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Month: October 2016

Today in History

Posted on October 27, 2016February 5, 2019

312 – Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. 1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. 1553 – Michael Servetus was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer and was the first to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation. He participated in the Protestant Reformation and was…

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LETTERS

Posted on October 27, 2016

To the editor, While it is obvious that community representatives needed to applaud this breakthrough, I consider it too little too late. If the process for announcing and clarifying this decision was accurately described in this Broadsheet article, clearly, the BPCA Board and staff are nervous and uptight about public discussion of resident concerns. It…

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Reprieve for a Public Refuge

Posted on October 27, 2016February 5, 2019

The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) has decided against enclosing the arcades along South End Avenue to create new retail space. At Tuesday night’s meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1), Gwen Dawson, the Authority’s vice president for real property, said, “as a result of the feedback process to date, we’ve heard substantial concern about filling…

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Today in History

Posted on October 26, 2016February 5, 2019

740 – An earthquake strikes Constantinople and the surrounding countryside, causing destruction to the city’s land walls and buildings. 1774 – The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia. 1775 – King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorizes a military response to quell the American…

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LETTERS

Posted on October 26, 2016

To the editor, I no longer live on South End Avenue (formerly in the Cove Club), but I’m appalled by the plan to destroy the avenue and some of the people that favor that – David Goodman. I once distributed pamphlets to businesses on the avenue when the plan was first announced arguing against it….

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Pillar of the Community

Posted on October 26, 2016February 5, 2019

Trinity Church has unveiled plans for the new building that it asked Lower Manhattan residents to help design, in a series of “community conversations” that began in February, 2015. “We began with a public process to understand the hopes and dreams of our community,” explained Trinity’s rector, the Rev. Dr. Bill Lupfer, at the final…

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