Month: June 2016

Letters

On Jun 14, 2016, we received this email: Just before 8pm on Monday June 13th, a group of 8 year-old boys was playing nicely in Rockefeller Park when 20 screaming teenagers ran onto the field. The majority of the teens claimed spots within the Pavilion while three teens took their “posts” in the middle of...

Free Museums and Music Light Up Lower Manhattan on the Longest Day of the Year

Tonight, as part of the 2016 River to River Festival, more than a dozen Lower Manhattan museums, cultural institutions, and historic landmarks will open their doors, free of charge, for Night at the Museums. Participating venues include the National September 11 Memorial Museum, the South Street Seaport Museum, the China Institute, the Museum of Jewish...
The Museum of American Finance's current exhibit Worth Its Weight: Gold from the Ground Up, captivates visitors with the many spectacular and unexpected ways gold has influenced our lives.

Rowing The Atlantic

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. Day 36 ctd. It is 8 pm and I’m trying to decide if it was a good day as I got through another knock-down or if...
Dr. Stein Hoff began his row across the Atlantic on Sunday morning May 15th, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen.

TriBatteryPops Records New Album

Maestro Goodkind reports: “The first in our area in a century, our all citizen volunteer band, now nearly 14 years old, has gone viral in the land of fine wines and fancy cheese (France). A Facebook post linking to the TriBattery Pop’s latest album has garnered an unprecedented 108,000 clicks and rising, of which nearly...

Community Leaders Argue for Separate Athletic and Performance Spaces in New SchoolsGym Not-So-Dandy

Community Board 1 (CB1) is seeking to organize opposition, both in Lower Manhattan and City-wide, to a Department of Education (DOE) policy that combines gyms and auditoriums into a single space, known as a “gymnatorium.” The DOE has adopted this policy in recent years as a way to save on both cost and space when...

June 17

1119 – Charles the Good becomes earl of Flanders 1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreatfrom Wallachia. 1579 – Sir Francis Drake lands on coast of California at Drakes Bay, names it “New Albion” 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal...
The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.