Archive for June, 2007

Circle Line Loses Pact for Ferries to Liberty Island

The National Park Service said yesterday that it planned to have another company replace the Circle Line, which has provided ferry service to the Statue of Liberty for more than half a century. (more…)

June 30, 2007 at 1:00 am 2 comments

Groups Propose East River Improvement Projects

The southern tip of what was once known as Welfare Island could one day be a memorial to the president it is now named for, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (more…)

June 22, 2007 at 7:58 pm Leave a comment

THE LATEST SHORE THING

Come July 4th, the city’s hottest new destination could also be the coolest – a floating swimming pool off the Brooklyn Heights waterfront, complete with gorgeous harbor views and a manmade beach. (more…)

June 22, 2007 at 6:08 pm Leave a comment

Installation examines steamboat’s historic journey

Speeding at five miles per hour, Robert Fulton made his famous steamboat voyage up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany in 32 hours. (more…)

June 22, 2007 at 6:06 pm Leave a comment

Take It Slow, Don’t Have Many Kids and Enjoy Cold Water

ESKIMO hunters killed a bowhead whale off the coast of Alaska last month and began to chainsaw their way into its blubber.

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June 22, 2007 at 5:49 pm Leave a comment

Competing Visions for Governors Island

West 8/Rogers Marvel/Diller Scofidio & Renfro/Quennell Rothschild

A rendering of a proposal for the 40-acre park area on Governors Island by the design team of Diller Scofidio & Renfro, Rogers Marvel Architects, West 8, Quennell Rothschild & Partners and SMWM. (more…)

June 22, 2007 at 5:43 pm Leave a comment

New Rochelle harbor master joins Going Coastal’s push for clean marinas

As harbor master Sal Gugliara cleans up the environmental practices at the New Rochelle city marina, (more…)

June 22, 2007 at 5:38 pm Leave a comment

Joggers Know His Sculptures; Meet the Artist Behind Them

This falls into the now-you-know category: The artist who has been intriguing bikers and joggers with driftwood sculptures along the Hudson River in Manhattan has been identified as Tom Loback. (more…)

June 22, 2007 at 5:33 pm Leave a comment

Port Authority Tentatively Approves Changes Aimed at Increasing Public Scrutiny

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, long a cloistered and opaque agency, took a big step yesterday toward opening itself to greater public scrutiny (more…)

June 22, 2007 at 5:31 pm Leave a comment

On the Waterfront: A Matter of Preservation

To the Editor:

As the developer of the Domino Sugar site on the Brooklyn waterfront, we agree with Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, about the need to integrate historic sites into development plans. (more…)

June 22, 2007 at 5:30 pm Leave a comment

State Brownfield Program Is Boondoggle, Critics Say

In 2003, when state lawmakers ended years of deadlock and approved legislation giving financial incentives for developers to clean up and build on hundreds of acres of polluted industrial wastelands, (more…)

June 22, 2007 at 4:50 pm Leave a comment

Astroland negotiations stall

A day after the unexpected news that Coney Island’s Astroland would survive until next summer, negotiations for an extension appear to have bogged down (more…)

June 22, 2007 at 4:46 pm Leave a comment

Hudson River Park project threatened

A cash crunch in the development of Pier 40 is in limbo, with no one at the helm. (more…)

June 22, 2007 at 4:44 pm Leave a comment

marsh island restoration

In the skyline of one of the most populated, urban areas of the world adjacent to one of the nation’s busiest airports, Elders Point Island in Jamaica Bay Gateway National Park, King’s County, N.Y., is the focus of an impressive marsh island restoration project. (more…)

June 19, 2007 at 11:51 pm Leave a comment

Coney Island condo plan beached

You can forget about oceanfront views from high-rise balconies and takeout from Nathan’s Famous. (more…)

June 19, 2007 at 6:04 pm Leave a comment

Sutton Corporation Sues City in Land Dispute

The city’s plan to build a park on the property of the upscale apartment building One Sutton Place South just hit a snag. (more…)

June 19, 2007 at 5:55 pm Leave a comment

Millions of Missing Birds, Vanishing in Plain Sight

Last week, the Audubon Society released a new report describing the sharp and startling population decline of some of the most familiar and common birds (more…)

June 19, 2007 at 5:47 pm 1 comment

Conservancy Buys Large Area of Adirondack Wilderness

The last big piece of privately owned timberland in the Adirondacks (more…)

June 19, 2007 at 5:44 pm Leave a comment

Coney Island Merry-Go-Round

Joseph Sitt, the developer who bought the land in and around Coney Island’s famed Astroland, has a new plan for this legendary patch of real estate. (more…)

June 19, 2007 at 5:29 pm Leave a comment

SHORE THING FOR DISABLED

In a bid to ensure that the city’s beaches are accessible to the disabled community, city officials have installed specially designed boardwalk-to-ocean beach mats for wheelchair access. (more…)

June 19, 2007 at 5:18 pm Leave a comment

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