771 – Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. 1456 – Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die 1766 – London auctioneers Christie’s hold their first sale 1792 – George Washington re-elected president 1876 – Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death 1893 –...
Plans by a developer to gut a landmarked clock that sits atop a historic Tribeca building were dealt a setback in State Supreme Court last week, when a ruling found that legal protections to both the inside and the outside of the structure cannot be waived by City regulators. The structure in question is the...
The clock tower at 346 Broadway, which the State Supreme Court ruled last week must be preserved, according legal protection both to its exterior facade and its inner workings
1110 – Syrian harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders 1154 – Pope Hadrian IV elected Pope. The only Englishman to become pontiff, Nicholas Breakspear was a member of the family which until recent years brewed beer in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. 1534 – Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad 1783 – General Washington bids officers farewell at...
On December 4th, 1783, General George Washington bade farewell to his officers in the Long Room at Fraunces Tavern located on the corner of Pearl and Broad Streets.
Actor Ian Kahn, who portrayed George Washington in the TV series Turn: Washington's Spies, reenacted the General's brief speech at Fraunces Tavern on Sunday Dec 3.
"With a heart full of love and gratitude I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable"
Community Board 1 (CB1) will host a Town Hall meeting tonight (Monday, December 4) to discuss the impact of plans to create an event and performance venue capable of hosting more than 4,000 people on the roof of Pier 17, in the South Street Seaport. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be...
After the City's Landmarks Preservation Commission declined to approve the 2015 plan, HHC in 2017 created a new vision for a "temporary" canopy that could be raised and expanded during events, then lowered and folded into itself when not being used. By this time, plans the concert venue had grown to a space that can accommodate more than 6,000 people.
To the editor: Here’s a cheaper way to get from Lower Manhattan to Newark Airport using mass transit. * Take the PATH from WTC to Newark Penn Station. 15 minutes between PATH trains, 25 minutes travel. * Then take Bus #62 from Newark Penn Station bus depot directly to EWR. 15 minutes between buses, 18...
Seen from Newark Airport, the skyline of Lower Manhattan appears almost close enough to touch. But antiquated transportation infrastructure makes the trip to the skyscrapers on the horizon, in some cases, longer than the flights from which travelers arriving at the airport have just disembarked.
On Thursday, for only the fourth time in its century-long existence, the Regional Plan Association (RPA) — an independent, not-for-profit confederation of urban visionaries — issued a call to action for guiding development over the next two decades in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The Fourth Regional Plan contains dozens of recommendations about sustainability,...
A conceptual rendering of the RPA's "Manhattan Spine" proposal_ in which the dark orange line represents a new commuter rail trunk, running the length of Manhattan (beneath Third Avenue, the Bowery, and Pearl Street) before connecting to the Long Island Rail Road in Brooklyn, and the Metro North Railroad in Westchester.
