356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. 1568 – Eighty Years’ War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau. 1645 – Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to […]
Archives for July 2017
Quality of Life Issue in BPC
To the editor: What happened to Ms. Galluzzi is both shocking and AVOIDABLE. It was just a matter of time before an accident such as hers happened. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has been startled numerous times by Parks vehicles moving far too quickly and far too close to me and other […]
Artists-Not-In-Residence
Lower Manhattan has a lot of artists, but they are leaving in greater numbers than in almost any community of New York City, according to a new report from the Center for an Urban Future (CUF), a public policy think tank based Downtown. The report, “A Creative Solution to New York’s Affordable Space Crunch,” notes […]
‘Morris Bridge Is Coming Down, Coming Down…’
Earlier this year, the de Blasio administration said to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), in effect, “wanna buy a bridge?” They were referring to the Morris Street pedestrian overpass, a forlorn span that links Washington and Greenwich Street, by reaching across the entrance plaza to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. The MTA’s offering price, nothing, might seem […]
Pedestrian Struck by Parks Vehicle Driving on Sidewalk
A Battery Park City resident was struck and injured by a Parks vehicle driving on the sidewalk on the morning of July 13, and had to wait for nearly 30 minutes before ambulances and police could find the location she called into 911. Dominique Galluzzi was walking east along Albany Street on her way to […]
Making Some Dough This Summer
Rising high school freshman Jack Greenleaf has been making good use of his summer break. On July 1, he started Bread and Monkey, a banana bread company servicing Battery Park City. On his first day of business, Mr. Greenleaf says that he spent the day baking and publishing his website (with the help of his […]
A Happy Warrior Lays Down Her Arms
A tireless defender of the Battery Park City community is stepping away from the ramparts. Ninfa Segarra, who has served for 18 months as the chair of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1), has resigned as a result of what she describes as, “the need to focus on personal priorities.” At […]
Auf Weidersehen Peking
Almost a year ago, on September 6, 2016, the barque Peking pushed off from South Street Seaport for one last time to begin her final trip home to the land of her birth, Hamburg Germany. Eased out into the slack tide of the East River and assisted by a few tugs and many well wishers, […]
This Joint Is Jumping
Three Lower Manhattan neighborhoods have posted the biggest price jumps for condominiums in the second quarter of 2017, and all three are among the most expensive communities in which to buy such property, according to a new report. The most expensive neighborhood anywhere in the five boroughs remains Tribeca, according to PropertyShark, a real estate […]
Where to Get Wet
The tenth annual City of Water Day will drench participants in fun tomorrow (Saturday, July 15) at more than 60 venues throughout the five boroughs, New Jersey and Westchester. But Lower Manhattan residents will want to cruise over to Governors Island, which will be the center of the region’s most popular family-friendly harbor festival. While […]