Month: May 2016

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...
Dr. Stein Hoff began his attempt rowing across the Atlantic last week the Battery in his rowboat named FOX II, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen.

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,...
The Brooklyn Bridge

Schilling Opens on Washington Street

The lower sections of Washington Street and Greenwich Street below the World Trade Center have long been ignored. On these streets was once a neighborhood of immigrants finding the American dream, but a generation or two later were displaced by the construction of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. And on September 11th, these streets were where...
Michelin-starred chef Eduard Frauneder at his new bistro Schilling

Joining the Assembly Line

Just weeks after the April special election that brought Alice Cancel to the New York State Assembly, the ranks of candidates vying for the Democratic nomination replace her have grown by one. Paul Newell, a Lower Eastside resident with a long history of local activism, declared his candidacy on Sunday afternoon at rally in Straus...
Assembly candidate Paul Newell: “The costs of corruption are not a few million dollars in bribes, or somebody’s son’s no-show job. The costs of corruption are higher rents, higher taxes, overcrowded classrooms, and crumbling subways.”

May 23

1059 – Henri I crowns his son King Philip I of France 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne and sold to the English 1493 – King Charles VIII and Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis 1568 – The Netherlands declare independence from Spain. 1701 – Captain William Kidd is hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and of murdering...

Letters

To: Council Member Chin, cc’d The Broadsheet I am a 30 year plus resident of Lower Manhattan (3 Hanover Square) and I understand that your vote on the Water Street arcades and plazas will be the most important, and I strongly support the Downtown Alliance’s Water Street zoning text amendment. I am also in the...