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October 25

October 25, 2017 By Robert Simko

285 – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers and shoemakers. 1812 – War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian. 1927 – The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the […]

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Filed Under: Today In History 9:07 am

The Fine Print

October 25, 2017 By

Research by a community leader has discovered that the agreement between the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and Asphalt Green requires the operator of the athletic facility on North End Avenue to provide services to the neighborhood that have not been forthcoming. Maryanne P. Braverman, one of the volunteers with the Battery Park City Seniors […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Featured 9:02 am Tagged With: Featured

October 24

October 24, 2017 By Robert Simko

1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.  Constructed between 1194 and 1250, is the last of at least five which have occupied the site since the 4th century. The majority of the original stained glass windows survive intact, while the architecture has seen only minor changes since […]

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Filed Under: Today In History 11:52 am

Cloister Shuck

October 24, 2017 By

Elected officials are voicing opposition to the plan by a real estate developer to privatize more than 4,700 square feet of public amenity space at 200 Water Street. In an October 20 letter to the City Planning Commission, City Council member Margaret Chin and Manhattan Borough president Gale Brewer wrote that they, “have serious concerns […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Featured 11:49 am Tagged With: Featured

October 23

October 24, 2017 By Robert Simko

42 BC – Liberators’ civil war: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus’s army. Brutus commits suicide. 425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at the age of six. 1812 – Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the […]

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Filed Under: Today In History 11:43 am

Mart May Depart

October 24, 2017 By

Residents of Battery Park City’s south neighborhood may soon have to walk farther for bargains like the Tuesday senior discount offered by the Gristedes supermarket. The grocery story has been a fixture for decades on South End Avenue, with locations at West Thames Street and another in the Gateway Plaza complex. But a marketing presentation […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Featured 11:40 am Tagged With: Featured

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