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The Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown, also known as 30 Park Place, is a hotel and residential skyscraper in Tribeca, Manhattan, New York City. At 926 feet (282 m), the tower is one of the tallest residential buildings in Lower Manhattan . [ 3 ]
On December 31, 1907, a ball signifying New Year's Day was first dropped at Times Square, [160] and the Square has held the main New Year's celebration in New York City ever since. On that night, hundreds of thousands of people congregate to watch the Waterford Crystal ball being lowered on a pole atop the building, marking the start of the new ...
Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre (3.95 ha) public park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is an icon as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity. [1] The park is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks).
City of New York: Maintained by: NYCDOT: Length: 3.7 mi (6.0 km) [1] Location: Manhattan, New York City: South end: Church / Franklin Streets in Tribeca: Major junctions: Herald Square in Midtown: North end: Central Park South / Center Drive in Midtown: East: Fifth Avenue (north of Waverly Pl) West: Varick Street (south of Houston Street)
In its 2023 ParkScore ranking, the Trust for Public Land reported that the park system in New York City was the tenth-best park system among the most populous U.S. cities, citing the city's park acreage, investment in parks and that 99% of residents are within 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) of a park. [210]
The approximately 2-acre (0.8 ha) park, located in the Gramercy Park Historic District, [8] is one of two private parks in New York City – the other is Sunnyside Gardens Park in Queens [9] [10] [11] – as well as one of only three in the state; [12] only people residing around the park who pay an annual fee have a key, [13] and the public is ...
A long-closed plot of land under the Brooklyn Bridge has reopened to the public after 15 years — restoring another slice of greenspace for one of the city’s most crowded neighborhoods.
St. John's Park was a 19th-century park and square, and the neighborhood of townhouses around it, in what is now the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. The square was bounded by Varick Street , Laight Street, Hudson Street and Beach Street , [ 1 ] now also known for that block as Ericsson Place.