Some Fear West Side Ferry Terminal
May Create Double Terrorist Target
For years, Community Board 4 has been involved in the planning and design of a state-of-the-art commuter ferry terminal on Pier 79, at the end of West 39th Street. Following the attack on the World Trade Center, when ferries were the only way Read More
The School at Columbia University
To Hold Lottery for Admission
When, in January 2001, Columbia University announced its plans to construct a new K-8 private school for the children of its faculty and staff, a firestorm was set off between the university and Morningside Heights residents. Now, nearly a year after the groundbreaking for Read More
Former Barneys Home to Enter Next Life As Himalayan Art Museum
Andy Warhol, who used to dress the windows at Lord & Taylor before becoming the poster child of the Pop Art revolution, once made the observation that “when you think about it, department stores are kind of like museums.”
With this casual remark, Read More
Nightclub Pulls Out Stops
To Overcome ‘Gatien Curse’
Call it the “Gatien curse,” for there are few names more liable to put a community board on the warpath than that of Peter Gatien, the notorious former owner of the nightclubs Tunnel and Limelight, who was forced out of business by a multitude of legal Read More
Yee-Haw! Scores Goes to Chelsea, And Wild West Gets Wilder
If a law that tightens restrictions on adult-entertainment establishments, put on the books last fall by outgoing Mayor Rudy Giuliani, finally does take effect, strip clubs and other purveyors of naughty diversions may be going the way of the art galleries: to West Chelsea. Read More
He whispered a few words. The traders in the vicinity eavesdropped. What Gutfreund said has become a legend …. He said: “One hand, one million dollars, no tears.” Meriwether grabbed the meaning instantly. The King of Wall Street, as Business Week had dubbed Gutfreund, wanted to play a single hand of a game called Liar’s Read More
You think it’s tough being a U.S. Census worker in Brooklyn or Queens, where a fair number of residents either speak a language other than English or are immediately suspicious of anybody bearing government credentials? Try being a head counter on the Upper East Side.
The poor souls who’ve been recruited to survey elusive Manhattanites Read More
