More than 200, 000 connections have been made in popular parks like Battery Park and Central Park.
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The winner will be announced in October during a reception at the Ritz Carlton New York, Battery Park.
The continuous record of water level at Battery Park shows a pretty steady rise of about 17 inches since 1856.
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The focus is on neighborhoods in south Manhattan, including Battery Park City, Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Greenwich Village and Soho.
That includes meals, housekeeping, linen service, transportation and activities, but it's twice the price of a standard Battery Park City rental.
At the southernmost tip of Manhattan, Battery Park was dark and deserted, as was much of Wall Street after normal working hours.
Keady and his wife have settled into an apartment near Battery Park.
The Conrad New York opens 19 March in Battery Park City, near the World Financial Center, with Hudson River views and 463 rooms.
Jonathan Collins, executive director of the Hallmark, an upscale senior community in Battery Park City, prefers a different analogy: "It's a cruise ship on land!"
"From Soho to the Lower East Side, from Chinatown to Battery Park City, I encourage you to spend your money - tax free, " said Mr Bloomberg.
Some large corporations are thinking like entrepreneurs when it comes to relief efforts: Duracell brought charging stations to Battery Park to help the stranded charge their phones.
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The worst damage in New York came from a 13-foot storm surge that filled Battery Park City and streets from the South Street Seaport throughout the Lower East Side.
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Sea levels have risen by 1.3 feet near Atlantic City and 0.9 feet by Battery Park between 1911 and 2006, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The pair said they braved winds and below-freezing temperatures on Monday afternoon to walk along the water at Battery Park and see how their favorite monument had withstood the megastorm.
The enormous amount of earth that was excavated to make the bathtub was used to fill the Hudson River on the west side, creating the man-made land where Battery Park now stands.
Nearby Battery Park City emptied out, from the ritzy Riverhouse condo building where celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio have homes to the waterfront commodities trading floors in the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).
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At North End Grill, in Battery Park City, what is normally the most boring item on a menu mixed greens is transformed with an aggressive lime-and-mango-pickle number that begs to be bottled and sold at Whole Foods.
As the surge invaded this square-mile that comprises the southern tip of Manhattan and the oldest part of the island water swept through the Ground Zero construction site and it completely filled the Battery Park Tunnel.
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In a report released on Wednesday, the Regional Plan Association, a nonprofit urban research group, said many of the city's largest projects, from Battery Park City to the revamping of Columbus Circle, have dragged on for years longer than initially projected.
Ms. Shin, a Brooklyn artist who has created public works for the Long Island Rail Road and a Battery Park City elementary and middle school, has designed pieces in mosaic and glass for the 63rd Street station, which will be expanded to accommodate the Second Avenue line.
Paramedics attended but she was pronounced dead at the scene, near the Battery Green car park, police said.
American Park at the Battery -- Great for downtown lunching.
The garden that surrounds his office hectic with high grasses and coarse meadow flowers that look good in all seasons is typical of the style pioneered and popularized by Oudolf, the same that's given his High Line park and the Promenade in Manhattan's Battery their quasi-wild charm.
The new C-MAX Energi also has 60 more horsepower than the Prius plug-in hybrid considering full battery power, along with class-exclusive technologies such as hands-free liftgate and active park assist for easier parallel parking.
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All the park managers want to do is create a microgrid with a few solar panels and a battery pack to meet a few humble power needs with no connection to the larger grid.
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All things considered we'd say HTC has likely knocked it out of the park with this Engadget specced device, the only thing some might possibly nitpick would be that the 1800mAh battery nestled in the housing is never coming out nor will you find a spot to pop an additional memory card in.
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