To The Editor, As I walked around in my neighborhood, people were shouting…”No more taxation without representation.” No, this is not a re-enactment of the Boston Tea Party for a television show that is being filmed in Battery Park City. It is a real issue facing the Battery Park City community, a place that I […]
Archives for March 2016
Sometimes, Bigger Really Is Better
Community Board 1 (CB1) is calling on City officials who are planning a new elementary school in the Financial District to expand the project to include more school seats, a middle school, and a full-sized gymnasium. “Once again the Department of Education [DOE] has designed a school with a ‘gymatorium’ plan, which we are all […]
Eyes to the Sky
Most often as a solitary observer I look up to Earth’s blue atmosphere, radiant with sunlight or, at dawn and dusk, to the brightest stars and planets; after twilight deepens read more …
Today in History
1840 Dr. John William Draper takes first photo of the Moon The first ever photo of the moon, taken by John Williams Draper 1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent 1919 Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan, Italy 1942 US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers 1944 Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meters (18,000 feet) without a parachute and lives. That number was surpassed […]
Flood Risk Dampens Ardor for Lower Manhattan
Decision-makers who consider moving a business to Lower Manhattan are faced with many enticements, and one caveat, says a recent poll of more than 100 commercial property owners, brokers, agents, engineers, accountants and real estate lawyers. The survey, by accounting firm Marks Paneth, indicates that 70 percent of high-level real estate executives agree with developer […]
Today in History
37 – The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’ will and proclaims Caligula emperor. 1314 – Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake. 1673 – Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers 1881 – Barnum & Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth opens in Madison Square Garden 1891 – Britain is […]