Month: February 2018

Search for Eagles

A long time ago, in the extremely cold winter of 1976, I had the opportunity to go birding in the Delaware River Valley in and around Dingman’s Ferry, Pennsylvania. Jack Padalino, president emeritus of PEEC (Pocono Environmental Education Center) and the Brandwein Institute, a partner with the National Park Service, led the search. There were a handful...

February 22

705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty. 1371 – Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.   1632 – Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published. It was a 1632 book by Galileo Galilei comparing the Copernican system with the traditional Ptolemaic system.  The...
George Washington 1796 Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828)

Helping Wee-Tail Do Retail on Par with E-Tail

The Downtown Alliance is offering a “Downtown Digital Innovation Grant” that will award one storefront business in Lower Manhattan up to $10,000 in services to improve its online presence and digital tool kit. This grant is intended to give businesses the capacity to invest in everything from digital advertising and social media strategy to outfitting...
This iconic row of small shops on Fulton Street is emblematic of the changing retail landscape in Lower Manhattan, where small businesses on besieged by a variety of converging market forces, from rising rents to cut-throat competition from e-commerce giants.

February 21

1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. 1613 – Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly,beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia. 1804 – The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales. 1848 – Karl...
The extinct Carolina parakeet Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago The Carolina parakeet was a colorful species that lived throughout much of eastern America. A seed eater that took advantage of farmers' orchards and fields, it was deemed a pest. Its feather were used in the fashion industry and by1918 it was extinct.

Tribeca Meet & Greet

Everyone is invited to visit Fred Astaire Dance Studio on Thursday February 22, 6:30 – 9 PM.  They aren’t a storefront business; they’re up on the 9th floor at 291 Broadway (between Duane and Reade) Suite 900 This is a great opportunity to mingle with other Tribeca businesses on a chilly winter evening. Fred Astaire Dance Studio Downtown...

Howard Hughes’ Plan for the Seaport

Dear editor,        On Tuesday evening I attended  a meeting of Community Board 1 at Southbridge Towers. The subject of the meeting was to allow Howard Hughes Company to present a comprehensive plan for the final use by Hughes and the public of the reconstructed glass cube Pier 7 including its large roof...