The Real Estate got its grubby little digits on a letter that the Fashion Institute of Technology sent to Community Board 5 last month, this time from school president Dr. Joyce Brown. In it, Ms. Brown downplays the defeat at the hands of the board of the school’s commons proposal—to permanently close down the eastern Read More
Electronic road signs at the Lincoln Tunnel ‘point to the continued treatment of Hell’s Kitchen as an entryway to the Lincoln Tunnel, rather than a vibrant, primarily residential neighborhood.’
-Letter from Community Board 4 to the Port Authority
Over 43 million vehicles use the venerable Lincoln Tunnel every year, with Ninth Avenue in midtown Read More
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 Metropolitan Museum of Art is presenting Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island , the first U.S. exhibition devoted to the art of (as its homelanders refer to it) Rapa Nui. It’s a gem of a show, and by “gem” I refer both to the exhibition’s quality and size. Occupying an inauspicious nook of the Read More
