1279 BC – Ramesses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Egypt. 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. 1578 – King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France. 1790 – The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright […]
Archives for May 2016
Rowing Across the Atlantic
“Day 15, 29th May and this morning 2 weeks since Fox II and I pulled out of North Cove Marina with Rozinante II just behind. Bjørn Jordan, owner of that yacht, is an old friend who Arvid Bentsen and I encountered at sea when we rowed from Tenerife to Barbados i 1997. Bjørn had crew […]
In Memoriam: Bill Bernstein
Lower Manhattan lost a tireless civic champion on Tuesday when Bill Bernstein, a senior executive at the Downtown Alliance, died at age 64. “He was one of the people who came back to Lower Manhattan on September 12, 2001,” said Community Board 1 chair Catherine McVay Hughes, recalling how Mr. Bernstein talked his way past […]
How a Nazi Sympathizer's Tribeca Garage Will Become a Luxe Mansion
A building with a tangled pedigree will soon become Lower Manhattan’s newest palatial townhouse, if plans recently approved by Community Board 1 (CB1) are carried out. The building in question is located at 11 Hubert Street, roughly between the Citigroup tower and the Holland Tunnel plaza. The structure was built in 1946 by Dietrich Wortman, […]
How a Nazi Sympathizer’s Tribeca Garage Will Become a Luxe Mansion
A building with a tangled pedigree will soon become Lower Manhattan’s newest palatial townhouse, if plans recently approved by Community Board 1 (CB1) are carried out. The building in question is located at 11 Hubert Street, roughly between the Citigroup tower and the Holland Tunnel plaza. The structure was built in 1946 by Dietrich Wortman, […]
Arrivals & Departures
Saturday, May 28 Anthem of the Seas Inbound 6:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 4:00 pm; Bermuda Sunday, May 29 Celebrity Summit Inbound 6:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 4:00 pm; Bermuda Norwegian Breakaway Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; Bermuda Norwegian Gem Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; Canada/Maine Tuesday, May 31 Pacific Princess Inbound 6:15 am; outbound […]
Arrivals & Departures
Saturday, May 28 Anthem of the Seas Inbound 6:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 4:00 pm; Bermuda Sunday, May 29 Celebrity Summit Inbound 6:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 4:00 pm; Bermuda Norwegian Breakaway Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; Bermuda Norwegian Gem Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; Canada/Maine Tuesday, May 31 Pacific Princess Inbound 6:15 am; outbound […]
Rowing Across the Atlantic
Dr. Stein Hoff began his attempt rowing FOXll across the Atlantic more than a week ago, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen. Here’s his facebook link to track his voyage. ——————————————————————————————— Here’s his latest post: Tuesday May 26th day 12 “Still 26th May – Day 12 – on Fox II and we are […]
May 27
1679 – Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in England 1692 – Court of Oyer and Terminer established by Governor of Massachusetts to hear accussations of witchcraft 1703 – St Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great 1896 – Tornado hit St Louis, killing 255 & leaving thousands homeless 1905 – Japanese […]
Gibney Dance Gala
On Monday evening May 23rd, supporters of dance came to Gibney Dance Company on Broadway to partake in good food and good dance and to celebrate 25 years. Founded by Gina Gibney after she had an epiphany on the campus of Case Western and launched her life’s mission to artistic innovation and social justice through […]
Special Cay
Lower Manhattan’s equivalent of Central Park will open for the season tomorrow (Saturday, May 28) when the first ferry to Governors Island departs from the Battery Maritime Building (10 South Street, between Whitehall and Broad Streets) at 10:00 am. “It’s going to be a year of grills, thrills, and hills,” predicted Leslie Koch, president of […]
May 26
47 BC – Julius Caesar visits Tarsus on his way to Pontus, where he meets enthusiastic support, but where, according to Cicero, Cassius is planning to kill him 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire. The Empire defeats the Armenians militarily but guarantees them freedom to openly practice Christianity. 1293 – An earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, killing about […]
Rowing Across the Atlantic
Dr. Stein Hoff began his attempt rowing FOXll across the Atlantic more than a week ago, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen. Here’s his facebook link to track his voyage. ——————————————————————————————— Here’s his latest post: Tuesday May 24th “Day 10, Tuesday 24th May and at 10 pm I am finally E of where I started to […]
National Museum of the American Indian Gala
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of George Gustav Heye’s extraordinary collection of items as the Museum of the American Indian, a gala fundraiser on May 11th raised nearly $400,000 to support the museum and its educational programs. Located in the historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green, the museum opened a […]
Testimony in opposition to the Water Street Upgrades Text Amendment – N 160166 ZRM
To: Council Member Chin cc’d: The Broadsheet Re: Testimony in opposition to the Water Street Upgrades Text Amendment – N 160166 ZRM Dear Council Member Chin, As a Peck Slip School parent, and resident of Downtown Manhattan, I am deeply troubled by the possibility of the 17 open-air plazas and atriums on Water Street being reconfigured in […]
Are Downtown Residents Being Punked by Phone Bank Bunk?
City Council member Margaret Chin is concerned that her office telephone number may have been hijacked by a phone bank seeking to mobilize support for a controversial zoning measure currently under consideration. At Tuesday night’s meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1), Paul Leonard, Ms. Chin’s communications director, said, “we got a heads up from a […]
May 25
567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet. 1521 – The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw. 1738 – A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War […]
Veterans Group Plans Pig Roast in Front of Lower Manhattan Mosque
The embattled veterans group, the Wounded Warriors Project, is planning to roast a pig over an open fire on a Lower Manhattan street, directly in front of a mosque. This could arguably constitute a grave offense to Muslim sensibilities, in which pigs are viewed are profoundly unclean. The Iron Horse, a bar located at 32 […]
Rowing Across the Atlantic
Here’s his latest posting: Monday 23rd May, 8th day, position 2am 40 28.6 N, 070 54,7 W “One week gone, 8th day at sea, not one I want to have too many of. It rained while the wind and waves increased and became quite a gale yesterday. Difficult to sleep while sliding about and worrying about […]
May 24
1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. 1830 – “Mary Had a Little Lamb” by Sarah Josepha Hale is published. 1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message “What hath God wrought” (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, […]