Month: May 2017

May 12

1328 – Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice. 1733 – Maria Theresa crowned Queen of Bohemia in Prague 1835 – Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile 1908 – Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield He was born in Kentucky...
Nathan Stubblefield

Daniel and Goliath

President Donald Trump now says of his tax returns, “I might release them after I’m out of office,” but the public may not have to wait that long if State Senator Daniel Squadron has his way. In April, Mr. Squadron introduced a bill, now pending in the State Senate, which would require the New York...

The Madding Crowd

The Downtown Alliance has released its analysis of real estate activity in Lower Manhattan for the first quarter of 2017, and most indicators point to a very remunerative place to own property and a rather congested place to live or work. For those of us who live here, the cost of doing so is climbing...

And the Winner Is…

A pair of Lower Manhattan building projects have been recognized with 2017 Excellence in Development awards from the Urban Land Institute of New York (ULINY), a non-profit that seeks to promote, “the responsible use of land and in the creation of sustainable, thriving communities.” The ULINY awards are unusual in that they focus on all...
The skyline of Lower Manhattan as seen from the Hills, an artificially created set of four peaks on Governors Island, which have been recognized with an Excellence in Civic Space award from the Urban Land Institute of New York.

May 9

1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England’s Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. 1763 – The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac’s War against British forces. 1873 – Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression. 1874 – The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in...
Great Western Railway 4-4-0 No. 3440, (originally No. 3717), "City of Truro".

Rough Seas for Battery Maritime Building

The decade-long effort to refurbish the historic Battery Maritime Building remains stalled, as a second developer has been removed from the project, after failing to begin work on the development. The City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) — the agency that negotiates strategic partnerships designed to harness private-sector resources to public projects, and thus foster economic...
The Battery Maritime Building