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The Greens New Rooftop Pier 17 Summer 2020

A new rooftop food & beverage experience features 28 mini lawns for responsible alfresco dining, summer cocktails, special programming, and lawn games

Living in Lower Manhattan has so many perks when we first launched Downtown 11 years ago, we had the tagline living high in Lower Manhattan. At the time where else could you find bowling allies and indoor pools with spas, putting greens in any other place in New York City?

Even as COVID is knocking our cities every which way our incredible, developers are looking at ways to keep you safe, offer unique dining, cocktail, and relaxation opportunities. We have not had the pleasure of experiencing The Greens but we will be back to you in a few days with our top 5 years to add this to your “must-do” list for 2020 Summer.

The Greens, New York City’s premier open-air rooftop venue transforms into the ultimate outdoor dining retreat this summer. Looking for something unique and fresh versus the typical New York City summer rooftop experience, The Greens is a casual, socially distance-minded destination launching this August on The Rooftop at Pier 17®.

Why not consider fun and a beautiful scenic escape for trend-forward cocktails and seasonally focused fare against the iconic New York skyline?

The Greens comprises 28 individual 14 x 14 square-foot mini lawns to accommodate up to eight diners with cabana-style lounge chairs, an umbrella, installed Yeti Cooler for beverages, USB port for charging electronic devices and more. Designed with the health and safety of guests as a top priority, each mini lawn provides plenty of space coupled with proper cleaning procedures to dine and socialize responsibly.

Safety measures include hand sanitizers throughout the rooftop and touchless ordering directly from the guests’ personal mobile phones.

Each mini lawn features a unique QR code that when scanned will populate an online menu to order from. Chase is the preferred payment partner of The Greens. Should the mini lawns be fully occupied, the North and South patios on The Rooftop will also be open and operating for dining service with a view.

The all-day menu provided by the rooftop restaurant R17

Blending an approachable New American cuisine with a complimentary beverage program using only top-quality, seasonal ingredients. Sample dishes and cocktails include:

  • Salmon and Summer Squash Kebab, grilled with salsa verde
  • Tomato, Strawberry and Cucumber Salad, feta, sourdough, and nasturtium vinaigrette
  • Crispy Organic Chicken Sandwich, chili mayo, iceberg and tomato
  • Fish and Chips, remoulade and lemon
  • Frozen Jalapeno-Watermelon Margarita, Hornitos, jalapeno-infused watermelon juice, agave, kiwi liqueur float
  • The Sapphire, Grey Goose, blue curacao, fresh lemon juice, blackberry syrup
  • The Greens, Sipsmith Gin, basil, thyme, mint, citrus juices

 

The Greens New Rooftop Pier 17 Summer 2020
The Greens Rooftop Seaport New York

 

The Greens will also feature four gaming lawns to be enjoyed for groups of up to eight people.

Spanning 12 x 48 square feet, each gaming lawn will have available games to rent such as bocce ball, cornhole, giant Jenga, and more. Additionally, a stage featuring a 32 feet-wide LED screen capable of streaming live TV will adorn the north side of The Rooftop.

Guests can look forward to special experiences this summer including sports broadcasts, live music, and DJs as part of Seaport Sounds presented by Heineken®, and the return of Seaport Cinema, Seaport FIT and Seaport Kids programs. Throughout the season these visitor experiences and others will also be elevated through engaging consumer activations by Pier 17’s founding partners including Heineken®, Chase, Lincoln, and PepsiCo.

As part of the Seaport District’s mission to support local community initiatives, each online reservation will incur a $1 booking fee which will be donated to a local civic organization.

“With the launch of The Greens, the Seaport District has created a way for Lower Manhattan to enjoy the perks that our rooftop experience has to offer while remaining in strict compliance with social-distancing guidelines,” said Saul Scherl, President of the New York Tri-State Region, The Howard Hughes Corporation®. “When the rooftop is open, public access will also remain available for all visitors as required, which this year includes shaded covered areas. We look forward to welcoming people back to the historic neighborhood this summer, and have made sure that all government guidelines have been put in place to ensure a safe and fun time for all.”

Following two memorable seasons that named The Rooftop at Pier 17 “Best New Concert Venue” by Pollstar, the 2020 Summer Concert Series will be on hiatus this year but will be returning in 2021 with a strong lineup and exciting third season.

 

 

The Greens New Rooftop Pier 17 Summer 2020
The Green Pier 17 Rooftop

The Greens – open 7 days a week from 11 am – 11 pm, weather permitting. Online reservations for the mini lawns and gaming lawns are preferred and can be made in advance by visiting Pier17ny.com.

 About The Rooftop at Pier 17®

The Rooftop at Pier 17® is New York City’s premier open-air venue set against panoramic views of the Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan skyline. The 1.5-acre rooftop, located within the revitalized Seaport District, serves as a year-round community amenity and cultural event space accommodating a wide array of programmings such as live music, sports, movie nights, and fitness classes. R17, The Rooftop’s restaurant, and cocktail lounge, also changes its menu to coincide with The Rooftop at Pier 17’s seasonal transformations from a Winterland experience, complete with the city’s first open-air rooftop ice skating rink, to an outdoor performance venue in the summer.  Recently named a VenuesNow “All-Star” and awarded “Best New Concert Venue” by Pollstar, The Rooftop at Pier 17 hosts an annual Summer Concert Series presented by The Howard Hughes Corporation® in partnership with exclusive booking partner Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. For additional information, visit www.pier17ny.com.

 

 

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A Conversation With Paddy Boom

Paddy Boom
Paddy Boom
Paddy Boom

All photos by Alice Teeple

You’d never know it was pouring outside Artists & Fleas. Thunderbolts and lightning dot the skies over Chelsea Market, but in here, the vibe is mellow. The DJ booth is blaring War’s Low Rider as shoppers mill about, heads bopping. At the helm of the turntables is Paddy Boom, greeting passersby with high fives. 

“Check these out! Painted them myself,” he says proudly, pointing to his feet, shod in silver sneakers. “Gonna look cool when they start peeling.” 

Paddy Boom, né Patrick Seacor, has been a fixture on the LES for three decades. The former Scissor Sisters drummer also plays with the legendary band Faith, and fronts a new experimental outfit called Death By Comfort, which debuted at Parkside Lounge in June. 

“We don’t have actual songs,” he explains, “but I have a Gil Scott-Heron vibe. I’ll speak poetry while we jam. Sometimes songs are fourteen minutes long. Remember the kid’s show Wonderama? They’d ask someone in the audience for good news. I do that with my audience, but chant DEATH BY COMFORT. Every show’s an exorcism.”

Life took a U-turn for Paddy after his 2007 departure from Scissor Sisters to care for his mother. A series of devastating blows ensued, including his savings depleted by an investment fraudster. It speaks volumes that he has “I REFUSE TO LOSE” tattooed on his left arm. He is, however, embracing voluntary loss. 

“I’m losing attachment and possessions; abandoning the idea of constant more, more more,” he explains. “I’m shedding everything. My apartment is so minimal now. Mom used to say ‘possessions possess you.’ I suddenly had to go from a big house to a one-bedroom. All I need is a place to put my book down. I feel free. I appreciate what I’ve got. Pared it down to special things with real meaning. You don’t have that perspective with a consumerist mindset; you get numb and hungry…death by comfort.” 

Paddy Boom
“I’m losing attachment and possessions; abandoning the idea of constant more, more more.”

In addition to performing, Paddy Boom is often seen biking through Lower Manhattan, records strapped to his back for DJ gigs. Curious about the band he’s spinning? Get ready for a music history Epic of Gilgamesh. Dude knows his shit, AND half the performers. Which comes to his next adventure: event hosting.  

Paddy’s next recording project is a DBC song with Sylvia Black, whose new album Twilight Animals (feat. Lydia Lunch) drops 18 October.

The other iron in the fire is an upcoming book about his Scissor Sisters days: “Most of it is already written! I kept so many journals when we were touring.” Paddy loves spinning yarns as much as he does tunes, so stay tuned.

This hustler of culture is ready to write the next chapter of life. 

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Q&A with EDM Producer DallasK

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Photo: Courtesy of Brian Kwon, Webster Hall

 

Touring the country as a rising producer with great cred at the tender age of 23 is a pretty unique experience, but Dallas Koehlke is a one of a kind guy. While he may be a fabulous musical talent on both the sax and piano, Dallas really stands out with his singular abilities as musical talent with computer software and turntables.

On stage he’s carved out a space as DallasK, an Electronic Dance Music producer and DJ who has been creating music since as early as 15.

Last Saturday DOWNTOWN Magazine had the ear-opening opportunity to attend DallasK’s performance at the Webster Hall’s weekly Brite Nites event. Manning the turntables, Dallas delivered a high energy experience complete with deep booming synths, dancing, and blissful adoration of an audience entranced by all things electro and big room house.

The next day we spoke to Dallas on about his experience at Webster Hall and in Lower Manhattan.

DOWNTOWN: Tell us what you thought of Webster Hall. This wasn’t your first rodeo at this venue.

Dallas: Yeah the first big show I ever played was at Webster Hall, actually. I opened up for Wolfgang Gartner, a really popular artist. I’ve played there a few times since, and it’s always been one of my favorite places to play in the entire country. The team there is really amazing. They’re super supportive of me and my music; I’m looking to continue to do great stuff with them.

DOWNTOWN: Can you tell a difference in vibe in a crowd when you go on tour to different cities? What’s the atmosphere like in New York when you’re up on stage?

Dallas: Yeah you definitely can notice the vibe from the Crowd. Downtown New York’s is pretty unique. It can sometimes vary from a huge festival feel, to a more local club-like experience. Webster Hall can be different on any given night, which is great for a DJ. Part of being a DJ means staying on your toes and feeling the crowd’s vibe that night and catering to it.

DOWNTOWN: You live in LA, where do you like to go and what’s the experience on the West Coast?

Dallas: There’s such a love and passion for the music over there it’s crazy. Avalon Hollywood is my favorite place to go. It’s like the Webster Hall of LA.

DOWNTOWN: So you performed last night before another producer Henry Fong whom you created a track with. How do you decide who gets to play your track that night? Is there a secret DJ rock paper scissors that gets played to determine who gets to drop the track?

Dallas: (Laughs) Henry is actually one of my best friends. We talk every day. We’re musical confidants in some ways. He knows my musical preferences on stage, and I know his. So it just kind of worked out well that our sets didn’t overlap. Funny enough, we both ended up creating and playing the exact edit of a Diplo song last night. I couldn’t recall if I had sent it to him or not.

DOWNTOWN: During your set at Webster Hall you dropped your new unreleased track titled “Area 51”. You mentioned you collaborated with Hardwell, an established and well known Electronic Dance Music producer. The song made the crowd go utterly nuts. Tell us a bit about your experience creating it.

Dallas: It’s actually something we did completely over the internet, since we’re both touring at the moment.

DOWNTOWN: No way. You can create music like that?

Dallas: Yeah, his schedule is pretty hectic. He’s been flying all over the world on tour. We knew one another from the last single I did, “Burn”, which was released under his label. One night he reached out to me in LA and asked if I wanted to jump on stage when he played the track. I agreed to, and was up there with him in front of about 10,000 people. Afterward we chatted and devised a strategy of how we were going to approach the upcoming collaboration. He’d send me some ideas over the internet and I’d send him some, until it was all mashed together and completed.

DOWNTOWN: What do you think about Downtown Manhattan?

Dallas: I love it. Every time I’ve come to New York I always want more time here. I’ll sometimes end up changing my flight just to stay longer. I usually end up staying in the Lower East Side, at SIXTY in SOHO. It’s conveniently next to Thompson street which is one of my favorites.

DOWNTOWN: Where does a DJ go after a show here in the city that never sleeps?

Dallas: I usually defer that decision to whomever I’m hanging out with. Sometimes we’ll hit up some great places in Meatpacking district or Verboten and Output over in Brooklyn.

DOWNTOWN: Anything special you have coming up in the near future for your music?

Dallas: Yeah I’ve got a new single that’s likely coming out in January on Tiesto’s label. The track ended up in his hands and he really liked it.

-Michael Capobianco