One Rector Park

333 Rector Place | also 225 South End Avenue, 235 South End Avenue, 215 South End Avenue | Battery Park City | built 1985

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1986

    Rockrose completes One Rector Park, designed by Charles Moore

    One Rector Park at 333 Rector Place was completed in 1986 as part of the Rector Place neighborhood of Battery Park City. Rockrose Development built it, and Charles Moore designed it with the firm Rothzeid Kaiserman Thomson & Bee. The Battery Park City Authority lists it among the residential buildings of the Rector Place neighborhood.

    Source: bpca.ny.gov

  2. 1986

    Joy McCormack opens the first preschool in Battery Park City

    Joy McCormack opened an all-day nursery in the new neighborhood in 1986, and it was Battery Park City's first preschool. It operated as Joy McCormack's All Day Nursery and began with four classrooms. At its 30th-anniversary celebration in February, the nursery estimated that about 2,800 children had passed through.

    Source: ebroadsheet.com

  3. 1996

    Denise Cordivano and Karen Klomp take over the nursery in 1996

    In 1996, Karen Klomp and Denise Cordivano, preschool directors from Pennsylvania, took over the nursery after Joy McCormack retired. A fifth classroom was added to meet rising enrollment, and the school grew to seven classrooms after September 11. Klomp retired in the mid-2000s, leaving Cordivano as sole owner until 2022, when new owners took over.

    Source: bpcdaynursery.com

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