Ground being broken on Staten Island cement terminal

Officials are currently breaking ground on a new cement terminal on the waterfront in Elm Park.

CONEY’S $64 MIL ROCK IN THE PARK

Jones Beach and the PNC Bank Arts Center could soon be facing stiff competition from Coney Island in attracting A-list acts, but the cost to taxpayers will be steep – $64 million.

Brooklyn’s Commercial Heritage

Along the East River on the Brooklyn waterfront is a small area in the vicinity of the original Fulton Ferry terminal. In this area lies Brooklyn’s commercial heritage. On November 25, 1975 this area was designated the Fulton Ferry Historic District.

Cleaning the Big Apple

The Big Apple is a big opportunity for clean truck advocates. The Port of New York and New Jersey is the third largest container port in the nation, handling more than 5 million containers and 30 million tons of ocean cargo a year.

Brooklyn’s Changing Waterfront

1609 — Henry Hudson and crew anchor their ship, the Half moon, near what is now Coney Island before ascending what would be called the Hudson River.

NYC marks forgotten holiday from Revolutionary War

Reenactors in 18th century dress prepared Tuesday to answer questions about the 225th anniversary of Evacuation Day.

Wall-E Park

On giant piles of trash left by a generation of New Yorkers, landscape architect James Corner is building a park that has the power to change the way we see the past and the future of the city.

Turbulent time for wind development in NY

Wind development in New York has hit a bit of turbulence.

For Reinvention, Red Hook Follows Its Roots

The Red Hook piers, one of the last working waterfronts in New York, have seemed destined for the kind of high-gloss gentrification that was enveloping much of the city.

Williamsburg’s Edge Begins to Take Shape

Walking west toward the waterfront from one of Williamsburg’s main drags, Bedford Avenue, the trendy shops, considered some of the best shopping in all of New York City, begin to thin out. In the distance, massive cranes and half-constructed buildings can be seen where Brooklyn seems to drop off the map.

Floating environmental center permanently docks in Yonkers

The city’s latest tourist attraction, a floating environmental center, dropped anchor Monday at the city’s waterfront.

40 stories and a rule

A 40-story tower will rise on the horizon for the Greenpoint waterfront — if the city allows the developers to build 10 stories higher than the current zoning permits.

We’re expanding our turf to fix Pier A

As the end of 2008 draws near, the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is once again pleased to provide the Downtown community a glimpse of the projects nearing completion, and what lies ahead in the future.

Landmarks Commission slams Seaport project

The city Landmarks Preservation Commission had harsh words Tuesday for General Growth Properties, the developer hoping to revamp the South St. Seaport.

Council approves sanitation garage tower for Hudson Square

The three-district Department of Sanitation garage on Spring St. received final approval from the City Council

The Long View

By embracing the city’s industrial past—reclaiming landfills, remediating brownfields, developing neglected waterfronts—James Corner has helped reinvent the field of landscape architecture

Permission to dream

Can private-sector wishful thinking undo a municipal legacy of neglect, inept policies and bad ideas?

Hudson River Park Board Weighs Proposals for 15th Street Pier Development

Three developers are vying for the right to transform a dilapidated 880-foot pier at the end of 15th Street in Chelsea into a three-level complex of museums, shops, film centers, food markets and public space intended to attract tourists and local residents.

The Status of Jamaica Bay

A year after creating the Jamaica Bay Watershed Protection Plan, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a status report charting the improvements made to the city’s wastewater treatment and disposal and the long term goals of the plan.

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER. Or at least show me how to get there.

      Although entirely bordered by it on the west, Columbia County has a “now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t” kind of rapport with the Hudson, one of 14 American Heritage Rivers.