooklyn festival hosts Puetro Rican pop star Obie Bermudez at the Bandshell; he paid his dues working a Bronx laundromat job for three years. Luke Temple earned his weight by pulling hours at a candy store; Friday, he fronts Here We ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 10, 2009

    WAKE-UP CALL

    Shakespeare in the other park

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2009

    NTSB Tries to Extract Downed Airliner, Fails

    The tail of Flight 1459 bobs out of the water, surrounded by disaster personnel. (click to enlarge) Saturday, the city tried for a second time to pull doomed US Airways Flight 1549 out of the soup. After the belly flop into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon, the corpse of the airline--from wh ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 1, 2008

    ODE TO THE CITY

    Poets House celebrates its new home in Battery Park

  • NYC Life

    July 24, 2007

    Course(s) for Adventure

    You've got a thing or two to learn. . .

  • NYC Life

    December 5, 2006

    New Year's Eve Event Guide

    You've got a thing or two to learn. . .

  • News

    September 5, 2006

    Reprint: City of Ghosts

    100 minutes of tragedy that will haunt us all

  • NYC Life

    May 16, 2006

    Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

    100 minutes of tragedy that will haunt us all

  • News

    March 28, 2006

    Black-Car Blight

    First the bankers descended on Battery Park City. Then came another plague for the neighborhood.

  • Columns

    September 13, 2005

    On the Waterfront

    Cruising over to work was never so easy

  • NYC Life

    June 28, 2005

    Close-Up on Battery Park City

    Cruising over to work was never so easy

  • NYC Life

    April 26, 2005

    Rock

    Cruising over to work was never so easy

  • NYC Life

    April 26, 2005

    Open City

    Cruising over to work was never so easy

  • News

    July 13, 2004

    Affordable Housing Gets Sacked

    Battery Park City's funds intercepted by the city's big west side project

  • NYC Life

    May 4, 2004

    Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

    Battery Park City's funds intercepted by the city's big west side project

  • NYC Life

    April 27, 2004

    It's All Relative: In Long Island City, You're Like Family

    Battery Park City's funds intercepted by the city's big west side project

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2003

    Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

    Battery Park City's funds intercepted by the city's big west side project

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2003

    Dance

    Battery Park City's funds intercepted by the city's big west side project

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2003

    Close-up on the Financial District

    Battery Park City's funds intercepted by the city's big west side project

  • NYC Life

    May 6, 2003

    Listings

    Battery Park City's funds intercepted by the city's big west side project

  • NYC Life

    May 28, 2002

    Dance

    Battery Park City's funds intercepted by the city's big west side project

  • News

    April 23, 2002

    Party Harding

    Lush-Living Rudy Aide Threw $22K Bash for Board Chairman

  • NYC Life

    October 9, 2001

    The Way We Shop Now

    One Month Later

  • NYC Life

    October 2, 2001

    One-Bedroom Apartment in 19th-Century Brownstone

    One Month Later

  • News

    September 18, 2001

    City of Ghosts

    100 Minutes of Tragedy That Will Haunt Us All

  • NYC Life

    May 29, 2001

    Rock: Festivals

    American Bandshell

  • News

    May 8, 2001

    Get Rolling!

    A Bike Week Calendar

  • News

    March 6, 2001

    Trust Fund Trussed?

    World Trade Center Lease Deal Could Slash Housing Revenue

  • Music

    June 20, 2000

    Saved by the Classics

    Bell Meets (Is?) Big Brother

  • News

    May 4, 1999

    Smoke and Jeers

    Million Marijuana March Protests NYC's Record-High Pot Arrests

  • News

    August 25, 1998

    The River Wild

    Exploring Manhattan's Hudson Coast before a park plan paves it over

  • News

    May 12, 1998

    Hemp and Circumstance

    Family Day Values Uproot the Weed in Washington Square

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