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Bring Them Your Torn Jeans, Your Broken Jewelry, Your Malfunctioning Appliances Yearning to Work Again Memo to those who refuse to throw away lamps that no longer shine, jackets with stuck zippers, or bracelets that fall off for wont of a clasp: Stop wondering if your stubborn unwillingness to part with these artifacts is a symptom of undiagnosed illness. They may have been gathering dust for a while—but you are about to be vindicated.

City Inspectors Halt Work at Lower Manhattan Office Conversion The City’s Department of Buildings (DOB) has issued a full stop-work order at the former office tower at 222 Broadway (between Fulton and Ann Streets), which is being converted to residential use.

Outgoing CB1 Chair Reflects on Six-Year Tenure Tammy Meltzer, who has served as chair of Community Board 1 (CB1) since June 2020, is stepping down. Barred by term limits from continuing as chair, she will remain a member of CB1, and has been elected to serve as the Board’s treasurer. “Lower Manhattan has always been a place that was fought over, and worth fighting for,” she reflects. “This community had to fight to survive and redefine itself after September 11, 2001.

Governors Island Plans Second Acts for Historic Buildings The Trust for Governors Island is seeking partners to plan new uses for a pair of historic buildings: a former gymnasium and a disused theater, dating from 1926 and 1937, respectively. The buildings will be repurposed for arts, cultural, and recreational programming.

More Than a Mile of Legal Parking Spaces Slated to Disappear from Lower Manhattan The City’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY) recently published a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the planned launch of its citywide containerization program, which will install “Empire Bins” on local streets in a phased roll-out scheduled for completion by 2032.

City of Water Day Celebrates Our Urban Archipelago with Free Boating, Science, and More Tomorrow (Saturday, July 25) is City of Water Day, a free, day-long festival of events that celebrate the waters that surround and define New York and its region. Head to the edge for free sailing, kayaking, rowing, and outrigger canoeing; salt marsh restoration work and beach cleanups; poetry readings and book giveaways. Pull on a pair of waders and try seining. Learn about testing your drinking water.

Cookbook Emporia Both Enduring and Ephemeral Heading north on Greenwich Street, you pause, your attention caught by a lace curtain, time-worn brick, a weathered wooden door. A plaque on the door reads, simply, “Cookbooks.” Welcome to Joanne Hendricks Cookbooks, an inviting store of antiquarian, out of print, and unusual cookbooks that has occupied an anachronistic space in a landmarked, two-story building at 488 Greenwich Street (just past Canal Street) since 1995.

Lower Manhattan Couple Launch New Summer Program for Local Kids An entrepreneurial Lower Manhattan couple is bringing a new summer camp option to the community this August. Lauren Goldman-Grant and Kenny Grant are launching Camp Seaport, which will offer nine campers (ages seven to 12) a curated week built around movement, food, culture, and neighborhood discovery, with a new experience every day. The program runs from August 24 through 28, 9am to 3pm.

Restaurant Week Offers Discounts at Four Score and Five Lower Manhattan Eateries The year’s summer offerings from Restaurant Week set two records—one local and one temporal. The number of Lower Manhattan boîtes dangling discounts (45) is an all-time peak. And the event itself, which long ago outgrew its “week” branding has now stretched to 49 days, continuing through September 6. Below, a list of all local eateries where two-course lunches and three-course dinners are offered for $30, $45, and $60.

Hudson River Park Trust Tallies Resurgence of Native Species in Local Waters While Hudson River Park may look like a world-class public space and recreational amenity, its primary mission is almost completely invisible to the visitors who flock there from all over the world.