Drawn To The Parks
Sep 01, 2001
 The day after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, it was a classic September day - warm, with golden sunshine, blue above and a breeze that hinted of fall.
Moving Freight On Water
Sep 01, 2001
 One hundred years ago, New York City's major financiers, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, the 'Commodore' Cornelius Vanderbilt, and JP Morgan, all vied for the lucrative cross harbor rail float
Governors Island, Community Gardens, Mayors Who Actually Care About Parks
Aug 01, 2001
 As the deadline for selling Governors Island draws closer, the federal government has made it clear that New York State must fill in the details of its draft plan for
Golf Course at Ferry Point Park
Jul 01, 2001
 While environmentalists pursue legal action to stop the construction of a 175-acre golf course on the former municipal landfill at Ferry Point Park in the Bronx, city officials are trying
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Jul 01, 2001
 Alfred Hitchcock made the Brooklyn Navy Yard the setting of his film, "Sabotage." Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly hopped ashore there at the beginning of "On The Town." So, it
Parks in the budget
Jun 01, 2001
 In the last budget of his administration, Mayor Giuliani is again proposing to reduce the operating funds allotted to the parks department. The proposed $12 million cut would affect
Blessing The Fleet
Jun 01, 2001
 A thousand feet from land, at the edge of the Canarsie Pier in Brooklyn, looking across the gentle chop of an inland sea at an uninhabited tree covered island,
Community Gardens Endangered Still. Also: Preserve Bloomingdale Woods
May 01, 2001
 It has been two years since Mayor Guiliani attempted to auction off more than 100 community gardens to developers. Those gardens narrowly escaped the bulldozers when the Trust for Public
In Defense of the Port
May 01, 2001
 Remnants of waterfront fortifications more than three centuries old dot New York harbor. These historic port defenses are among the most impressive sights on New York's oceanfront. Yet, these
Not In My Backyard
Apr 30, 2001
Famed chef Daniel Boulud expects his patrons to drink wine with their dinners. So when he was planning his Restaurant Daniel on East 65th Street, he applied for a liquor Last Updated (Friday, March 15, 2013 03:33 PM) |