Month: September 2017

September 15

668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy. 1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes. 1616 – The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is...
Bugatti was a bit like Steve Jobs. A perfectionist and creative genius.

The Mural of the Story

Tribeca, which was put on the map by its allure for artists, has a new public art piece. “XOLA,” a gigantic street mural by artist Imani Shanklin Roberts, was painted last weekend over a 2,000 square-foot patch of Franklin Street that is closed to vehicular traffic, and formally unveiled on Wednesday. Ms. Shanklin-Roberts’s mural is...
XOLA in Tribeca photos by Eric M. Townsend

September 13

585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. 1501 – Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David. 1504 – Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be...

Thin Win for Chin

City Council member Margaret Chin appears to have won her bid for a third term, but just barely. Unofficial, overnight results from the City’s Board of Elections (BOE) showed Ms. Chin clinging to a razor-thin margin of 200 votes over her nearest challenger, Christoper Marte. As of midnight, with the BOE reporting that 98.84 percent...

September 12

1609 – Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen. 1683 – Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire. 1857 – The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers...
On September 12, 1940, the entrance to the Lascaux Cave was discovered by 18 year old Marcel Ravidat. Ravidat, who died in 1995, returned to the scene with three friends, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel, and Simon Coencas, and entered the cave via a long shaft. The teenagers discovered that the cave walls were covered with depictions of animals

In Remembrance of the Fallen

Click here to watch the ferries gather and blow their horns on September 11th at the moment the second tower collapsed On September 11, boats of all sizes and shapes came to rescue and help in the evacuation of Lower Manhattan following the attacks of the Twin Towers. Every September 11th at the time the...