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WAR STORIES

C.J. Chivers discusses 9/11 and the Middle East

The Wheels on Bloomberg's "Seaport City" Are Actually Turning!

When the Bloomberg administration rolled out a 400-page proposal to better climate-change-proof the city, by far the sexiest part of the plan was Seaport City, an analog of Battery Park City for the east side of lower Manhattan. The sexiest, and also the most difficult to accomplish. But now it look ... More >>

HIGHER EDUCATION

Follow musicians all over town for the Great Learning

3 Best Ways to Watch 200 Pounds of Dynamite Implode a Building on Governors Island

On Sunday, the choicest day for implosions, the Trust for Governors Island will level an abandoned 11-story building on the island with 200 pounds of dynamite. Building 877 was constructed in 1968 to house Coast Guard families, but hasn't been in use since 1996. So, kaboom it will go, to make room f ... More >>

RIDE ON

The bike lane extended, big time

Cata's Rustic Spanish Flavors Are Spot-on

Excellent tapas on Bowery

New Amsterdam Market Fights for the Seaport

On Thursday, March 14, the New York City Council will hold a public hearing to discuss future plans for South Street Seaport, the city's oldest communal meeting place. Organizers of the New Amsterdam Market -- an outdoor marketplace held in the area -- are seeking to "preserve and rehabilitate" the ... More >>

Def Architecture Jam: 40 Bond Street

The building pictured to the right, 40 Bond Street, is not necessarily a new building. The Ian Schrager-developed and Herzog de Meuron-designed residences were completed in 2007 to relative fanfare and approving reviews. The Observer's Max Abelson wrote, "If you can avert your eyes from the building ... More >>

RADIO DAYS

Join in the Robert Glasper Experiment

New York's Restaurant Industry Lost Thousands of Jobs After Sandy

The year's coming to an end, but the impact of the storm is not. The New York State Labor Department reports a loss of 30,000 jobs in and around the city this November due to Hurricane Sandy. James Brown, an economist for the Labor Department, told City Room that during the end-of-year holiday seas ... More >>

After Sandy: Randazzo's Clam Bar, Totonno's, and More Still Closed Near Coney Island

Some restaurants in Sandy-stricken areas like Lower Manhattan and Red Hook have been able to get back on their feet in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. But in Coney Island, the beloved Totonno's pizza and Boardwalk staple Cha Cha's are among the neighborhood spots that remain closed.

10 Best Restaurants to Book for Christmas Eve Dinner

Walking around Lower Manhattan these past few nights, it is clear that something is in the air. Literally. Take a deep breath in and find your lungs greeted by wave of pine from the tightly wrapped trees that now seem to line every street corner. By next week, it will be impossible to dodge the ho ... More >>

NYC Food Truck Association Gives Free Food to Powerless

Between noon and 4 p.m. today, the NYC Food Truck Association in conjunction with Jet Blue will give away free meals to the powerless in lower Manhattan and the Rockaways. See all the locations and participating trucks after the jump.

Subway Commuters Should Expect a Repeat of Thursday's Long Lines on Friday and Possible Delays for "Next Several Years"

"This is bullshit," a Hispanic twenty-something said. Fidgeting, he looked at the subway entrance, then to his phone, then down the block to the ever-growing line of tired commuters, then back to his phone. "It's my girl's birthday. I'm supposed to go see her." He took one last glance toward the ent ... More >>

The Voice Will Be On The Streets Tomorrow

Along with lower Manhattan, the Village Voice offices have been left without power since Monday evening due to Hurricane Sandy. Our staffers (many who are without power as well) have been working hard and we will have an issue with Hurricane Sandy coverage out on the streets tomorrow afternoon. Our ... More >>

Hurricane Sandy Causes Explosion At Manhattan ConEd Plant *VIDEO*

The video embedded above shows an explosion at the Con Ed plant at 14th Street and the FDR. It was first posted on the web by TrillianMedia.Power currently is out in much of lower Manhattan following what authorities say was the brunt of Hurricane Sandy.So far, authorities the storm has claimed five ... More >>

A Handy Flowchart for Selecting Your 2012 CMJ Panels, Day 1

Use our handy decision tree to find your perfect match from among the various daytime panels on the first day of CMJ 2012.

Occupy Wall Street's Anniversary

For those who have been tracking Occupy Wall Street since its earliest days, yesterday's anniversary often felt familiar to the point of deja vu. Lower Manhattan was once again transformed into a city under siege, with metal barricades at almost every intersection, police trucks, vans, scooters, ho ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street, Year Two

Approaching its anniversary, the movement isn't dead. It's growing up.

REBEL REBEL

A look back at OWS

ANCHORS AWEIGH

Go rowing at Brooklyn Bridge Park

May Day Aftermath: Credit Police Working Ridiculous Hours For Uneventful Day of Protests

Aside from pushing and shoving and a relatively paltry 50 arrests, the May Day protests yesterday were largely peaceful. The credit for that should go to the police officers assigned yesterday to the protests throughout lower Manhattan. The cops held it together even though many of them had to work ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street Offers Shitty Response To Feces-Dumping Allegations

​When we contacted Occupy Wall Street yesterday to ask about allegations that the group is responsible for dumping two giant buckets of feces and urine at two lower Manhattan locations, we thought we'd get some sort of spirited response either denying or embracing the allegations.We were wrong -- ... More >>

The New York Of The Future? Say Hello to 'LoLo'

And another hundred people just got off of the train? Try another two hundred thousand. An article printed in the Sunday New York Times -- which poses in its headline the daunting question: "How Many People Can Manhattan Hold?" -- explains that the Department of City Planning's Population Division e ... More >>

Record Number of Tourists Visited Lower Manhattan Last Year

Lower Manhattan saw nearly 9.8 million tourists visit last year, a record number for an area revitalized by development and the World Trade Center site. Many of those were drawn here by the newly-opened September 11 Memorial, which has already attracted more than 1 million visitors in the four mon ... More >>

Port Authority Plans on Military-Grade Security for the World Trade Center Site

Wikimedia Commons​After an audit found that the Port Authority was nearly $2 billion overbudget, the New York Post went digging and discovered that the PA has elaborate, high-tech security plans for protecting the redesigned World Trade Center site. Maybe that's where all the money is going! ... More >>

City Looks to Sell Three Lower Manhattan Properties; Scott Stringer Says He Has the Power To Stop It

As part of his State of the City speech yesterday, Mayor Mike Bloomberg -- in a discussion about revenue -- said the city plans to sell three Lower Manhattan properties. It was just a few sentences, but it gave Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer a chance today to remind us all that his posit ... More >>

Financial District May Get a 'Tasteful' Nightly Light Show

The Victoria Harbour Light Show.​When we think back upon the last few months in the Financial District, one thing we do not think is "Lower Manhattan should have a light show!" Nonetheless, that's what the Economic Development Corporation is after, a lighting initiative that would "transform t ... More >>

Food Trucks: Soon in Battery Park City

Wallyg / FlickrLunchtime just got a little more exciting​Lower Manhattan might be home to a large population of office workers, but lunch options still remain somewhat scarce. But all that's about to change: As DNAInfo reports, a rotating group of five trucks per day will soon be rolling outs ... More >>

New York City Gets Adorable New Scaffolding

What is the true blight of New York City? The awful, industrial scaffolding that crops up to hide the beauty of attractive things and make ugly things uglier, usually when you least expect it, truly ruining any photo op you might be planning on having. Just a fact of life in a city, and something we ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street Gains Traction With Neighbors as CB1 Passes Resolution

Zoe SchlangerMusicians at Zuccotti Park. ​Last week, sub-committees of Lower Manhattan's Community Board 1 drafted a resolution in hopes of easing tensions with their new neighbors, Occupy Wall Street. Last night, the full board passed the resolution by a large majority. Held at a public sch ... More >>

The New York State Young Democrats May Be Kind of Tone-Deaf

Keep the change.​For the past four weeks, we've been bringing you news of the Occupy Wall Street protests roiling Lower Manhattan, as the self-identified 99 percent transform their tales of struggle and deprivation into demands for systemic change. Maybe it's just because we have those voices ... More >>

As "Occupy Wall Street" Continues, I Have Other Protest Ideas

​Bravo to the "Occupy Wall Street" protestors who've been camped out in lower Manhattan, screaming about how Financial District greed destroyed the economy. While we're at it, let's also rail against...

Ray Kelly: the NYPD Could Take Down an Aircraft if Necessary

​NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly appeared on 60 Minutes last night to talk about New York City's counterterrorism unit, created after 9/11, which now numbers 35,000 uniformed police officers and 15,000 civilian employees. The interview with Scott Pelley includes a look at the NYPD's $3 billion joi ... More >>

Adrian Sherwood and Wild Flag Show The Kids How It's Done

Masters of the game

The 9/11 Eulogies

Grace Giardina​"If you're the mayor's speechwriter, what's your job" after the Towers fall? You're going to start thinking about "how do you find something redemptive out of this attack? How do you try and encapsulate those emotions?"

Hand in Hand: Remembering 9/11

Is This New York City's Most Obnoxious Cabbie?

Speaking of crazy cab rides, what do you get when you put a possibly intoxicated, or maybe just very cheerful, singing cabbie with a so-called exotic dancer and her 6-month-long boyfriend-person, who are travelers to the big city? You get this rather awkward situation, recorded and put on YouTube fo ... More >>

NYPD Moves 200 Officers Out Of Higher Crime Areas To Staff World Trade Center; Nabes Screwed Again

​The 206 police officers transferred last week to the new World Trade Center Command are coming largely from higher crime precincts outside of tourist-heavy, monied southern Manhattan, documents show. Just three cops are coming from the lower Manhattan's 1st Precinct, which includes the trade ... More >>

Today in Ice Cream: Smorgasburg, the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop, and il Laboratorio del Gelato

Rebecca Marx​This being National Ice Cream Month, it seems appropriate that scarcely a day passes without some dairy-related news to report. And today's a bi-borough triple-header.

Gansevoort Hotel Pool Dirtier Than NYC Public Pools

​The swimming pool copy on the Gansevoort Hotel's website reads: "This urban oasis is the perfect place for daytime sunning, a snack from 'Plunge' Bar and Lounge, or a quiet conversation in our landscaped garden." It's also the perfect place for picking up some coliform bacteria, which indicates f ... More >>

WHEATS, TRAPPISTS, AND FRITES

The Belgian beer renaissance is here

The dell'anima Folks Will Open Ellabess in the Nolitan Hotel

The Nolitan HotelNow with seasonal American dining.​The dell'anima family is set to expand with a new restaurant in the Nolitan, the latest luxury hotel to muscle its way into Lower Manhattan.

Ask the Critics: Where Can I Take Visiting Parents to Lunch?

Need a meal everyone will enjoy?​Joe N. Asks: I want to take my parents out for lunch somewhere that's nice in Lower Manhattan. Can you recommend somewhere that isn't too expensive but that they'll enjoy? Dear Joe: Lower Manhattan used to be a culinary wasteland, but in recent years it's bec ... More >>

An Oyster Bar and Restaurants Are Coming to Pier A

Pier A, seen a few years ago.​Although the Freedom Tower won't be getting a Windows on the World redux, its surrounding neighborhood will be getting a new oyster bar.

City Has Not Planned for People to Actually Visit the 9/11 Memorial

Rendering of Memorial, via ​It's been almost 10 years since the World Trade Center attacks, and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum will finally open this fall. Which is great, except that now there's this looming problem of people (or, let's call them "tourists") wanting to, you kno ... More >>

SeamlessWeb's Free Coffee Days Return

Julius Schorzman/WikimediaTastes even better when it's free​There might be no such thing as a free lunch, but there is free coffee. Tomorrow is February 1, which means it's the start of SeamlessWeb's annual promotion, Free Coffee Days, when the company will give away 250,000 cups of joe.

MTA Trying to Win You Over With Their Adorable Vintage Subway Cars Again

​Most of the year you can get away with hating the MTA outright, for the lack of service, service disruptions, ever-increasing fares, or just 'cause you can. But at holiday time they pull out the big guns, and suddenly you can't help but feeling ever so slightly warmer-and-maybe-even-fuzzy abo ... More >>

While Schumer Slept

For five years, New York's senior senator said nothing about the toxic cloud that hung over his own constituents.

Death by Dust

The frightening link between the 9-11 toxic cloud and cancer