By Jillian Blume 1/12/09 8:24pm

New Yorkie, New Yorkie: Battery Park Dog-Run Closing Prompts Social Panic

My social life has gone to the dogs. I mean that literally. Many of the friends and neighborhood acquaintances that I now have are because of Buster, a spunky four-pound Yorkie, and his friend at my local dog run in Battery Park. The benches against the wall face North Cove Marina, where the occasional warning blast Read More

By Lysandra Ohrstrom 8/04/08 11:03pm

The Local: From 5-0 to 311

On July 22, just a couple of weeks shy of the 20-year anniversary of the Tompkins Square Park riots, the Parks Department opened a $150,000 dog run, complete with a canine paddling pool, in what was once a refuge for the homeless and all manner of fringe groups.

The inauguration of a sleeker, odorless, more Read More