For many years a Tribeca traffic triangle has carried the lofty name of famed Abstract Expressionist Barnett Newman. But its place among neighborhood public spaces remains lowly and neglected. Now a ...
Plans announced in October to resurface the Battery Park City ball fields with new turf during the upcoming winter season have been put on hold, the Battery Park City Authority said on Thursday. The ...
Did Hurricane Sandy deliver an early death sentence for the South Street Seaport’s gable-roofed Pier 17 mall? That’s a question frantic shopkeepers and restaurateurs are asking this week, as they ...
Homeless and unwanted, a 355-year-old former mayor of New York City is finally returning to a place of distinction. Rising 15 feet atop his pedestal, the bronze statue of Abraham De Peyster, ...
Geoffrey Lee, a local activist, musician and actor, died on Feb. 19 at age 69. His brother, Jan Lee, a fellow activist in the Chinatown community, provided this remembrance. Geoff was a lifelong ...
The China Institute is offering an eight-session course in playing the guqin or qin. Regarded by Chinese as the most elegant of all their musical instruments, the guqin produces delicate music from ...