1664 – Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island 1721 – Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburg Concerts 1765 – Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers 1832 – Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred and feathered in Ohio 1883 – First telephone call between New York […]
Archives for March 24, 2017
Remembering Rockefeller: A Personal Appreciation
(Editor’s Note: The passing of David Rockefeller earlier this week struck a personal chord for one person who helped create Lower Manhattan in its modern form — Charles J. Urstadt, who, as State Commissioner of Housing and County Renewal in the 1960s and 70s, founded and built Battery Park City, along with several other government-sponsored […]