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Scenic Park, Pier On Hudson River To Celebrate Reopening Scenic Park, Pier On Hudson River To Celebrate Reopening
Scenic Park, Pier On Hudson River To Celebrate Reopening A rebuilt pier along the Hudson River is about to open up tourism and economic opportunities for a city in Northern Westchester, officials announced. A grand reopening ceremony celebrating the rebuilding and renovation of Fleischmann Pier and Charles Point Park in Peekskill will be held on Sunday, Oct. 13 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on John Walsh Boulevard, officials announced on Wednesday, Oct. 9.  The almost 500-foot-long pier will be able to accommodate large vessels, two floating docks for smaller boats, and an accessible kayak launch. Benches and viewing devices have also been ins…

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by Ben Crnic
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Northern Westchester Municipality To Get $10M Grant For Downtown Upgrades Northern Westchester Municipality To Get $10M Grant For Downtown Upgrades
Northern Westchester Municipality To Get $10M Grant For Downtown Upgrades A dozen projects are planned in a Northern Westchester municipality that was awarded a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) award. Peekskill was one of the communities in New York to receive a grant that is earmarked to “enrich the community with key catalytic projects,” according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office. Officials said that Peekskill will “incorporate mixed-used transit-oriented development, improve pedestrian connections, and support small businesses to create places where residents, commuters, and visitors want to shop, dine, and recreate.” “We are focused on buil…

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by Zak Failla
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Photos: LaGuardia Airport Unveils Big Part Of $8 Billion Facelift Photos: LaGuardia Airport Unveils Big Part Of $8 Billion Facelift
Photos: LaGuardia Airport Unveils Big Part Of $8 Billion Facelift State officials officially opened the brand-new Terminal B Arrivals and Departures Hall at LaGuardia Airport as they continue making progress on the $8 billion facelift of the oft-mocked airport. On Wednesday, June 10, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Rick Cotton, the Executive Director fo the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey were on hand at the new terminal to officially open the 850,000-square-foot, four-story terminal in Queens. “LaGuardia is the first new airport in the USA in 25 years … think of that. The last airport was in Denver in 1995,” Cuomo said, comparing renovating the air…

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by Zak Failla
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You've Probably Never Seen The NYC Skyline Like This Before You've Probably Never Seen The NYC Skyline Like This Before
You've Probably Never Seen The NYC Skyline Like This Before There's been a lot of buzz about Hudson Yards, the recently opened residential/retail complex in lower Manhattan featuring the distinctive, interactive public art space known as "Vessel," as it has been temporarily dubbed.  But there's been relatively little talk about how the development, a cluster of towers centered on 10th Avenue and W. 30th St., looks from the Jersey side of the Hudson, the vantage that offers the best view of Manhattan's western edge.  Turns out, that view is kinda freaky, as Jersey City resident Jon Matthias recently discovered.  He took advantage of a…

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by Paul Milo