Dr. Stein Hoff began his row across the Atlantic on Sunday morning May 15th, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen. Here’s his facebook link to track his voyage. Current left… Current returned! Day 31, evening. Sunset is within half hour and the west sky is again a spectacle of black and white clouds, […]
Archives for June 15, 2016
June 15
763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta. 1300 – The city of Bilbao is founded 1389 – Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians. 1502 – Christopher […]
Wildlife in New York City
Each year in late Spring, Chris Nadareski, a research scientist with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, ascends to the tops of three of the city’s bridges and attaches identifying bands on newly hatched falcon chicks. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Bridges and Tunnels project began in 1983 as part of a New York […]
Letters
To the editor: Re: Cycling Fatality I was extremely sorry to hear of the cyclist fatality on Chambers Street this Sunday. Sad as it, is it was no shock to hear it. I have been biking daily on these streets for over 30 years. The protected lane that travels the length of the West Side […]
City Council Panel Okays Proposal to Convert Water Street Arcades to Retail
The City Council’s Subcommittee on Zonings and Franchises voted on Tuesday to approve a controversial zoning measure that seeks to convert to commercial, retail use more than 100,000 square feet of public space in arcades along Water Street. Tuesday’s vote will be followed today by a vote of the Council’s Land Use Committee, and another […]