Two more pieces of the puzzle have fallen into place for the long-planned Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center: the project now has a chairperson and a design. The former will be Barbra Streisand and the latter is a breathtaking, translucent marble cube by Brooklyn-based architectural firm, REX. These announcements come on the […]
Archives for September 2016
Steven Amedee Gallery
OPENING RECEPTION SEPT 29 6-9PM STEVEN AMADEE GALLERY 41 N MOORE STREET TRIBECA
Today in History
1338 – The Battle of Arnemuiden was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years’ War and the first naval battle using artillery, as the English ship Christofer had three cannon and one hand gun. 1641 – The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure of over 100,000 pounds of gold (worth over £1 billion today), is […]
The Only Thing We Have to Wonder About Is Wonder Itself
Carl Jung, one of the founding fathers of psychology, once reflected that, “God has fallen out of containment in religion and into human hearts. Our whole unconscious is in an uproar from the God who wants to know and to be known.” Based on this observation, it is fair to assume that if Jung had […]
Thirty Years Young
The local non-profit that provides Lower Manhattan with after-school programs, summer camps, athletic leagues, classes for seniors, indoor and outdoor recreation space, swimming lessons, arts enrichment and more is marking 30 years of service. On Saturday (September 24), Manhattan Youth will host a Birthday Beach Party on Pier 25, in the Hudson River Park, near […]
Today in History
1692 – The last of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials are hanged; the remainder of those convicted are all eventually released. 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published. Up until 1905, the magazine had no photographs at all– It was a text-based scientific journal about geography. 1857 […]
Letters
To the editor: On the topic of the BPCA Board – I can understand that the Board has business to attend to and that the members are not paid for their service on the Board so they want their meetings to run efficiently. Dennis Mehiel knows that if community comment were to be allowed, much […]
BPC BLOCK PARTY PHOTOS
Click here to look at some photos from the Battery Park City Block Party
Growing Up Suddenly
Helaina Hovitz was a 12-year-old middle school student attending I.S. 289 on September 11th, 2001. The events and experiences that are part of collective memory for Lower Manhattan residents were a very real part of Helaina’s life, and are still vivid in her memory today: the sickening thud of falling bodies hitting cars, the crumbling […]
Today in History
455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. 1776 – Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces. 1792 – French Revolution: The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the absolute monarchy. 1934 – A large typhoon hits western Honshu, Japan, […]