Conservancy Press
Press Releases
- Renowned Architect Frank Gehry To Design His First Playground at The Battery, New York City’s Birthplace
- Castle Clinton Marks 150th Anniversary with Opening of the Battery Bosque and Launch of CastleGarden.org
- Warrie Price Receives the Municipal Art Society of New York’s Evangeline Blashfield Award, July 20, 2004
Articles
- 2008
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Great Outdoors: Galas Take Advantage of City’s Greenery
The New York Times, Sunday, June 15th, 2008
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Park of Origin(ality)
The New York Sun, Weekend Edition, June 13-15th, 2008
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Carousel at the Battery Will Give Riders a Fish–eye View
By Nick Pinto, The Tribeca Trib, May 2008
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Something fishy about the carousel
Downtown Express, April 25th – May 1, 2008
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First Lady Plants First Blooms
The New York Sun, Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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Cultivating Tomorrow’s Gardeners
AM New York, Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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First Bloom Project Gets Kids Into the Outdoors
By Amy Hadley, News 8 Austin, Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
- 2007
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Garden Guide Wins 2007 Wally Award
Yupo Paper, Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
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Going Green Downtown
Downtown Alliance, Going Green Downtown, Winter 2007–08
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The Battery Goes Seaward
By Matthew Schuerman, The New York Observer, Real Estate Section, Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
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Make it Fun, Mr. Gehry
The Downtown Express, Friday, October 12th, 2007
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The New Downtown
Tiffany & Co. Advertising Supplement, New York Magazine, October 8th, 2007
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Destination Downtown
The Newsletter from the Alliance for Downtown New York, Fall, 2007
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Bites for the Battery
By Jay Cheshes, The Daily News, Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
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Good Food for Outdoors, However It’s Spelled
By Florence Fabricant, The New York Times, Dining Out Section, Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
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Village Voices
By Angela Starita, Print Magazine, September/October, 2007
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Uptown Luxury Reaches Downtown
New York Living, September, 2007
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The Labyrinth Ladies
By Deborah Barrow, New York Home, July/August, 2007
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Picnick at Battery Park
By Hugh Merwin, Gothamist, July 24th, 2007
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Battery Playground Will be Gehry’s Gift to City
By Sarah F. Cox, The Architect’s Newspaper, July 4th, 2007
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New York’s Newest Dive
By John Rosenthal, Wired, July, 2007
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Pastry Chefs, Refusing to be Sweet
By Peter Meehan, The New York Times, Dining Out Section, Sunday, June 20th, 2007
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Grant Fest at Tiffany’s: Three Nonprofits Given $1 Million
By Amanda Gordon, The New York Sun, Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
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Evening Hours: Onward and Outward
By Bill Cunningham, The New York Times, Sunday Styles Section, Sunday, June 10th, 2007
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This Gehry Work to Revolve Around Play, as in Ground
By Diane Cardwell, The New York Times, Metro Section, Thursday, June 7th, 2007
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A Talent for Approval
By Annie Karni, The New York Sun, Thursday, June 7th, 2007
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Out & About: Recharging the Battery’s Park
By Amanda Gordon, The New York Sun, Thursday, June 7th, 2007
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Designer Playground: Famed Architect to do Battery Site
By David Seifman, The New York Post, Thursday, June 7th, 2007
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City Charged Up by Battery Park Architect
By Kathleen Lucadamo, The Daily News, Thursday, June 7th, 2007
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Gehry to Design Downtown Playground
By Amy Zimmer, Metro, Thursday, June 7th, 2007
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Will Goldfarb is Changing the World, One Kiosk at a Time
By New York Magazine, Grub Street, Monday, May 21st, 2007
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Stop and Smell the Barrenwort
By Seth Kugel, The New York Times, Sunday, May 6th, 2007
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Take Home A Little Piece Of Battery Park (Today Only, Please)
By Sheva Fruitman, The New York Times, Home & Garden Section, Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
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Spring in the City
By Paula Deitz, The New York Times, Weekend Arts Section, Friday, April 27th, 2007
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Ferry Will Speed from Coney Island to the Battery
By Alec Appelbaum, The New York Sun, Thursday, January 11th, 2007
- 2006
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El Despertar del Battery Park
By César Céspedes, Casas, September, 2006
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Part of Early N.Y Wall Displayed in Battery Park
By Patrick McGeehan, The New York Times, Website, Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
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Lunch at the Four Seasons: Warrie Price
By Parnay Gupte, The New York Sun, Thursday, June 1st, 2006
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Subway Project Runs Into One More Wall
By Patrick McGeehan, The New York Times, Metro Section, Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
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Digging for a Subway, but Hitting a Wall, Again
By Patrick McGeehan, The New York Times, Metro Section, Monday, January 23rd, 2006
- 2005
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Pondering a Wall, and Trying Not to Hit One
By Patrick McGeehan, The New York Times, Metro Section, Monday, December 19th, 2005
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Unearthed Wall Rests Between Past, Present
By Matea Gold, The Los Angles Times, National Desk, Monday, December 19th, 2005
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Wall to Wall History
By David Saltonstall, The Daily News, Friday, December 9th, 2005
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Found: A Wall of Old New York, And It’s Blocking the Subway
By Patrick McGeehan, The New York Times, Page A1, Thursday, December 8th, 2005
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New York Officials Exult Over Historical Find in Manhattan
By Richard Pyle, The Associated Press, Thursday, December 8th, 2005
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Souls of the Earth: A Garden for the Millions
By Stephen Orr, House & Garden, September, 2005
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New Gardens Take Hold In Battery Park
By Bill Cary, The Journal News, Thursday, August 25, 2005
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The Fort That Let Outsiders In
By Sam Roberts, The New York Times, Metro Section, Friday, July 29th, 2005
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New Role for New York Castle
By Claudia Perry, The Star–Ledger, Friday, July 29th, 2005
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Grove at The Battery is Ready to Reopen
By Anne Raver, The New York Times, Thursday, June 5th, 2005
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The Battery’s Up
By Stephen Dudley, Town & Country, May 2005
- 2004
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Battery Park Gets a Recharge
By Jane Garmey, The Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, October 26, 2004
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Renewal Promoted for Civic Center
By Mike McPhee, The Denver Post, Monday, June 14, 2004
- 2003
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New York Social Diary.Com
Spotlight on the Battery Banquet Gala 2003
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Park’s Rebirth In Manhattan
By Katia Hetter, Newsday, Wednesday, May 28, 2003
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Spring in Bloem
By Meeghan Truelove, New York Press, Volume 16, Issue 22, May 28, 2003
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Greening of Lower Manhattan With $25 Million Grant to City
By Randal C. Archibold, New York Times, Metro Section, Wednesday, May 28, 2003
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Rooms With a View & Grasses With Attitude
By James Gardner, The New York Sun, Arts & Letters, Architecture, Monday, May, 12, 2003
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Perennial Reminders
Photo by Dan Hogan Charles, New York Times, May 9th, 2003
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The Quest 400
Quest Magazine Profile, April 2003
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A ’wild’ tribute takes root in New York City
By Carol Stickland, Special to The Christian Science Monitor, February 5, 2003
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Nature Replanting Nieuw Amsterdam
By Anne Raver, New York Times, House and Home, January 16, 2003