MORNING BULLETIN: PROJECT COULD SNARL LINCOLN CENTER TRAFFIC, KEVIN BACON’S PENTHOUSE WOES

Photo by Juan Tan Kwon in Central Park..

October 16, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 60 Degrees.

Notices:
Events today include a Juilliard violin competition, an ode to Gershwin At Symphony Space and more.

News:
Lincoln Center’s $1.2 billion construction project may have just ended, but don’t expect the jackhammering to stop. Traffic in front of Lincoln Center will be narrowed to 2 lanes from 4 for another city project to upgrade water mains. “Traffic in front of Lincoln Center—on Columbus Avenue between West 60th and 65th streets—will be disrupted until the fall of 2014, according to a spokesman for the city’s Department of Design and Construction. The construction will facilitate a Trunk Water Main that connects to the new City Water Tunnel No. 3, the $5 billion project that will allow drinking water to be diverted away from the city’s two crumbling water tunnels, which can then be shut down for repairs.” (Wall Street Journal)

Kevin Bacon is concerned about a proposal for a penthouse addition at 176-182 West 82nd Street, and he wrote a letter to CB7 opposing it. “As we all know the corridor of Amsterdam between 79th and 84th is a magical slice of NY. Mainly because the buildings are low and we all get to enjoy the sky. I feel very strongly that we need to do our best to hold onto the character of what I consider to be the best neighborhood in NYC.” Bacon said in the letter that he’s lived on the UWS since 1982. (Curbed)

Upper West Sider Tom Allon just announced he will switch to the Republican party in his bid for mayor. (Politicker)

A slideshow of the new sculptures at Broadway subway stops. (Fast Company)

New proposals could change school district lines in Park Slope and Washington Heights. Upper West Side parents may want to keep an eye on this even though it doesn’t affect our neighborhood. (NY Times)