Tag: parks
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Helicopter Noise Complaints Up as Commuter Flights Return
Commuter flights out of the West 30th Street heliport in Midtown are up so far this year and so are the complaints.
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Hidden signs about plant safety confuse High Line visitors
Eating delicious edible-looking berries at The High Line can get you fined or sick, but there aren’t signs to warn you about specific ones.
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Occupy Opens New Dialogues After a Year
October 15 marked the one-year anniversary of Occupy Times Square, an Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protest that led to the arrest of 74 people. While some see the OWS movement as history, other activists said the movement has transformed and evolved in new directions. On the night of October 16, the New York City Parks…
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Alice’s Garden Brings Nature to the Public
“This is everyone’s own private garden,” announced New York Sen. Tom Duane at the opening ceremony of Alice’s Garden on September 24, a public garden between Dyer Street and Tenth Avenue on West 34th Street. The garden, once managed by Alice Parsekian, a local caretaker who passed away in 2010, had fallen into disrepair before…
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