One of Battery Park City’s most eclectic apartments is for sale. The penthouse at 380 Rector Place is owned by by Isaac Gindi, the son of the late Samuel “Sonny” Gindi, who founded the Century 21 discount department store chain in 1961. The younger Mr. Gindi and his brother, Eddie, now own Century 21. Since…
Month: November 2017
November 15
565 – Justin II succeeds his uncle, Justinian I, as emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation. 1791 – The first U.S. Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors. 1864 – American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman…
Lower Manhattan Lacks Curb Appeal
Lower Manhattan drivers who are chronically aggrieved by the local shortage of legal street parking should consider the bright side: They are contributing tens of millions of dollars per year in revenue to City coffers. A new analysis by SpotAngels, a smartphone app that aims to soothe parking headaches by offering users real-time data about…
November 14
1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile. 1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville is published in the USA. Born at #6 Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan, the third child of a merchant in French dry goods, his father Allan Melville moved his wife and three…
Q&A with BPCA
The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) will host an “Open Community Meeting” tonight (Tuesday, November 14), from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, at Six River Terrace (opposite the Irish Hunger Memorial and next to Le Pain Quotidien restaurant). Residents are urged to attend, hear a presentation from Authority staff on their vision for the community, and…
November 13
1002 – English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers 1775 – American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal 1789 – Ben Franklin writes “Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes” 1839 – First US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in New York 1841 – James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism,…