1697 – Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe 1788 – Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans, Â Louisiana 1826 – Beethoven’s Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna 1857 – Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die 1871 – Journalist Henry M Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa 1907 […]
Archives for March 21, 2018
Special Quay
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Waterfront, Parks and Resiliency Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1), local residents were given an update about what may eventually be Lower Manhattan’s next great public space. Bob Townley, the founder and executive director of Manhattan Youth and a member of CB1, said, “I should tell you that Pier 26 […]