Podcasts about Battery Park City

pWotD Episode 2950: Bernard Kerik Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 106,534 views on Friday, 30 May 2025 our article of the day is Bernard Kerik.Bernard Bailey Kerik (September 4, 1955 – May 29, 2025) was an American consultant and police officer who was the 40th Commissioner of the New York Police Department from 2000 to 2001.Kerik joined the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in 1986. He served from 1998 to 2000 as commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction and from 2000 to 2001 as New York City Police Commissioner, during which he oversaw the police response to the September 11 attacks. Kerik conducted two extramarital affairs simultaneously, using a Battery Park City apartment that had been set aside for first responders at Ground Zero.After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, President George W. Bush appointed Kerik as the interior minister of the Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority. In 2004, Bush nominated Kerik to lead the Department of Homeland Security. However, Kerik soon withdrew his candidacy, explaining that he had employed an undocumented immigrant as a nanny. His admission sparked state and federal investigations. In 2006, Kerik pleaded guilty in Bronx Supreme Court to two unrelated misdemeanor ethics violations and was ordered to pay $221,000 in fines.In 2009, Kerik pleaded guilty in the Southern District of New York to eight federal felony charges for tax fraud and making false statements. In February 2010, he was sentenced to four years in federal prison, of which he served three years. In 2020, he obtained a presidential pardon from President Donald Trump for his federal convictions for tax fraud, ethics violations, and criminal false statements. After the 2020 United States presidential election, Kerik supported Trump's false claims of voter fraud and attempted to help overturn the election results.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:05 UTC on Saturday, 31 May 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Bernard Kerik on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Kevin.

From his apartment in Battery Park City in Manhattan, where he's called home since 1992, award-winning Odense-born Danish cartoonist and graphic novelist HENRIK REHR revisits starting his comic shop and drawing studio Den Blå Bil in his hometown in Odense. Henrik discusses his book Tribeca Sunset: A Story of 9-11 about his family's experience during the 2001 terrorist attack in New York City and shares his thoughts on how 9/11 changed the US.Henrik selects a work by Christen Købke from the SMK collection.https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS359(Photographer: Sebastian Kim-Rehr)----------We invite you to subscribe to Danish Originals for weekly episodes. You can also find us at:website: https://danishoriginals.com/email: info@danishoriginals.com----------And we invite you to donate to the American Friends of Statens Museum for Kunst and become a patron: https://donorbox.org/american-friends-of-statens-museum-for-kunst

This episode will give you all the spots you need to check out in the popular Financial District of New York City! Where is the Financial District in NYC? While most neighborhoods in NYC do a bit of blurring together, the Financial District technically covers most of the southernmost tip of Manhattan. It runs from the West Side Highway on the west to the Brooklyn Bridge and East River on the east. This neighborhood runs from the north, starting at Chambers Street and City Hall and running south until The Battery. Battery Park and Battery Park City are not technically a part of the Financial District, but we will include them as part of our guide to the lowest part of Manhattan. Things to Do in Financial District NYC The Oculus--transportation hub, shopping mall, lots of restaurants One World Trade Center+Observation Deck 9/11 Museum Charging bull  Wall St. Museum of Jewish heritage  The Battery (+ Battery Park City) Brookfield Place Mall (mostly for the view and yachts and park nearby but also a high end mall) Ferry to Staten Island for Statue of Liberty view Pier 17- lots of concerts here Brooklyn Bridge City hall Elevated Acre - Park space with lawn, boardwalk and seasonal beer garden Woolworth building Stone street (cobblestone, no cars) South street seaport  South Street Seaport Museum St. Paul's Chapel - originally built in 1766 and is the oldest surviving church building in Manhattan Trinity Church - Burial place for the likes of Alexander Hamilton, Robert Fulton, Francis Lewis, Angelica Church, and other prominent figures in the early period of the United States NYC Financial District's Best Bars Dead Rabbit - Rated best bar in the world in 2016 Fraunces Tavern Overstory - 64th floor deck with panoramic views WarrenPeace - Dimly lit cocktail bar with friendly staff White Horse Tavern - NYC's 2nd-oldest bar, circa 1880, with a storied history and watering hole for Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac, and James Baldwin Carragher's - Soccer-themed sports pub Brickyard Craft Kitchen & Bar Stout NYC O'Hara's Restaurant and Pub - Classic Irish Pub This Episode's You'll Have to Check It Out Segment - Pisillo Italian Panini Bread is sourced from a bakery in Brooklyn and is fresh daily. All ingredients are imported from Italy and these are massive AND delicious sandwiches! Check it out here. Coffee Shops in the Financial District Hungry Ghost Coffee Black Fox Coffee 787 Coffee La Colombe Coffee Workshop Birch Coffee Laughing Man Cafe-technically Tribeca, owned by Hugh Jackman Restaurants in FiDi NYC Fraunces Tavern Joe's Pizza Delmonico's Manhatta - 60th floor, high-end New American cuisine Siena Pizza Eataly El Vez and Burrito Bar Pick A Bagel Los Tacos #1 Smorgasburg WTC Multiple spots in Pier 17, including The Fulton by Jean-Georges JR Sushi (technically Tribeca) Nish Nush (technically Tribeca) Download the full NYC Navigation & Transportation Guide here + join our newsletter here: ⁠https://rebrand.ly/nyc-navigation-guide⁠ Get the NYC Basic Tips & Etiquette book here: ⁠https://amzn.to/4fo5TRj

Welcome back to Architecture 5 10 20! I'm your host, Guy Geier, Managing Partner of FXCollaborative Architects in New York. My guests for this podcast are pioneers and visionaries shaping the future of the built environment across various disciplines. Join me in exploring their remarkable journeys, discovering how they reach their current heights, and envisioning what lies ahead in the next 5, 10, and 20 years. Join me for this new 2025 season as I chat with Charlie Murphy, Senior Vice President of Turner Construction's New York region, and Julia Gisewhite, Turner's Chief Sustainability Officer. Together, we explore Turner's remarkable journey towards embedding sustainable practices into every part of their operations! Tune in as Julia and Charlie reflect on their backgrounds and how they got to where they are today, with Charlie reflecting on his unexpected path from plumbing and carpentry to leading Turner's New York operations. He discusses how early projects such as those in Battery Park City helped formulate his understanding of green practices, evolving Turner into a company deeply committed to sustainability under the guidance of their CEO, Peter Davern! Julia also brings an interesting perspective, recalling her early fascination with construction inspired by her father and her academic journey through Cornell. Her passion for sustainable building led to her leading to a decade of pioneering efforts in green construction, and she highlights the cultural shift within Turner, driven by Millennial and Gen Z employees who infuse the company with a sense of urgency regarding climate change. We additionally talk about the Contractors Commitment, an initiative Turner actively participates in. This collaboration not only heightens Turner's practices but also affects smaller firms and subcontractors. Looking ahead, Julia and Charlie stress the increasing importance of decarbonizing existing building stock, and they share how Turner is positioning itself to lead in this area, making use of their expertise in renovations to meet new energy laws and corporate emission goals! This episode truly offers important insights into how a major player like Turner Construction is not just building green but becoming green, setting a precedent for the entire industry, so whether you are a seasoned professional or just simply passionate about sustainable architecture, this conversation will surely leave you inspired about the future of construction! Time stamps: [01:45] - Hear how Charlie's opportunity with Turner in 1978 led to his success in New York plumbing and carpentry. [03:22] - Julia's passion for construction grew from her father's influence, leading her to study Civil Engineering. [05:07] - Julia reflects on how her work on LEED Gold projects sparked her passion for green building and sustainability. [07:29] - Charlie credits Turner's CEO Peter Davern for leading Turner to prioritize sustainability in every aspect. [09:33] - Turner's workforce is now primarily Millennials and Gen Z, who help drive the company's climate focus. [11:42] - Listen as Julia highlights the built environment's significant impact on global carbon emissions, prompting immediate action. [13:25] - Julia explains Turner's sustainability efforts. [16:53] - The Contractors Commitment's framework is described which helps firms engage with sustainability at various stages. [18:13] - Charlie mentions how subcontractors are adopting sustainability practices, spreading the commitment across different jobs. [18:58] - Learn how Turner integrates sustainability into subcontractor requirements. [20:22] - Julia discusses how there is a growing demand for sustainability in construction, including retrofitting buildings for carbon goals. [23:17] - Charlie discusses building renovations. [25:44] - Julia stresses the importance of workforce development and changes in order to meet sustainability goals. [27:27] - Charlie envisions making use of AI to promote well-being and reduce carbon footprints in projects. [29:46] - Julia discusses the rapid growth of mass timber, highlighting its carbon benefits in construction. Links / Resources:Guy Geier Instagram | Twitter Charlie's LinkedIn PageJulia's LinkedIn PageTurner Construction Company's Website Turner Construction Company's LinkedIn Page

"Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest film maker, Gabrielle Lansner In this episode of "Dance Talk” ® host Joanne Carey interviews choreographer and film maker, Gabrielle Lansner, who shares her unique journey from dance to filmmaking. Gabrielle discusses her early dance training, the influence of acting on her choreography, and her transition to creating dance films. She reflects on her creative process, the themes of loss in her work, and how the COVID-19 pandemic inspired her to explore new avenues in filmmaking. The conversation highlights the interconnectedness of dance, theater, and film, emphasizing the importance of storytelling through movement. In this conversation, Gabrielle Lansner discusses her creative journey during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on her film 'I Am Not Okay.' She shares insights into the challenges and processes of filmmaking, the themes of her work, and the emotional impact it aims to convey. Lansner also reflects on the recognition her film has received and her aspirations for educational outreach, emphasizing the importance of storytelling in the arts. Gabrielle Lansner is an award winning filmmaker, choreographer, and producer whose work is influenced by her background in choreography and performing.  Her films have screened at dozens of festivals worldwide and garnered multiple awards. For over 30 years, Lansner has explored artistic disciplines moving from pure dance works, to dance/theater, to film. She has always been interested in story and character: creating emotionally complex and layered works that delve into the heart and psyche. Since 1997, she has been the Artistic Director of gabrielle lansner & company, a critically acclaimed dance/theater company based in New York City. The works have been produced at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, HERE, River to River Festival, P.S 122, The Joyce Soho, to name a few and have toured the US and Canada. The company has received support from The Dance Films Association, The Alvin & Louise Myerberg Foundation, The Harkness Foundation, The Puffin Foundation, Altria, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The Field. The company's varied explorations include delving into the lives of Holocaust victims in the literary works of Bertolt Brecht and Cynthia Ozick, exploring adolescent yearning in Carson McCullers' “The Member of the Wedding”, examining the nature of forgiveness in a work inspired by the South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission, and celebrating the life of pop icon Tina Turner in their original musical RIVER DEEP. TURNING HEADS, FROCKS IN FLIGHT, a site-specific dance performed at Battery Park City, was produced by Sitelines 2009/LMCC as part of the River to River Festival Her latest short film, I AM NOT OK is an experimental dance film inspired by the words of Tiffiney Davis, the Executive Director of the Red Hook Art Project, in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The film has screened extensively at film festivals around the world and won Best Experimental Film at the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora FF in NYC and Best Cinedance at the Minneapolis St. Paul Int'l FF in MN.  Lansner has also choreographed episodes of Law & Order: SVU, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She is a member of SAG, New York Women in Film and TV,  the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, is a former  Board Member  of the Dance Films Association/DFA, NYC  and was instrumental in developing PS 122 in NYC as a rehearsal and performance space. To learn more https://www.gabriellelansner.com/index  “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey wherever you listen to your podcasts.  ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://dancetalkwithjoannecarey.com/⁠⁠ Follow Joanne on Instagram @westfieldschoolofdance YOUTUBE:  ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4NldYaDOdGWsVd2378IyBw⁠ Tune in. Follow. Like us. And Share.   Please leave us review about our podcast!   “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey "Where the Dance World Connects, the Conversations Inspire, and Where We Are Keeping Them Real."

Welcome to Episode 51 of REAL ESTATE INVESTING IN NEW YORK!!Please remember to Subscribe, Review and Share this podcast, it is SO appreciated!  YOU CAN ALSO WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Contact me: Email: christina.Kremidas@elliman.com Join me on Instagram and Tiktok   Are you purchasing in NYC?  I would love to answer your questions!Where exactly is Battery Park City?  Is it a good investment? What's it like to live there? How accessible is it? What's the deal with the land lease? What are the best BPC buildings to buy in? Covering this and much more in today's episode!I hope you find this information helpful, and please reach out to me if you have any questions!   I always am so happy to have the opportunity to work with you - if you would like for me to represent you as your Broker as you begin the property purchase or sale process, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. Discover the value of your home Please subscribe to this channel and turn on notifications (click the bell icon) so you can keep up with the videos I post! Check out my website  

NYC's Battery Dance performs on the world's stages and builds bridges through international cultural exchange programs—to date, in over 70 countries. In summer, Battery Dance plays host to dancers and companies throughout the world via the Battery Dance Festival. The free, outdoor festival is August 11-17 at Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City, NYC at 7PM ET. Our guest is founder and Artistic Director of Battery Dance, Jonathan Hollander. For more, visit BatteryDance.org.

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Dylan Welch, CEO of Green.org sits down with B.J. Jones, the President and CEO of Battery Park City Authority, to learn how they are transforming the historic city in Manhattan to be sustainable, and how they are leading the way to show other cities how they can be sustainable as well.Support the show

Salvation Army volunteers from the Greater New York Division joined a coalition of groups that brought hope to 254 people experiencing homelessness at this year's “Don't Walk By” outreach event on Feb.18th in lower Manhattan.   “Don't Walk By,” an annual winter outreach to the homeless, happens every February and this year's focus was between 46th Street and Battery Park City.   This event brings together hundreds of volunteers and puts them in street teams to canvas the streets and subway platforms.   The volunteers connected with the homeless and invited them back to a warm meal complete with centerpieces and vegetarian options at Oversea Chinese Mission. Everyone also was offered clothing, medical care, and connection to ongoing support such as Medicaid and other government services.   “Don't Walk By” began in 2008 and encourages New Yorkers to emulate the parable of the Good Samaritan in the book of Luke. Volunteers have scoured the streets of Manhattan and connected with more than 10,000 people in the last decade.   Learn more at SACONNECTS.org

Video from Illumination Light Art's first-ever Spring Showcase at Battery Park City over the weekend https://www.illumination.nyc/ #illuminationnyc #batteryparkcity #nyc

"AND THEN SHE BEAT HIM WITH A GOLF CLUB!" This week on the pod, the trio is in a new studio! Katy moves to the West Village and we chat West Village history, how our friend Agnes built Battery Park City, and give the full review on Katy's new apartment. Adam runs into multiple old flings...and flings a chair; Colbie wingwoman's on Stone Street and gears up for a fun trip this weekend; Katy gives a BIG dating life update, and more! Advice segment: If you need advice on a situation, or have a wild story to share - email matchmadepodcast@gmail.com with subject line "ADVICE SEGMENT" where we will pick stories to answer each week (anonymously - always). Write us a 3-5 sentence summary of the situation which we will read on the podcast, and include any relevant details at the bottom that you think we should know. For any updates to advice segments, email with subject "ADVICE SEGMENT UPDATE - [date of original feature]" and we will share updates to featured advice! Be sure to tag @matchmadepodcast in all of your listening stories on Instagram! Love ya, see ya, byee - Katy, Colbie, Adam If you love the pod, make sure to leave us a review, click "Follow" on Spotify to get notified when our episodes go live, and share with your friends! Podcast Instagram: @matchmadepodcast Katy's Instagram: @katybellotte Colbie's Instagram: @colbie_cassidy Adam's Instagram: @aadamharrison

Ep.126 features Shuli Sadé. Her cross-disciplinary artwork blends theory and practice with a focus on memory, space, and urbanism. work creates maps of urban memory, reflecting the DNA of a city. Sadé mixes mediums including photography, videography, augmented reality, site-specific installations, sculpture, and drawing. Sadé received the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, (2014), and the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1991) among other grants. She has taught and lectured at the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture, Parsons School of Design, Columbia University, Barnard College, and Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Her work is represented by Galleria Ethra, Mexico City. She lives in NYC and works at her studio at Mana Contemporary, NJ. She had collaborated with neural scientists at the Neurobiology of Cognition Laboratory, New York University, and with architects and designers across the US. Sadé's recent site-specific murals artworks are permanently installed in several locations in Manhattan, Philadelphia, Boston, North Carolina, New Jersey, and others. Currently, she won a competition to create a mural for City Hall in Huntsville, Alabama. Her recent exhibitions include Bird's Eye View, an AR Public Art Installation sponsored by Battery Park City, NYC, 2022, Upstream Downstream, an AR Public Art Installation sponsored by Riverside Park, NYC, Fluid Formations at Gensler DC, (2019), Wild Heterotopias, AR installation at the High Line Nine Galleries and along the High Line, (2019), Solid Red, Galleria Ethra, Mexico City, (2018) Day Dreams, AR installation at Montefiore Medical Center, the Bronx, NY (2017). Artist https://www.shulisade.com/ Mana Contemporary https://www.manacontemporary.com/editorial/the-art-of-shuli-sade/ https://www.manacontemporary.com/artists/shuli-sade Galeria Ethra http://galeriaethra.com/ Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/727467/shuli-sade-augmented-reality-reveals-birds-battery-park-city-waterfront/ Time Out https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/an-interactive-art-installation-is-virtually-transforming-battery-park-city-into-a-bird-paradise-042222 Riverside Park NYC https://riversideparknyc.org/meet-the-regrowth-artists-shuli-sade/ New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/arts/augmented-reality-exhibitions.html Fenton Lab https://capitel.humanitas.edu.mx/la-joya-de-singapur-2/ https://www.fentonlab.com/the-space Bird's Eye View https://calendar.aiany.org/2022/09/23/installation-tour-birds-eye-view-ar-with-shuli-sad%C3%A9/ Montefiore https://montefiorefineartprogram.squarespace.com/shuli-sade AICF https://aicf.org/artist/shuli-sade/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/shulisade Downtown NY https://downtownny.com/event/public-art-opening-shuli-sade-birds-eye-view/ CODAworx https://www.codaworx.com/projects/evolving-formations/

In NYC we are currently facing major green washing resiliency projects that are taking away our public green spaces and old grow vegetation and being replaced with cement mounds and more development. Is it possible to have resiliency and also nature? The answer is a resounding yes. Not only do we need to work with it, we need to partner with it.In this BTC conversation we will hear from Eric "T" Fleisher, an Environmental Restoration expert who believes we need to stop fighting with nature and learn to live in harmony with it – floods and all.Eric is the Co-Principal of F2Environmental Design, a Soil Scientist, an Evironmental Restoration Specialist and a A Loeb Fellow at Harvard University. He is a frequent lecturer on sustainable practices and serves as a consultant for some of the top institutions in the country including Battery Park City where he is the former director of horticulture.http://www.f2environmentaldesign.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bethechange-with-christine-dimmick. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In NYC we are currently facing major green washing resiliency projects that are taking away our public green spaces and old grow vegetation and being replaced with cement mounds and more development. Is it possible to have resiliency and also nature? The answer is a resounding yes. Not only do we need to work with it, we need to partner with it.In this BTC conversation we will hear from Eric "T" Fleisher, an Environmental Restoration expert who believes we need to stop fighting with nature and learn to live in harmony with it – floods and all.Eric is the Co-Principal of F2Environmental Design, a Soil Scientist, an Evironmental Restoration Specialist and a A Loeb Fellow at Harvard University. He is a frequent lecturer on sustainable practices and serves as a consultant for some of the top institutions in the country including Battery Park City where he is the former director of horticulture.http://www.f2environmentaldesign.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bethechange-with-christine-dimmick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all want climate resiliency to protect our homes and neighborhoods – but what do we do when our city officials use resiliency to develop our public green spaces for their profit?In NYC we are currently seeing our public parks being turned into cement, all in the name climate resiliency, except that it isn't. Science shows that we need the trees and vegetation to soak up the heavy rain falls. We recently saw the heartbreaking destruction of East River Park where hundreds of mature trees were chopped down. And now on the opposite side of the city in Battery Park City, Wagner Park is set to be completely leveled.Joining me today is Britni Erez and Kelly McGowan from the Battery Park City Neighborhood Association, along with Battery Park Montessori and Green Ivy School Founder Jennifer Jones.We will learn how the Battery Park City Authority is forcing their plans on the community, how it isn't even needed in Wagner Park and how we all need to join together to protect our green spaces. www.savewagner.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bethechange-with-christine-dimmick. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all want climate resiliency to protect our homes and neighborhoods – but what do we do when our city officials use resiliency to develop our public green spaces for their profit?In NYC we are currently seeing our public parks being turned into cement, all in the name climate resiliency, except that it isn't. Science shows that we need the trees and vegetation to soak up the heavy rain falls. We recently saw the heartbreaking destruction of East River Park where hundreds of mature trees were chopped down. And now on the opposite side of the city in Battery Park City, Wagner Park is set to be completely leveled.Joining me today is Britni Erez and Kelly McGowan from the Battery Park City Neighborhood Association, along with Battery Park Montessori and Green Ivy School Founder Jennifer Jones.We will learn how the Battery Park City Authority is forcing their plans on the community, how it isn't even needed in Wagner Park and how we all need to join together to protect our green spaces. www.savewagner.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bethechange-with-christine-dimmick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

***TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR OUR 6/2 LIVE SHOW! EVENTBRITE LINK HERE*** -KGB is a very small venue and we've already sold 60% of the tickets so if you want to see our first and likely last ever live show, do buy your ticket ASAP! -Friends of the show Christian Lorentzen and Dean Kissick are confirmed as guests. And there will probably be 1 to 2 additional mystery guests ;) ------------------------------------ WE'RE BACK! And this time joined by Peter C. Baker, another novelist dad who supplicated to us. Petey C. made an agenda for his OS appearance, to which we dutifully adhered, although we skipped the item about fatherhood, because -- BORING! Instead we spent probably an hour talking about his tenure at Wendy's, an American fast food franchise. Also can't remember if we let him mention this but Petey has a novel coming out 5/31 and it's called PLANES. The blurbs on the back of my galley copy are too long to read but I feel like they probably say the book is good, so you should buy it. cheat sheet: 0:00 - Drew, clean-shaven and clear-headed, recounts in Knausgaardian fashion his weekend at home in Boston with mom. 11:29 - Petey tells us of his three summers as a Wendy's employee in central Pennsylvania, which led to his first byline - call it a "coming of flippable age story" 44:23 - Lauren, Petey and Drew have a real Gen-x style nerd-out session about indie bands - namely Destroyer and Belle and Sebastian, the latter of which Petey recently wrote about in the New Yorker magazine. We hear about an epic B&S concert Petey saw in Battery Park City in the summer of 2007, a time in which Petey was incidentally subletting Christian Lorentzen's room on the LES, dipping into Christian's Pynchons and "smashing life." 1:26:20 - We finally get to Petey's beef with us (agenda item #4): our oft-repeated claim that Knausgaard is "unmediated." We seriously explore this question for about 3 minutes before getting into Pete's back pain and Phillip Rawdog's Halcion psychosis. Thanks to Petey! See you on the squash court soon homie. And see the rest of you - AT THE LIVE SHOW!!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ourstrugglepod/message

B. J. Jones, President and CEO of the Battery Park City (BPC) Authority, a 92-acre community of commercial, residential, retail and open space, including … Read More

We spoke to Quincy Troupe, author, poet, about his latest work, "Duende." It is a collection that spans 50 years of a creative life fully embodied. Taped in Zoom, this audio only approximates the honor it is to speak to such a magnificent human being 3 months before his 83rd revolution around so(u)l.  He has a few more appearances this month: 1. National Poetry Month: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NY Public Library, Iris Project, Thursday, April 14 (free, in person and virtual) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/between-the-lines-duende-poems-1966-now-by-quincy-troupe-tickets-302280518167 2. With Mildred Howard and David Murray at the close of the "The House that Will not Pass for Any Color than Its Own." Friday, April 16, from 4 to 6pm at Belvedere Plaza (just north of the North Cove Marina) to mark the end of the artwork's stay in Manhattan's Battery Park City. 3. Poet, Quincy Troupe | DUENDE: Poems 1966- Now | Reading & Book Signing at the Carrie Chen Gallery on Saturday, April 23 from 4-5pm, 16 Railroad Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230 4. NY Society Library, Apr. 28, 6 PM ET Livestream (free) https://www.nysoclib.org/events/livestream-quincy-troupe-duende-poems-1966-now    

Celebrated actress Tovah Feldshuh has played some big names, including Golda Meir, Katherine Hepburn and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But in her first book, Tovah introduces us to perhaps the biggest character in her life: her mother, Lily. In her memoir, “Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I've Played,” Tova explores the bond between mother and daughter, and how we grow to understand our parents better as we age. Tovah joins us this week to talk about her new book and her latest show, "Becoming Dr. Ruth." The limited-run show runs through Sunday, January 2, 2022 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City.

Celebrated actress Tovah Feldshuh has played some big names, including Golda Meir, Katherine Hepburn and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But in her first book, Tovah introduces us to perhaps the biggest character in her life: her mother, Lily. In her memoir, “Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I've Played,” Tova explores the bond between mother and daughter, and how we grow to understand our parents better as we age. Tovah joins us this week to talk about her new book and her latest show, "Becoming Dr. Ruth." The limited-run show runs through Sunday, January 2, 2022 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City.

Eric Adams hasn't been elected mayor yet, but he's already getting a taste of the high-profile nature of the office. NY1's Zack Fink, Gloria Pazmino and Juan Manuel Benítez weigh in on the politics behind his recent meetings with President Joe Biden and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to discuss gun violence, which was the defining issue of his campaign. They also comment on the controversy around the proposed Battery Park City monument for essential workers and what it says about Cuomo's diminishing clout. We want to hear from you, especially what you think about Eric Adams's stance on public safety: Twitter: #NY1OffTopic or @ZackFinkNews, @JuanMaBenitez and @GloriaPazmino Leave a message: 212-379-3440 Email: yourstoryny1@charter.com For more information: www.ny1.com/offtopic For more information on the new coronavirus, head to www.ny1.com/coronavirus

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We spoke to Republican City Council Candidate for Manhattan's District 1,Jacqueline Toboroff. Having lived her entire life in Manhattan and a mother of 2 school aged children, Jacqueline has had enough with the purposeful destruction of NYC, in particular lower Manhattan where she resides. Jacqueline has watched those neighborhoods which comprise the Financial District, Soho, Tribeca, Battery Park City, Chinatown and the West Village become dangerous and depressed, coupled with the current political curriculum of the NYC Board of Education. We did an in-depth interview covering her beliefs and what she would proactively do as a City Councilperson. For more on Jacqueline read her NYC Post opinion piece: https://nypost.com/2021/06/04/yes-washington-square-park-can-again-be-the-jewel-it-once-was/ and follow her on Instagram @jackiefornyc and her website www.jackiefornyc.com

John Tarleton interviews Todd Fine, a lower Manhattan preservationist and activist, talks about Governor Cuomo's recently halted plan to build a memorial to essential workers at Battery Park City. Angered that the the construction of the memorial, an eternal flame, would result in bulldozing part of Battery Park, neighborhood locals protested enough to stop the plan for now. Meanwhile, Mayor de Blasio remembers the covid-19 pandemic by hosting a ticker tape parade for essential workers.

Editor-in-Chief of The Indypendent newspaper John Tarleton interviews: — Todd Fine, a lower Manhattan preservationist and activist, talks about Governor Cuomo's recently halted plan to build a memorial to essential workers at Battery Park City. Angered that the the construction of the memorial, an eternal flame, would result in bulldozing part of Battery Park, neighborhood locals protested enough to stop the plan for now. Meanwhile, Mayor de Blasio remembers the covid-19 pandemic by hosting a ticker tape parade for essential workers. —Kristin Richardson Jordan, who has pulled into a narrow lead for the NYC city council District 9 seat that covers Central and East Harlem currently held by incumbent Bill Perkins. Richardson talks about running her grassroots campaign centered around the theme of “radical love" as an LGBTQ+ Black woman and democratic socialist. —Imani Oakley, who just announced she is running for Congress in New Jersey's 10th congressional district which encompasses Newark (primary held next June). Oakley, a socialist running on the Democrat ticket, is taking on one of the machine's dynastic heirs, Donald Payne, Jr. who inherited the seat from his father in 2012.

On 9/11, images of Brookfield Place were seen around the world. Its gorgeous glass barrel-vaulted roof collapsed, its entrance blocked by a mountain of debris. Recently, Pelli Clarke Pelli reimagined what the building entrance could be, restoring key parts and changing others, to deliver a more innovative, sustainable building at this iconic location. Today we talk with Rafael Pelli, who rehabilitated his father's initial vision with modern, sustainable swagger. Listen in as we discuss the development of this project as well as the evolution of construction standards, the keys to success as a new hire, and Pelli's journey into architecture. About Rafael: Rafael is a partner at Pelli Clarke Pelli, the world-renowned design firm started by his father. He leads the New York City office of Pelli Clarke Pelli, which was established in 2000. While there, he has worked on major high-rise residential buildings, including in Battery Park City in Manhattan, and on teaching and research facilities for major universities, including Princeton and Rice. He was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Association of Architects, an honor reserved for our nation's greatest architects.About your host: Atif Qadir is the Founder & CEO of REDIST, a technology company making it easy for commercial real estate professionals to find and use the $100B of real estate incentives given out every year in the US.Resources mentioned: Connect with Rafael on LinkedInLearn more about Pelli Clark PelliFollow Pelli Clark Pelli on InstagramDONATE to Urban Green LabCheck out Michael Graves Architecture and DesignSubscribe to the Michael Graves Youtube Channel

45:30 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives. Notes: 3:30 PM, Monday, March 18, 2002, walking down Houston Street back towards work, Obliviana Wander Radio, ambient sounds of NYC, Tuesday March 19, 2002, Pier A, Battery Park City, managing […]

Do you dream about your work making an impact not only in your organization but in your industry and beyond?   Janet Marie Smith, an Executive with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has 100% done this throughout her career! Don’t miss the latest episode of Game of Her Own and listen in as Janet Marie drops some wisdom as she shares her journey in sports.    Highlight reel of our conversation:  -Why she kept calling the CEO of the Orioles until she got a meeting -How confidence played a critical role in her getting her first job in baseball  -Why every day is an education for her  -Why collaboration is critical to run successful projects  -The incredible work she’s done in some of America’s most beloved sporting venues including Camden Yards, Fenway Park, and Dodger Stadium  -How she pulled “double duty” for teams  -How she balanced always living in Baltimore even when she was working for the Red Sox and Dodgers!   Are you enjoying Game of Her Own?  Help me spread the word by sharing it with other women in sports so they don’t have to go at it alone!    Links: HOK: https://www.hok.com/ Larry Lucchino: https://www.mlb.com/redsox/team/front-office/larry-lucchino Stan Kasten: https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/team/front-office/stan-kasten   Connect with Janet Marie:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smithjanetmarie/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/SmithJanetmarie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smith.janetmarie/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janet.m.smith.1426    Renowned architect and urban planner Janet Marie Smith is the Los Angeles Dodgers’ senior vice president of planning and development.    Since 2012, she has overseen the large-scale improvement and expansion projects at Dodger Stadium and Campo Las Palmas (the club’s home in the Dominican Republic).  From modernizing the stadium to incorporating the club’s rich history into the ballpark experience, Smith’s fan-friendly touches have helped keep Dodger Stadium - the third-oldest ballpark in baseball - as one of the premier venues in all of sports. Her latest project, a $100 million renovation of centerfield and completed new circulation around Dodger Stadium was completed for the 2020 season and will be the focal point of the MLB All-Star Game slated to be held in Los Angeles in 2022.    She is also working on the design and construction of Polar Park in Worcester, MA which will be the home of the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox in 2021.   Smith is best known in the baseball world for her work on the influential Oriole Park at Camden Yards, saving Fenway Park and the renovations at Dodger Stadium.     Smith worked for the Orioles from 1989-94 as vice president of planning and development during the design and construction of the park. Opening in 1992, Camden Yards immediately became the standard-bearer for a new wave of traditional baseball parks that have been built in subsequent years. Smith played an instrumental role in the design of the ballpark, creating a state-of-the-art unique facility that blends with the urban context of downtown Baltimore while taking inspiration from baseball parks built in the early 20th century.  Its success spawned over 20 MLB parks to move into urban centers and created a new formula for fan-friendly areas in sports venues and establishing new thinking for how sports fit into cities and elevate design.   Smith served as senior vice president of planning and development for the Boston Red Sox from 2002-2009.  Smith oversaw the preservation of historic Fenway Park and led the program that placed this significant ballpark on the National Historic Register.  Her work at Fenway Park earned her a Special Achievement Award from the Boston Baseball Writers’ Association in 2012.  Additionally, the Boston Preservation Alliance nominated Fenway Park for the 2008 Sports Business Awards’ Sports Venue of the Year and awarded the ballpark a Special Commendation for Outstanding Stewardship at the 2005 Preservation Awards, recognizing the cultural and historic significance of the building, as well as the honorific nature of its renovations including the popular addition of seats on top of Fenway Park’s iconic “Green Monster.” Before joining the Dodgers, Smith had a second tour with the Orioles as vice president of planning and development from September 2009-August 2012.    In that role, Smith directed renovations and expansion of the Orioles’ new spring training facility in Sarasota, Florida, as well as upgrades and enhancements to Oriole Park at Camden Yards to celebrate the park’s 20th anniversary including the popular roof deck on top of the batters eye in centerfield.     From 1994-2000, Smith held the position of president of Turner Sports and Entertainment Development, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, and was the vice president of Planning and Development for the Atlanta Braves. Her work in Atlanta transformed the 1996 Olympic Stadium into Turner Field, home of the Braves, and she also oversaw the development of the Philips Arena, home of the NBA Atlanta Hawks and NHL Atlanta Thrashers. Smith has worked on urban development projects, including Battery Park City in New York City, where she served as coordinator of Architecture and Design, and Pershing Square—Downtown Los Angeles’s oldest park.   Smith worked as senior advisor of planning and design with Baltimore-based Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse on many of their development and rehab projects in the city of Baltimore, from Tide Point to Bond Street Wharf.   She was responsible for concept planning for the Indianapolis basketball arena and the renovation of the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, Calif. She was also part of the THINK team, one of the final two teams in the competition for the World Trade Center site in New York City in 2002.  Smith’s work has been published extensively and she has spoken at the “Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture” and the NINE conference in Arizona on several occasions. She gave the keynote address at both conferences in 2014, the same year that she was selected as a recipient of a Women of Inspiration Award from the LA chapter of Women in Sports & Events (WISE).  In 2016, Smith was recognized by Maryland Daily Record’s Top 100 Circle of Excellence and was named Sports Business Journal’s “Power Player for Design and Development.”   Sports Business Journal also honored Smith in 2011 in their inaugural class of “Game Changers: Women in Sports Business” and in their 2017 Class of Champions.  In 2019, Smith was nominated for the Baseball Reliquary’s Shrine of the Eternals and SABR’s Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Baseball. Smith delivered the commencement speech for Mississippi State University, her alma mater, in 2013 and University of Michigan’s School of Kinesiology in 2018.  She was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.     Smith was the Edward P. Bass Visiting Professor at Yale University School of Architecture in 2017.     Smith holds a master’s degree in Urban Planning from City College of New York and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Mississippi State University.  She is an associate member of the Urban Land Institute, American Institute of Architects, and the American Planning Association. She serves on the advisory board for the University of Michigan Sports Management Program and is a former member of the board of directors of the engineering firm of Syska & Hennessy and the Berklee College of Music in Boston.    She has served on the Board of Directors for Port Discovery, the Maryland Science Center, and the College of Notre Dame.   Smith lives in Baltimore, MD with her husband, Bart Harvey and their home serves as a revolving door for their 3 children and friends.     Connect with Jahaan:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jahaanblake/ Email: jblake@jahaanblake.com Website: https://jahaanblake.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahaanblake/

Yuh-Line Niou is a New York Assemblywomen representing Lower Manhattan neighborhoods such as the Lower East Side, Chinatown, the Financial District, and Battery Park City. Yuh-Line has focused her career working on legislative and advocacy campaigns. She served as Chief of Staff for New York State Assemblymember Ron Kim, where, under her leadership, the office assisted thousands of immigrants, small-business owners, teachers, seniors, workers, and students. She’s drafted legislation to expand language access for immigrant communities, and has fought for more affordable housing and expanded services for seniors. In the Assembly, Yuh-Line has continued her advocacy work around financial empowerment. She’s pushed to improve financial protections for consumers, particularly for unbanked communities, to secure funding for New York City Housing Authority repairs, and has stood with tenant rights advocates for better housing regulations. Today, her focus is on rehabilitating downtown NYC where the pandemic and economic collapse has hit those areas and their small businesses the hardest. In this episode, we talk about Yuh-Line’s childhood led her to find her voice in politics, the policies she’s most passionate about right now, and how we can help lend a hand in the relief efforts for one of the hardest hit regions by COVID-19.    To donate, visit https://www.nioufornewyork.com/ And follow Yuh-Line on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/yuhline_niou/ and Twitter here https://twitter.com/yuhline   Produced by Dear Media

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Renewable energy is not a new conversation at Goldman Sachs as they have found a way for the last 10 years to ensure corporate profitability alongside operational sustainability. From their new LEED Gold Certified World headquarters to Sustainable Finance, Cindy shares a comprehensive synopsis of how Goldman Sachs and it's leadership is being “front footed” in setting an example for social equity, diversity, and inclusivity.  Don't miss hearing John Failla have a high-level conversation with Cindy Quam about ESG and how renewable energy plays into their vision of sustainability at Goldman Sachs & Co. Cindy is the Chief of Staff and Head of the ESG, Corporate and Workplace Solutions Division at Goldman Sachs, and is passionate about integrating environmental, social, and corporate governance across all their resources, including buildings, people, and communities.  You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in... Meeting Cindy Quan, Global Head of ESG, Corporate and Workplace Solutions [2:56] Tthe “WHY” behind the ESG initiatives at Goldman Sachs? [5:38] Two Highlights from Goldman Sachs CEO's sustainable vision [7:53] The Current Renewable Energy portion of ESG at Goldman Sachs [11:12] How the US and UK energy use dominates global consumption [13:28] Goldman Sachs' diversity preferences for onsite or offsite wind/solar/PPA [15:11] How RE sustainability plays into the future for Goldman Sachs? [18:03] Changing markets and a changing climate Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 was an anchor year for achievements in organizing sustainable changes to the market landscape. In December 2019, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon wrote an Op-Ed for the Financial Times sharing how Goldman Sachs would begin immediately integrating sustainable financial expertise across all departments. Rather than waiting for 2025 commitments, he chose to start now.  What motivates a decision like that? It's a commitment to creating the new future that our planet and future generations need. Listen to hear how Goldman Sachs is leading the way among organizations. Can climate transition be an opportunity for growth?  During this conversation, Cindy shares how the core of ESG goes beyond corporate responsibility, but rather drives the scaling of ESG to full integration and best practices. The effective model comes down to stewardship and community — if people and resources are not managed well and appreciated, they can be lost quickly. To provide an example so other organizations can see how it works practically, she shares their targeted metrics on what this looks like within the new Corporate and Workplace Solutions Division.  Portfolio Diversity of Renewable Energy  Goldman Sachs knows a thing or two about portfolio diversity and Renewable Energy is no different. However, you have to look at an aggregate cross-section of their 224 global locations totaling over 11 million square feet of real estate to see this exemplified. Onsite installation of a solar array is not always an option, so they are willing to consider other options, like a virtual PPA. In Tokyo, Goldman Sachs successfully pioneered requesting the landlord for a non-fossil fuel RE onsite installation and since then many others in the area have followed suit. Join John and Cindy for this insightful episode to hear what Goldman Sachs is doing and continues to do, and to glean ideas that could be applied to your organization.  Resources & People Mentioned David Soloman, CEO Goldman Sachs & CO  Why Goldman Sachs is investing $750 Billion in ESGs Financial Times article on GS Sustainability (subscription required) Connect with Cindy Quan LinkedIn profile Cindy Quan, Global Chief of Staff and Head of ESG, Goldman, Sachs & Co As Global Chief of Staff and Head of ESG at Goldman, Sachs & Co, Cindy Quanoversees global sustainability and social initiatives including the green building portfolio, the firm's energy and carbon reduction strategy and the local community engagement and vendor diversity program. She was responsible for the LEED Gold Certification of the World Headquarters building at 200 West Street in Battery Park City in New York City. Cindy is currently a board member of CoreNet NY and the chair of the external relations committee. Cindy is also an active member of the U.S. Green Building Council's National Market Advisory Committee. Cindy received her executive MBA at Columbia University and London Business Schools in 2014. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Cindy graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Facilities Management and Policy Analysis from Cornell University. Connect With Smart Energy Decisions https://smartenergydecisions.com   Follow them on Facebook Follow them on Twitter Follow them on LinkedIn Subscribe to Smart Energy Voices Audio Production and Show notes byPODCAST FAST TRACKhttps://www.podcastfasttrack.com

Bethany Borel, WELL AP is a Senior Associate at COOKFOX Architects in New York City. Since joining COOKFOX in 2012, Bethany’s combined knowledge of architecture and interior design has been a valuable asset to a variety of New York City projects. Currently, Bethany is spearheading the transformative design of the Solaire building in Battery Park City and the International WELL Building Institute headquarters at 220 Fifth Avenue. Bethany also designed and orchestrated the design of COOKFOX’s new, award-winning office on 57th Street, and the interiors of 62 Wooster Street, a landmarked 1920's industrial building to a luxury residential property in the heart of SoHo. Bethany frequently speaks on the topics of biophilia and high-performance design at events such as Greenbuild and the New York Green Building Conference. Additionally, Bethany teaches a sustainability studio course at the New York School of Interior Design and regularly serves as a guest juror at Columbia University and the Pratt Institute. Having spent her childhood in the seemingly disparate locales of Tokyo, Japan, and rural Iowa, Bethany has found that a common thread in her design philosophy is that she holds the utmost respect for the natural environment. At COOKFOX, Bethany brings this thinking to her projects as she pursues environmentally responsible design. In this episode we talk about: Ways to improve your home office environment How Bethany and her team at COOKFOX are staying connected while WFH during the pandemic What is biophilia and examples of biophilic design strategies in architecture and interior design How COOKFOX is rethinking the future of office design in a post-covid world

This week I sat down with Charity Fundraising Expert, Duncan Schieb. Duncan is a highly accomplished charity auctioneer, marketer, and fundraiser. In addition to his work managing live fundraising events for organizations, Duncan also runs a successful video production company that serves both nonprofit and commercial organizations. Duncan spoke with me from his home in Battery Park City, in New York -- near the nation's epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. As a charity event fundraising expert, Duncan knows all too well just how much of an impact this global pandemic has had on event fundraising. If your organization relies on event fundraising to fund operations, this is a conversation you won't want to miss!In our discussion, Duncan helped answer these following important questions that are on the minds of thousands of nonprofit leaders right now:How does an organization that is event-heavy in their funding model make the switch from live events to virtual events? How can organizations protect the revenue that might have already been committed by individual donors and corporate sponsors if their events are shut down? What's the one thing that organizations can do right now to protect your most important donor relationships (Hint: It's super simple, doesn't require any new money, and probably isn't what you think)?Is virtual fundraising just a blip on the radar screen because of this crisis, or could this help springboard organizations into an entirely new donor engagement/fundraising model for their organizations? I so appreciate Duncan's contribution to our sector and this conversation. In our chat, Duncan also shared the very personal story of the recent loss of his beautiful little boy, Lachlan Hugh Schieb. Duncan and his family have created the Lachlan Hugh Schieb Memorial Fund through Charity Water to ensure that Lachlan's life and memory can help bring life-saving water to people in need around the globe. 

This week I sat down with Charity Fundraising Expert, Duncan Schieb. Duncan is a highly accomplished charity auctioneer, marketer, and fundraiser. In addition to his work managing live fundraising events for organizations, Duncan also runs a successful video production company that serves both nonprofit and commercial organizations. Duncan spoke with me from his home in Battery Park City, in New York -- near the nation's epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. As a charity event fundraising expert, Duncan knows all too well just how much of an impact this global pandemic has had on event fundraising. If your organization relies on event fundraising to fund operations, this is a conversation you won't want to miss!In our discussion, Duncan helped answer these following important questions that are on the minds of thousands of nonprofit leaders right now:How does an organization that is event-heavy in their funding model make the switch from live events to virtual events? How can organizations protect the revenue that might have already been committed by individual donors and corporate sponsors if their events are shut down? What's the one thing that organizations can do right now to protect your most important donor relationships (Hint: It's super simple, doesn't require any new money, and probably isn't what you think)?Is virtual fundraising just a blip on the radar screen because of this crisis, or could this help springboard organizations into an entirely new donor engagement/fundraising model for their organizations? I so appreciate Duncan's contribution to our sector and this conversation. In our chat, Duncan also shared the very personal story of the recent loss of his beautiful little boy, Lachlan Hugh Schieb. Duncan and his family have created the Lachlan Hugh Schieb Memorial Fund through Charity Water to ensure that Lachlan's life and memory can help bring life-saving water to people in need around the globe. 

On tonight's episode of Saturday Night Liv, I talk more about my apartment search in NYC. From handling my anxiety about it to potentially finding a place, you get to hear it all. Enjoy!!

A surprising development in the city's fight against billboard barges — The company floating the LED billboards in the waters around Manhattan has thrown in the towel after new state regulations pushed them back 1,500 feet from the shoreline. The advertising company promoting the billboard boats has now settled with the city and agreed to be subject to a $100,000 fine if they operate within New York waters. The barge will be relocated to Florida, where the company set up a similar barge along the Miami shoreline in 2016. The agreement with the city ends both the company's six-month fight with the city and the challenge they raised to the state law. As of October 11th, the company's website has been replaced with a generic image saying the site is down for maintenance. According to a presentation acquired by Digiday in January 2019, the company was touting their Hudson River and East River coverage to advertisers at the rate of $55,000 for a 30 second looping at on the banner boats, and they referenced the city's plan to continue developing the shoreline and the city's ferry system as reasons to advertise on LED billboard barges. 86 years ago on October 10, 1933 — A United Air Lines Boeing 247 from Newark, NJ exploded in what is believed to have been the first sabotage bombing of a commercial aircraft 56 years ago on October 14, 1963 — A New York Airways helicopter crashes just after takeoff from Idlewild (JFK) Airport, killing all six people aboard Double-check your speed if you're on the West Side Highway after October 12th — The city is dropping speeds from 35 to 30 mph on the West Side south of 59th Street beginning Saturday. The move comes as part of Vision Zero, a set of plans adopted by cities worldwide and introduced to New York by Mayor de Blasio in 2014. Vision Zero aims to eliminate pedestrian injuries and fatalities from vehicles, and the reduction in speed on the West Side Highway is meant to reduce the severity of vehicle impacts in areas south of 59th where the highway becomes street-level and pedestrians and cyclists frequently have to cross highway traffic at intersections, including busy areas like the Intrepid museum, Chelsea Piers, and Battery Park City. While drivers may rarely even have the opportunity to top 30 mph in rush hour traffic, the DOT will catch any drivers speeding using new speed cameras along the highway. If the area south of 59th Street sounds familiar, it's because it's the same area targeted by the upcoming congestion pricing plan, where a system of cameras will collect tolls on cars entering the area south of 61st Street. While vehicles staying on the FDR or West Side Highway will be exempt from congestion pricing, vehicles would also be monitored by cameras used for collecting tolls on vehicles exiting the West Side Highway once it reaches street level and begins exiting into the central business district south of 61st. The speed limits on all small streets within the city were dropped to 25 mph in November 2014. If you can't enjoy a low-speed drive on the West Side Highway and don't want to pay a congestion toll, consider a ride along the new 14th Street busway, which was finally able to open on October 3rd, and has been going swimmingly ever since. The street has been cleared of cars, leaving the buses to freely glide from stop to stop along 14th Street from Third Avenue to Ninth Avenue. Even though the implementation was delayed by three months by community groups, the first week of the busway seems to have had no noticeable impact on the surrounding streets. Bus riders on social media showed quiet, peaceful, and efficient rides during multiple times of day, with just a sparse few delivery trucks parked along the curb. It remains to be seen if the city's experiment with a busway can indeed increase the average speeds of buses on 14th Street while also not slowing down the surrounding area, but for right now, the first attempt at reorganizing 14th Street seems to be a success. I'll bring you the full Department of Transportation report once the trial period for the busway is complete. 16 years ago on October 15, 2003 — A Staten Island ferry strikes a pier at St. George Terminal, S.I., killing 11 people and injuring 165 of the 1,500 passengers In A Great Big City history: We're currently watching the MTA's new busway on 14th Street, but 3 years ago the MTA Sends Test Trains Along the New Second Avenue Subway. Train aficionado DJ Hammers on Youtube caught a glimpse of empty subway cars through a stairway at 63rd and Lex that were being run on the new Second Avenue line. The test cars were loaded with large boxes, presumably to simulate the weight of a fully-loaded train. The Second Avenue line would open three months later in January 2017. 8 years ago we were looking at the Rockefeller Center and Bryant Park Preparing Their Skating Rinks, and both rinks are on schedule this year as well! Rockefeller Center's rink opens on Saturday, October 12th, with regular admission being $25 for adults and $15 for children under 11 years old, and the Bryant Park rink will open as part of their Winter Village on October 31st, with free admission. 2 years ago, the NTSB was working to track down the drone pilot who was responsible for a drone colliding with an Army helicopter. The Blackhawk helicopter was hovering at about 300 feet near Midland Beach in Staten Island when a DJI Phantom drone struck the helicopter's blade and window frame, which obliterated the drone but did lodge a piece of debris in the helicopter that the NTSB would use to identify the owner of the drone. When interviewed by the NTSB, the drone operator admitted that he was flying the drone outside of his visual range and was unaware of the helicopter's flight path. Data from the drone operator's controller showed the drone's flight from Dyker Beach Park out over the water, along the Coney Island shore, and then looping back over open water toward Staten Island. It was at that point that the drone hit the helicopter. — Drone Pilot Interviewed After Collision with Army Helicopter A Great Big City has been running a 24-hour newsfeed since 2010, but the AGBC News podcast is just getting started, and we need your support. A Great Big City is built on a dedication to explaining what is happening and how it fits into the larger history of New York, which means thoroughly researching every topic and avoiding clickbait headlines to provide a straightforward, honest, and factual explanation of the news. Individuals can make a monthly or one-time contribution at agreatbigcity.com/support and local businesses can have a lasting impact by supporting local news while promoting products or services directly to interested customers listening to this podcast. Visit agreatbigcity.com/advertising to learn more. AGBC is more than just a news website: Our fireworks page monitors the city's announcements of upcoming fireworks, lists them on our site, and automatically sends out a notification just before the fireworks begin, so that you can watch the show or prepare your pet for the upcoming sounds of explosions. Visit agreatbigcity.com/fireworks to see the full calendar and follow @agreatbigcity on social media to receive the alerts Park of the day Corporal Fischer Park — Highbridge, Nelson Avenue at West 170th Street — This park honors a New Yorker who enlisted in the United States Army and served in the 75th Joint Assault Signal Company of the Army Air Corps during World War II (1939-1945), Corporal Irwin A. Fischer. The park land is undeveloped and appears to be inaccessible due to a fence around the property, but it adds a nice bit of green to the corner. Nearby Corporal Irwin Fischer Place was previously known as Highbridge Street, Hennessy Place, and briefly James R. Murphy Place. Parks Events Pumpkin-picking at Decker Farm in Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island — Admission: $6, Saturdays and Sundays through October 26th from 11am to 5pm. Featuring hayrides, a hay maze, apple cider, s'mores, and of course a variety of pumpkins to choose from! The farm may be 200 years old, but it even features pumpkin chunkin with a huge bungee slingshot! Visit the link in the show notes to historicrichmondtown.org for directions and more info. Concert Calendar Here's the AGBC Concert Calendar for the upcoming week: Wilco is playing Brooklyn Steel in Greenpoint on Sunday, October 13th at 7pm. Sara Bareilles with Emily King is playing Madison Square Garden in Midtown West / Chelsea / Hudson Yards on Sunday, October 13th at 8pm. Post Malone with Swae Lee is playing Madison Square Garden in Midtown West / Chelsea / Hudson Yards on Monday, October 14th at 8pm. The Black Keys with Modest Mouse is playing Barclays Center in Boerum Hill on Tuesday, October 15th at 7pm. Post Malone is playing Madison Square Garden in Midtown West / Chelsea / Hudson Yards on Tuesday, October 15th at 8pm. Steely Dan is playing Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side on Tuesday, October 15th at 8pm. Kacey Musgraves with Lucius is playing Radio City Music Hall in Midtown on Wednesday, October 16th at 8pm. Steely Dan is playing Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side on Wednesday, October 16th at 8pm. The Chainsmokers with 5 Seconds of Summer is playing Barclays Center in Boerum Hill on Thursday, October 17th at 7pm. Steely Dan is playing Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side on Friday, October 18th at 8pm. Moon Boots with Quantic is playing Brooklyn Steel in Greenpoint on Friday, October 18th at 8pm. Mahalia with Jvck James is playing Music Hall of Williamsburg in Williamsburg on Friday, October 18th at 9pm. The Misfits with Rancid and The Damned are playing Madison Square Garden in Midtown West / Chelsea / Hudson Yards on Saturday, October 19th at 7pm. Mana is playing Barclays Center in Boerum Hill on Saturday, October 19th at 8pm. Steely Dan is playing Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side on Saturday, October 19th at 8pm. Benin International Musical is playing Carnegie Hall - Stern Auditorium in Hell's Kitchen / Midtown on Saturday, October 19th at 9pm. Find more fun things to do at agreatbigcity.com/events. Learn about New York Here's something you may not have known about New York: Those silver Water Sampling boxes along the sidewalk are used to monitor the quality of NYC's water — There are 965 sampling stations citywide and more than 1,300 samples are collected each month Weather The extreme highs and lows for this week in weather history: Record High: 90°F on October 17, 1938 Record Low: 32°F on October 15, 1876 Weather for the week ahead: Rain on Sunday through Wednesday, with high temperatures peaking at 73°F on Monday. Thanks for listening to A Great Big City. Follow along 24 hours a day on social media @agreatbigcity or email contact@agreatbigcity.com with any news, feedback, or topic suggestions. Subscribe to AGBC News wherever you listen to podcasts: iTunes, Google Play, or Overcast, Podcast Addict, Player FM, or listen to each episode on the podcast pages at agreatbigcity.com/podcast. If you enjoy the show, subscribe and leave a review wherever you're listening and visit our podcast site to see show notes and extra links for each episode. Intro and outro music: 'Start the Day' by Lee Rosevere — Concert Calendar music from Jukedeck.com

A preview of the 38th Annual Battery Dance Festival at Robert F. Wagner Park in Battery Park City, August 11-16 at 7pm and August 17 at Pace University. Artistic Director Jonathan Hollander and dancer Hussein Smko talk about the free festival's U.S. and international performers and the company's year round international work. For more, visit batterydance.org.

A preview of the 38th Annual Battery Dance Festival at Robert F. Wagner Park in Battery Park City, August 11-16 at 7pm and August 17 at Pace University. Artistic Director Jonathan Hollander and dancer Hussein Smko talk about the free festival's U.S. and international performers and the company's year round international work. For more, visit batterydance.org.

A preview of the 38th Annual Battery Dance Festival at Robert F. Wagner Park in Battery Park City, August 11-16 at 7pm and August 17 at Pace University. Artistic Director Jonathan Hollander and dancer Hussein Smko talk about the free festival's U.S. and international performers and the company's year round international work. For more, visit batterydance.org.

Caspar Szulc joins Mark and Dr. Gladden on this episode of Living Beyond 120 to explain what he and his team are doing at Innovative Medicine to reshape the medical paradigm. He discusses his background, with a father who practiced integrative medicine and a mother who was a psychologist, in which he was taught the mindset of tending to a whole body, mind and spirit together. They discuss some of Caspar’s own health regimen based on his gathered knowledge and experiences. He explains the ways the New York Center for Innovative Medicine is applying these philosophies to improve health, longevity and performance for others through personalized medicine. They consider a number of topics about improving and reclaiming overall health and wellness, including tackling emotional health and stress, coping with toxicity and much more.  About the guest:  As President and Co-Founder of Innovative Medicine, Caspar Szulc brings a unique vision that has played a vital role in the growth of the company and breaking into new markets around the world. His “quality first” approach has helped to set the tone of a company that not only bridges that gap of science and nature, but of design and medicine – relentlessly trying to achieve a balance of the two that benefits both practitioner and patient. Caspar was born in Manhattan, New York, and from an early age, he was exposed to a lifestyle of healthy diet, exercise, and a holistic and spiritual mentality by his father, a pioneer in integrative medicine, and mother, a psychologist. Caspar attended Boston University’s School of Management where he received degrees in Marketing and Finance. He then worked as a financial analyst before starting the venture now known as Innovative Medicine at the age of 22.  As President and Co-Founder of Innovative Medicine, Caspar brings a passion and vision that has played a vital role in the growth of the company and world-renowned medical center and breaking into new markets around the globe. His “quality first” approach has helped to set the tone of a company that not only bridges that gap of science and nature but of design and medicine – relentlessly trying to achieve a balance of the two that benefits both practitioner and patient. An avid traveler and explorer, he has visited 6 continents, 57 countries, and all 50 states in the U.S. His search for new therapies, modalities and how other cultures heal continues to take him to new places around the planet. He has applied the knowledge gained from traveling and his unique upbringing to help others achieve a healthier, happier existence. He enjoys mountain climbing (climbed three of the 7 Summits), tennis (attended all 4 Grand Slams), meditation, exotic foods (has eaten giraffe, zebra, tarantula, and rotten shark among other novel foods), and being a Big Brother to a wonderful Little. Caspar now resides in Battery Park City, NYC. Connect with him on Twitter @CasparSzulc.          

This week, I'm excited to welcome Caspar Szulc. Caspar was born in Manhattan, New York, and from an early age, he was exposed to a lifestyle of healthy diet, exercise, and a holistic and spiritual mentality by his father, a pioneer in integrative medicine, and mother, a psychologist. Caspar attended Boston University’s School of Management where he received degrees in Marketing and Finance. He then worked as a financial analyst before starting the venture now known as Innovative Medicine at the age of 22. As President and Co-Founder of Innovative Medicine, Caspar brings a passion and vision that has played a vital role in the growth of the company and world-renowned medical center and breaking into new markets around the globe. His “quality first” approach has helped to set the tone of a company that not only bridges that gap of science and nature but of design and medicine – relentlessly trying to achieve a balance of the two that benefits both practitioner and patient. An avid traveler and explorer, he has visited 6 continents, 57 countries, and all 50 states in the U.S. His search for new therapies, modalities and how other cultures heal continues to take him to new places around the planet. He has applied the knowledge gained from traveling and his unique upbringing to help others achieve a healthier, happier existence. He enjoys mountain climbing (climbed three of the 7 Summits), tennis (attended all 4 Grand Slams), meditation, exotic foods (has eaten giraffe, zebra, tarantula, and rotten shark among other novel foods), and being a Big Brother to a wonderful Little. Caspar now resides in Battery Park City, NYC. Questions we ask in this episode: What are the fundamental problems with conventional medicine? What can we do to safeguard our brains from decline? What can we expect in the future with integrative medicine? This week I'm excited to welcome Caspar Szulc. Casper is the co-founder of Innovative Medicine, a company leading the way with a unique cutting edge and highly effective approach to medicine and health. In this episode, we discuss the fundamental problems with conventional medicine, and explore how a personalize interpretive approach can help push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare today. Over to Caspar. Hey guys, this is Stu from 180 Nutrition and I'm delighted to welcome Caspar Szulc to the podcast today. Caspar, how are you? Caspar 01:19 I'm doing well Stu. Thanks for having me. Stu 01:21 No, I really appreciate it. And I've got a whole heap of questions that I'm very keen and eager to get stuck into, but before we do, for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you or your work, I'd just love it if you could tell us a little bit about yourself please? Caspar 01:37 Sure thing. So I am the co-founder of Innovative Medicine. We're an organization that has been really transforming medicine and how we look at healing for the last 15 years or so. We have a clinical center in New York that sees patients from around the world, and we really are one of the few places that is truly advocating for a personalize and integrative form of medicine that gets at the root causes, and really restores health on all sides, mind, body, spirit. So it's East meets West, meets everything in between. And we're really trying to help patients at that field, they don't have too many options out there to go about it. And in a unique way that gets to those underlying dysfunctions, addresses them with a truly comprehensive approach and gets them back on track for prolonged health. How we should live in our natural state is healthy. And that's what we're aiming to do. For full transcript and interview:  

[EPISODE] Battery Park City Join me for a special journey to Battery Park City! My guests will be Rediscovering New York regular guest Joyce Gold, of Joyce Gold History Tours, and Bob Giraldi, longtime film, TV, and commercial art director who now owns and operates restaurants in Lower Manhattan including Gigino at Wagner Park. Segment 1 Jeff introduces Joyce Gold who does history tours throughout New York City . Joyce talks about how she became interested and involved in taking people onto tours around the city. Jeff and Joyce talk about the difference between Battery Park and Battery Park City. They discuss Battery Park City’s beginnings and its connection to the World Trade Center. They talk about the Battery Park City Authority, as well as the financial history of building the area. Segment 2 Joyce talks about what kind of tours she offers and how to learn more about them. Jeff and Joyce talk what the Battery Park City Authority wanted the area to look like and where the influences for the designs came from. They discuss developers involved in Battery Park City and the differences between it and Hudson Yards. They talk about interesting parks, memorials and museums located in Battery Park City. Segment 3 Jeff introduces his second guest for the night Bob Giraldi. Bob discuss how he got into directing film and advertising. He talks about teaching young people how to direct films and the inspiration he gets from it. Jeff asks Bob about how he got involved in the restaurant business and Bob talks about the challenges yet joys of it. Segment 4 Bob talks more about the restaurant business and how it ties into the real estate business. He talks about the early beginnings of his restaurant and about the beauty of having one in Wagner Park. He talks about seeing 9/11 from his restaurant. Jeff and Bob discuss the vibe of Battery Park City and what makes it a special place. Bob discusses his favorite dish at Gigino.

Jonathan Jossen of Triplemint discusses real-time trends in Manhattan as well as the ins and outs of Battery Park City.

Hudson Yards opens Friday, March 15th, with the public being able to visit the new shopping mall and food court, the massive sculpture of stairs (tentatively) called the Vessel History Hudson Yards is a unique development. Other areas in Manhattan may change names, like the Lower East Side splitting to become the East Village, and new areas may be built, like Battery Park City, but Hudson Yards will be the last neighborhood to grow from previously undeveloped land. The site has been a railyard since the turn of the last century and had been the target of many developers over the years, but only recently did plans come together to build the largest private real estate development in the United States on top of the block-long open area of train tracks. A cutaway model shows the multiple layers at the site: Amtrak and NJ Transit trains at the deepest level in the Hudson Tunnel, 30 tracks of LIRR storage just below ground level, then an elevated platform constructed over the tracks that contains machinery to run the complex, support structures drilled into the bedrock, and the street-level parks and building entrances. If you take the new 7 Train extension to Hudson Yards, you'll emerge from even deeper under the complex since the new station is 125 feet below street level, making it one of the deepest in the subway system. The part of the development opening now is really only half of what will ultimately rise from the rail yards. This section, east of Eleventh Ave, was developed first, but more residential towers and open public space will be added in the next phase west of Eleventh. In this episode we'll learn about a few new features opening this weekend in this new neighborhood. Stores Shopping at Hudson Yards will be pretty similar to the retail space that has opened at the new World Trade Center complex, with high-priced fashion brands filling most of the space. A multi-story Neiman Marcus will anchor the shopping areas, with stores like Louis Vuitton, Coach, and Zara showing up along the mall's corridors and stores from luxury watchmakers Patek Philippe, Rolex, and Piaget. Visit B3ta on the second floor where shoppers have the ability to try out products that are usually ordered online and produced by smaller companies that can't afford to open an entire storefront. The Shed The structure sitting along the High Line that looks like an inflatable ice cube is the art, performance, and event space at Hudson Yards, called The Shed. It's a transforming building with sliding panels and a rolling canopy that can host a variety of events. There's a very cool video animation on the Hudson Yards site showing how the Shed transforms to change from an indoor venue for concerts and art to an open-air plaza for watching movies, and the Shed will even announce on social media when it will be transforming the building for a new event, so you'll have advance notice if you want to stop by watch the four-story structure move. The Shed will be opening in early April with a five-night concert series. The Vessel The Vessel sculpture has fast become one of the most recognizable features of Hudson Yards. 150 feet tall with 154 interconnected stairways, visitors can climb onto dozens of observation platforms and view Hudson Yards from multiple directions. It's sure to become a favorite of photographers. The name may be "The Vessel" for now, but Hudson Yards will be accepting suggestions for a more-fitting name for the sculpture. During the opening ceremony where Big Bird helped Anderson Cooper officially open the Vessel to visitors, Big Bird compared the sculpture to his own Sesame Street bird nest, which is an interlocking nest of brown branches. Visiting the sculpture currently requires making a free reservation, but it's unclear if this will continue into the future or if it's only intended to keep crowd numbers low during ongoing construction at Hudson Yards. If you take any innovative photos of the Vessel or have a suggestion on a better name than "The Vessel", send them in to A Great Big City on social media! Observation Deck If you're longing for a higher vantage point, make your reservation for The Edge, an observation deck at Hudson Yards that will become the highest public balcony in the city. Jutting out to the southeast corner from 30 Hudson Yards, the triangle-shaped deck will offer a variety of views across the city and the Hudson River, all from a height of 1,100 feet. The glass walls surrounding the observation deck will lean outwards at the point of the triangle, giving daredevils an opportunity to lean forward and look straight down from a point 65 feet away from the building. The deck won't open as part of the Hudson Yards grand opening, but you can reserve a spot on the list to be one of the first visitors when it does open. The Future It may look out of place at the moment, but just like the World Trade Center complex, Hudson Yards will begin to blend in with the New York around it as construction is finished and more open spaces are added. The plaza is open to visitors and will have wifi access, so it may prove popular as a place to take a rest in Hell's Kitchen, which otherwise had a limited amount of public green space. The upcoming parkland along the High Line and the Hudson River will add a much-needed boost to an area where pedestrians were either relegated to a narrow sidewalk next to the highway and the only was the concrete rear wall of the Javits Center. Much like the open lawns along the Hudson in Battery Park City, the green space at Hudson Yards will likely prove to be a popular space for watching the sunset or having an afternoon picnic, and will really come to life when attendees from various Javits Center conventions explore the new spaces instead of trying to catch a cab out of the area. Welcome to the neighborhood, Hudson Yards! 5 years ago on March 12, 2014 — A natural gas explosion levels two five-story buildings on Park Avenue 3 years ago on March 12, 2016 — 84-foot tugboat 'The Specialist' sinks after colliding with a barge near the Tappan Zee Bridge Park of the day Davidson Playground — Morris Heights in The Bronx — Little is known about Oliver Mathias Davidson for whom this playground and the adjacent Davidson Avenue are named. Davidson served as Chief Engineer of Streets from 1867 to 1872, and at one time owned land in Fordham. The small neighborhood park contains playground equipment and many lush trees providing shade. The Queens Botanical Garden will be holding a Backyard Composting Workshop on Saturday, March 16th where you can learn what goes in a compost bin, how to maintain it properly, and how to use the compost after it has had time to develop. Registration is required, but the event is free. Call (718) 886-3800 for more info. Concert Calendar This is the AGBC Concert Calendar: Teenage Fanclub and The Love Language are playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday, March 14th. The Movielife and Travis Shettel are playing Brooklyn Night Bazaar on Friday, March 15th. THE 1ST WORLD TOUR ‘WARNING' and Sunmi are playing The Town Hall on Friday, March 15th. Have a Nice Life, Consumer, elizabeth colour wheel, Midwife, and Planning for Burial are playing Market Hotel on Friday, March 15th. Massive Attack is playing Radio City Music Hall on Friday, March 15th. The Purple Tour and Lukas Graham are playing Hammerstein Ballroom on Friday, March 15th. DEATH CULTS, Husbandry, and LAPêCHE are playing Union Pool on Friday, March 15th. Have a Nice Life, Consumer, elizabeth colour wheel, Planning for Burial, and Wreck and Reference are playing Brooklyn Night Bazaar on Saturday, March 16th. The Bouncing Souls and Strike Anywhere are playing White Eagle Hall on Saturday, March 16th. Massive Attack is playing Radio City Music Hall on Saturday, March 16th. Youth of Today, Glitterer, KRIMEWATCH, and Line Of Sight are playing Brooklyn Bazaar on Sunday, March 17th. Kenny O'Brien and The O'Douls and Kevin Devine are playing Mercury Lounge on Sunday, March 17th. This Heat, This Is Not This Heat, and Yvette are playing (le) Poisson Rouge on Monday, March 18th. 20 Years: An Intimate Conclusion To Thursday's 20th Anniversary, Thursday, and American Pleasure Club are playing Saint Vitus Bar on Monday, March 18th. An Evening with Fleetwood Mac and Fleetwood Mac are playing Madison Square Garden on Monday, March 18th. Find more fun things to do at agreatbigcity.com/events. New York Fact Here's something you may not have known about New York: Sidewalk food carts have those classic large umbrellas because Department of Health regulations state that food being prepared outdoors must be covered by an overhead structure to prevent contamination Weather The extreme highs and lows for this week in weather history: Record High: 83°F on March 20, 1945 Record Low: 7°F on March 18, 1916 Weather for the week ahead: Light rain tomorrow, with high temperatures falling to 46°F on Sunday. Thanks for listening to A Great Big City. Follow along 24 hours a day on social media @agreatbigcity or email contact@agreatbigcity.com with any news, feedback, or topic suggestions. Subscribe to AGBC News wherever you listen to podcasts: iTunes, Google Play, or Podcast Addict, Spotify, and Castbox or listen to each episode on the podcast pages. If you enjoy the show, subscribe and leave a review wherever you're listening and visit agreatbigcity.com/podcast to see show notes and extra links for each episode. Intro and outro music: 'Start the Day' by Lee Rosevere — Concert Calendar music from Jukedeck.com

The Museum of Jewish Heritage presents the exhibition "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not Far away.," from May 8, 2019-January 3, 2020. Museum Chairman Bruce Ratner discusses this groundbreaking exhibit and why it's so important now. For more on the museum, located in Battery Park City, visit Auschwitz.nyc.

The Museum of Jewish Heritage presents the exhibition "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not Far away.," from May 8, 2019-January 3, 2020. Museum Chairman Bruce Ratner discusses this groundbreaking exhibit and why it's so important now. For more on the museum, located in Battery Park City, visit Auschwitz.nyc.

The Museum of Jewish Heritage presents the exhibition "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not Far away.," from May 8, 2019-January 3, 2020. Museum Chairman Bruce Ratner discusses this groundbreaking exhibit and why it's so important now. For more on the museum, located in Battery Park City, visit Auschwitz.nyc.

History and Top Stories for the week of January 14 The Highline Ballroom is Closing 58 years ago on January 11, 1961 — The Throgs Neck Bridge opens to traffic, carrying 20,000 vehicles and generating $5,000 in tolls in the first 12 hours, which helped put a dent in its $92,000,000 cost to build — In other bridge news, the old Tappan Zee, first opened in December 1955, is set to be demolished this Tuesday at 10am, weather permitting. 66 years ago on January 16, 1953 — A Staten Island ferry and a freighter collide due to heavy fog, injuring 13. The foggy conditions would cause another collision involving a Staten Island ferry and an Ellis Island ferry four days later on January 20th. In happier ferry news, the city announced that the NYC ferry system will expand over the next few years with new routes connecting all five boroughs and a new Staten Island route bringing ferry service to the Hudson River at Battery Park City and Midtown. A Coney Island route will depart Wall Street and make one additional stop in Bay Ridge. The Astoria route will add a stop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard before sailing over to Wall Street. The Navy Yard stop is expected to open by May 2019, while the other routes are projected for 2020 and 2021. The fare will remain at $2.75 per ride, despite figures showing that the average cost of each ride was almost $9 in previous years. The Port Authority will be relocating candy sculptures from downtown to JFK Airport after the sculpture bearing the Saudi Arabian flag drew online criticism for its placement near the site of the September 11th attack. The sculptures depict the flags of every G20 member nation and have been displayed in 25 countries since 2011, including the Garment District in Manhattan in October 2018. The sculptures were scheduled to be displayed outside the Oculus at the World Trade Center complex through February 2019, but will now move to locations along the JFK Airport Airtrain. According to Olshan Realty's Luxury Market Report, someone purchased apartment 95A on the 95th floor of 432 Park Avenue for $41.25 million, making it the most expensive sale of the week, at almost double the second-most-expensive sale. The corner apartment is just under 4,000 square feet and has three bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a library, an entry foyer, and views of Central Park. But hey, it's a north-facing apartment, so even with windows providing a panoramic view of the city from east to west, it won't get the invigorating rays of sun in the winter that your sixth-floor walk-up gets! If you're still in the market, there's a similar rental unit on the 70th floor for just $70,000 per month. 10 years ago on January 15, 2009 — Captain Sully Sullenberger lands USAir Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, an event that would become known as the Miracle on the Hudson. An investigation determined that an engine had been damaged after striking a flock of Canada Geese on takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. Sullenberger told ABC News in an interview ahead of the 10th anniversary that during pilot training, flight simulators did not simulate a water landing, and he had only received classroom training on how to handle the situation. Upon hitting the water, Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeff Skiles simultaneously said "That wasn't as bad as I thought!" 62 years ago on January 21, 1957 — The Mad Bomber is arrested after planting at least 33 bombs that injured 15 people. He attacked various public locations across the city for 16 years with small bombs, justifying his crimes as retribution for an injury he received while working for ConEd in 1931. He was found incompetent to stand trial and was committed to a mental hospital. Metesky was identified by a ConEd clerk named Alice Kelly who had been searching employee records for someone who matched the police profile based on details revealed in the bomber's letters. Park of the day Winston Churchill Square — 10 Downing Street at Bleecker and Sixth Avenue, Manhattan — A small and intimate park that is filled with greenery and surrounded by a high iron fence. Named for Sir Winston Churchill because of the nearby similarly-named "10 Downing Street". Skate Night: Disco Get Down — Date: January 18, 2019 Join NYC Parks for a fun skate night at Tony Dapolito Recreation Center. Dance and enjoy a night of disco roller skating! Skates will be provided but are limited. Feel free to bring your own skates. The use of socks is required. Socks will not be provided on site. RSVP only for one session. 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. // Family Skate 6:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. // Adult Skate Only Please note: RSVP is required at skatenighttd.eventbrite.com. Contact Colleen Flood at colleen.flood@parks.nyc.gov or at (212) 242-5228 for more information regarding accessibility. Start time: 5:00 pm End time: 8:00 pm Contact phone: (212) 408-0243 Location: Tony Dapolito Recreation Center Weather The historic highs and lows for Monday, January 14 Record High: 70°F in 1932 Record Low: -5°F in 1914 Weather for the week ahead: Snow (4–8 in.) over the weekend, with high temperatures peaking at 46°F on Friday. Visit agreatbigcity.com/support to learn how to support New York City local news and allow us to keep bringing you this podcast. If you are a New York-based business and would be interested in sponsoring our podcasts, visit agreatbigcity.com/advertising to learn more. Intro and outro music: "Start the Day" by Lee Rosevere

Sneha Anne Philip was a thirty-one year old medical student in the final year of her residency. The year prior, she had married her med-school sweetheart and the two were now living in an apartment in Battery Park City. While on the surface, everything seemed to be moving along smoothly, a dark shadow of rumor and legal trouble was beginning to veil her life. Sneha was removed from her previous residency program under accusations of being late and alcohol related issues. She filed a police report alleged sexual assault by one of her co-workers, though the District Attorney would later charge Sneha with filing a false report. In the midst of the chaos, Sneha was alleged to have been engaging in extramarital affairs and her struggle with alcohol resulted in her suspension from her new residency. On the morning of September 10th, 2001, Sneha plead not guilty after refusing to recant her statement and have all charges dropped. That afternoon she spoke to her mother for several hours, and was last seen on surveillance cameras shopping at a nearby department store. This would be the last confirmed sighting, and in the utter devastation and tragedy of the terror attacks of September 11th, Sneha appeared to have vanished into thin air. Did Sneha Philip elect to run away from her problems and start her life anew? Did she, caught up in the stress of her problems, elect to end her own life? Is it possible that she met someone new, or ran into an old enemy and was murdered or abducted? Or, did Sneha use her medical training to try and aid those injured on 911 and ultimately lose her life in the most lethal attack in the history of America? Join host Steven Pacheco as he examines this confusing and complex case trying to find the answer as to what became of Sneha Anne Philips. For more information please visit: https://www.trace-evidence.comhttps://www.patreon.com/traceevidence Social Media:https://twitter.com/TraceEvPodhttps://www.instagram.com/traceevidencepod/https://www.facebook.com/groups/traceevidencepodMusic Courtesy of: "Lost Time" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Sneha_Anne_Philip | https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/sneha-philip-did-doctor-use-cover-of-911-to-disappear/news-story/625c596e0dbf185831adf1ee6734bcb7 | https://www.rediff.com/news/special/snehas-room-has-been-kept-the-same-way-for-the-past-15-years/20160911.htm | https://nypost.com/2008/07/11/solved-the-last-mystery-of-911/ | http://nymag.com/news/features/17336/index2.html | http://charleyproject.org/case/sneha-ann-philip

The next trend in NYC Real Estate? Green Living. Mukul Lalchandani of Compass, joins me as we travel from Williamsburg to Battery Park City to discuss why using renewable resources when you build can make a huge difference both environmentally and financially.

Adrift in a Gilliam like wilderness on the lower west side of Manhattan, Battery Park City, our heroes Jim Wallace and Jon Cross take in the latest Stephen King adaptation, the long time coming, The Dark Tower starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey .Do they find it to be a faithful adaption? a good adaption? do they like it? do they hate it? You have to listen to find out.We talk about different directors, trying to find the good, Hollywood style 80s story out of chaos, the acting, the writing, the score and more. Bombarded by noise from a neighbouring booth our plucky duo continue and talk about the nature of modern movies. ENJOY! 

Battery Dance's Artistic Director Jonathan Hollander gives a preview of the annual Battery Dance Festival in Battery Park City, and we hear the story of Hussein Smko, a native of Kurdistan, and the first recipient of The Adel Euro Campaign for Dancers Seeking Refuge. The week-long free festival begins Sunday, August 13. Schedules and more at Batterydance.org

Battery Dance's Artistic Director Jonathan Hollander gives a preview of the annual Battery Dance Festival in Battery Park City, and we hear the story of Hussein Smko, a native of Kurdistan, and the first recipient of The Adel Euro Campaign for Dancers Seeking Refuge. The week-long free festival begins Sunday, August 13. Schedules and more at Batterydance.org

Battery Dance's Artistic Director Jonathan Hollander gives a preview of the annual Battery Dance Festival in Battery Park City, and we hear the story of Hussein Smko, a native of Kurdistan, and the first recipient of The Adel Euro Campaign for Dancers Seeking Refuge. The week-long free festival begins Sunday, August 13. Schedules and more at Batterydance.org

Veteran journalist and celebrity interviewer Glenn Plaskin is the bestselling author of Horowitz: The Biography of Vladimir Horowitz and Turning Point: Pivotal Moments in the Lives of America’s Celebrities. His profiles and columns have appeared in the New York Times, the Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Family Circle, US Weekly, Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, W, and Playboy. His interview subjects have included such figures as Katharine Hepburn, Nancy Reagan, Calvin Klein, Senator Edward Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Leona Helmsley, Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, Donald Trump, Al Pacino, and Meryl Streep. His TV appearances include The Today Show, Oprah, and Larry King Live. He lives in New York City. Visit the author’s website and read the full story at www.glennplaskin.com. A native of Buffalo, N.Y. Plaskin was first trained as a classical pianist, studying under the renowned Kennedy Center honoree Leon Fleisher. With a dramatic change of career in his mid-20’s, he began writing culture profiles for the New York Times, securing his first book contract at age 26. He was encouraged in his writing by then-Doubleday editor Jacqueline Onassis, who would later write: “I’ve known Glenn for some years and am his great admirer. He’s witty, articulate, and has this uncanny ability to draw people out and gain their confidence.” His literary debut was a cause célèbre—the first-ever biography of the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz—published in the U.S., Canada, England, France, Germany, Japan, and Finland. Plaskin’s Horowitz book was hailed by the New York Times as “a well-researched biography that will throw much light on Horowitz the man and the artist.” The Los Angeles Times opined: “It is done well, even masterfully.” The Chicago Tribune: “An absorbing well-written and well-balanced portrait…as delicious as a good detective thriller.” Thereafter, the author established himself as one of the nation’s leading celebrity interviewers. As the Celebrity Service International wrote: “When it comes to the brutally competitive world of celebrity journalism, no one is more successful at nailing down the big names than entertainment reporter Glenn Plaskin.” Among Plaskin’s interviews with film stars, politicians, TV personalities, and media figures are classic profiles of Harrison Ford, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Mary Tyler Moore, Peter Jennings, Danielle Steel, Paul Newman, Carol Burnett, Leona Helmsley, Christopher Reeve, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Bill Gates, Colin Powell, Bill Cosby, Mike Wallace, among hundreds of others. In recent years, Plaskin has gone beyond celebrity interviewing to writing articles and books focused on service, self-help, and inspiration. He has worked with many of the leading figures in this genre. Read the Celebrity Testimonials “Glenn,” writes Susan Ungaro, the magazine’s former editor-in-chief, “is a master at celebrity interviews and service journalism—with a true gift for creating a compelling story that grips the reader from beginning to end.” Plaskin, a resident of Battery Park City, is surrounded by more than 500 dogs in Lower Manhattan neighborhood, a waterside community that inspired this book and the remarkable events in it. http://www.glennplaskin.com/ http://www.katiebook.com/ http://www.katiebook.com/press http://www.ghostwriteyourbook.com/ http://www.ghostwriteyourbook.com/blog/2013/the-king-of-coaching-tony-robbins-uncensored/ https://twitter.com/glennplaskin

Mike Martin, the Wine Director at Vintry Fine Wines, is this week’s guest on In the Drink. Vintry Fine Wines, located at 230 Murray Street in the pedestrian pathway, is bringing fine wine to New York City’s revitalized downtown. With over 2,500 selections focusing on both collectibles and drinkables, Vintry Fine Wines is a destination in bourgeoning Battery Park City. From Boedgea owner to Martin Brothers wine to Vintry, hear Mike’s wine journey and what he’s up to these days. This program was sponsored by Rt. 11 Potato Chips

Location, location, location. Woody Allen is not the only one who craves Manhattan locations: the new Conrad Hotel overlooks the Hudson from Battery Park City, a stone's throw from Wall Street, the Stock Exchange, and ferry terminals. Hear about this exciting new luxury property when Hilton executive Mark Ricci visits with Dan Schlossberg and Christine Tibbetts on Travel Itch Radio Thursday, July 12, at 8p EDT via BlogTalkRadio.com.

Download File(Right-click or Ctrl+click to save) 1:05:12 - After several months of promoting this event, listen along as my friends Kati, Lynda, Tammy and I - and about 2,000 others - walk for 18 miles from Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn, up the Brooklyn Promenade, over the Brooklyn Bridge, past Ground Zero, around the tip of Manhattan, through Battery Park City, up the Hudson River, over to Sixth Avenue, down Broadway, then back over the Brooklyn Bridge to Cadman Plaza as we raise both money and awareness for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention! Discussion topics include Mariel Hemingway in the Opening Ceremony, Kati's brother Michael and my step-brother Allan, my grandfather's death and what it still means to me today, the recent passing of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, is suicide ever justified, suicide and older men, Blue Marble Ice Cream, the film The Jonestown Defense, talking with a man whose 22 year old son took his life in February, I left stuff in the car, The Freedom Tower and the 9/11 Memorial, passing by the mile markers and questioning the accuracy of their placement, the Staten Island Ferry, I used to work at 17 State Street with Frank Nora's sister-in-Law Carrie Ann Carol, the film Keeping the Faith, midnight snack at Pier 96, promoting the film In Montauk by Kim Cummings and the band HOT BREAKFAST featuring Jill Knapp and Matt Casarino, talking to street people, caffeine makes you dehydrated, reading the list of names of those who have sponsored my walk, luminarias, closing ceremony.MAKE A DONATION FOR THE OUT OF THE DARKNESS OVERNIGHT WALK AT: http://theovernight.org Click the "Donate Now" button and do a search for Tammy O'Brien - she can use the help. Thanks!Theme music: "The Chasing Game" by Friday's Child.

Session 4 Wed. April 28, 2010 Reviving the Estuary: Science, Politics, and Education Moderator: Dr. John Waldman, Queens College Speakers/Panelists Deborah A. Mans, Executive Director, NY/NJ Baykeeper Christopher J. Collins, Executive Director, Solar One Cortney Worrall, Director of Programs, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Murray Fisher, Urban Assembly New York Harbor School William Kornblum, Author, At Sea in the City: New York at the Water’s Edge In 1609, New York’s future waterfront was an arcadian shore of forests, wetlands, beaches, and sand bars, according to Eric Sanderson's book Mannahatta. That landscape is lost forever, but visions of a post-industrial, neo-natural waterfront are longstanding. In 1944, futurists Paul and Percival Goodman proposed that Manhattan "open out toward the water," lining its gritty waterfront with new parks. They were prescient: today the water’s edge of Manhattan is evolving from a "no-man's-land" into a "highly desirable zone of parks," in the words of writer Phillip Lopate. The newly designated "Manhattan Waterfront Greenway" is cobbled together from many bits and pieces like Battery Park City, Hudson River Park, Riverside Park South, restored Harlem River parks, and tiny Stuyvesant Cove Park––each with its own chronicle of past and present struggles among property owners, community groups, developers, politicians, planners, lawyers, and other stakeholders. Elsewhere in the city, Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, Governors Island, the South Bronx Greenway, Pelham Bay South Waterfront Park, the Bronx River Greenway, and Gateway National Recreation Area are among many waterfront works in progress. The colloquium series will address selected topics and issues relating to what has been achieved and what remains to be done to continue the transformation of New York’s waterfronts.

Session 3 Wed. April 7, 2010 Seizing Opportunities: Waterfront Works in Progress Moderator: Dr. Melissa Checker, Queens College, CUNY Speakers/Panelists Robert Pirani, Regional Plan Association and Governors Island Alliance––Governors Island Kate Van Tassel, NYCEDC and Miquela Craytor, Sustainable South Bronx––South Bronx Greenway Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel, Four Freedoms Park Nancy Webster, Acting Executive-Director, Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Joshua Laird, Asst. Commissioner, NYC Parks and Recreation Background In 1609, New York’s future waterfront was an arcadian shore of forests, wetlands, beaches, and sand bars, according to Eric Sanderson's book Mannahatta. That landscape is lost forever, but visions of a post-industrial, neo-natural waterfront are longstanding. In 1944, futurists Paul and Percival Goodman proposed that Manhattan "open out toward the water," lining its gritty waterfront with new parks. They were prescient: today the water’s edge of Manhattan is evolving from a "no-man's-land" into a "highly desirable zone of parks," in the words of writer Phillip Lopate. The newly designated "Manhattan Waterfront Greenway" is cobbled together from many bits and pieces like Battery Park City, Hudson River Park, Riverside Park South, restored Harlem River parks, and tiny Stuyvesant Cove Park––each with its own chronicle of past and present struggles among property owners, community groups, developers, politicians, planners, lawyers, and other stakeholders. Elsewhere in the city, Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, Governors Island, the South Bronx Greenway, Pelham Bay South Waterfront Park, the Bronx River Greenway, and Gateway National Recreation Area are among many waterfront works in progress. The colloquium series will address selected topics and issues relating to what has been achieved and what remains to be done to continue the transformation of New York’s waterfronts.

Session 2 Wed. March 17, 2010: Waterfront Parks: Old, New, Green, Blue Moderator: Dr. Rutherford H. Platt Speakers/Panelists Amy Gavaris, Executive Vice President for the New York Restoration Project Dr. Vicky Gholson, Friends of Riverbank State Park Peter Mullan, Planning Director, Friends of The High Line Greenway Connie Fishman, Executive Director, Hudson River Park Trust Jeanne DuPont, Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, Queens In 1609, New York’s future waterfront was an arcadian shore of forests, wetlands, beaches, and sand bars, according to Eric Sanderson's book Mannahatta. That landscape is lost forever, but visions of a post-industrial, neo-natural waterfront are longstanding. In 1944, futurists Paul and Percival Goodman proposed that Manhattan "open out toward the water,” lining its gritty waterfront with new parks. They were prescient: today the water’s edge of Manhattan is evolving from a "no-man's-land" into a "highly desirable zone of parks," in the words of writer Phillip Lopate. The newly designated “Manhattan Waterfront Greenway” is cobbled together from many bits and pieces like Battery Park City, Hudson River Park, Riverside Park South, restored Harlem River parks, and tiny Stuyvesant Cove Park––each with its own chronicle of past and present struggles among property owners, community groups, developers, politicians, planners, lawyers, and other stakeholders. Elsewhere in the city, Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, Governors Island, the South Bronx Greenway, Pelham Bay South Waterfront Park, the Bronx River Greenway, and Gateway National Recreation Area are among many waterfront works in progress. The colloquium series will address selected topics and issues relating to what has been achieved and what remains to be done to continue the transformation of New York’s waterfronts.

Session 1: Wed. Feb. 24, 2010: "Opening Out Towards the Water"– The Big Picture Moderator: Dr. William Solecki, Director, CISC Speakers/Panelists Dr. Rutherford H. Platt, Senior Fellow, CISC Robert Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association Linda Cox, Executive Director, Bronx River Alliance Wilbur L. Woods, Director, Waterfront and Open Space Planning, New York City Department of City Planning Roland Lewis, CEO, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance In 1609, New York’s future waterfront was an arcadian shore of forests, wetlands, beaches, and sand bars, according to Eric Sanderson's book Mannahatta. That landscape is lost forever, but visions of a post-industrial, neo-natural waterfront are longstanding. In 1944, futurists Paul and Percival Goodman proposed that Manhattan "open out toward the water,” lining its gritty waterfront with new parks. They were prescient: today the water’s edge of Manhattan is evolving from a "no-man's-land" into a "highly desirable zone of parks," in the words of writer Phillip Lopate. The newly designated “Manhattan Waterfront Greenway” is cobbled together from many bits and pieces like Battery Park City, Hudson River Park, Riverside Park South, restored Harlem River parks, and tiny Stuyvesant Cove Park––each with its own chronicle of past and present struggles among property owners, community groups, developers, politicians, planners, lawyers, and other stakeholders. Elsewhere in the city, Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, Governors Island, the South Bronx Greenway, Pelham Bay South Waterfront Park, the Bronx River Greenway, and Gateway National Recreation Area are among many waterfront works in progress.