Pier A is scheduled to open to the public in the summer or early fall of 2013.
Divers recently found even more rotten wood at the landmarked Pier A in Battery Park City.
Pier A is so riddled with rot that it won't open until at least the middle of 2013, officials said.
Workers have removed most of the windows at Pier A, a landmarked 125-year-old building.
Residents are expected to protest at Pier A in Battery Park on Saturday afternoon.
The renovated Pier A could reopen to the public as soon as the summer of 2012.
Italian-Americans are criticizing the Battery Park City Authority's decision to put a restaurant on Pier A.
Harry Poulakakos is expanding his downtown restaurant empire onto the historic Pier A.
The Battery Park City Authority will use less expensive materials to build a public plaza around the landmark pier.