Month: March 2018

Lollapalooza Producer Coming to South Street Seaport

The nation’s largest and most powerful concert promoter has been designated by the Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC), which is redeveloping the South Street Seaport, to operate a planned concert venue on the roof of Pier 17. Live Nation Entertainment, which also owns Ticketmaster, will program the Pier 17 Rooftop Concert Series, which will he held...
The 2012 version of HHC's plan for the Pier 17 rooftop included a small concert venue, holding up to 600 people, and a restaurant.

Today in History March 21

1697 – Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe 1788 – Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans,  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...
1962: A bear becomes the first creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds

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...
The elevated deck on the north side of the dock will afford sweeping view of the Hudson River and the New Jersey skyline. The netted area designed for play and relaxation is visible (in blue) at left.

Today in History March 20

141 – 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet 1760 – Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 1815 – Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” published 1861 – An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina 1890 – German Emperor Wilhelm II fires Republic...
Sergei V Rachmaninoff

Closing Time

A pair of high-end restaurants in Battery Park City’s north neighborhood are planning to close. As first reported on the culinary news site, Eater.com, North End Grill, which specialize in gourmet seafood, and Amada, which focuses on Spanish dishes, are both planning to shut down. Amada will close as of March 31, while North End Grill...
Amada on Vesey Street in Brookfield Place opened in 2015

March 19

1279 – A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano sailing for King Francis of France sights land around area of Carolinas. While his place of birth in a small village south of Florence or in Lyon France is debatable, what is not is...
Robert Moses was against the idea (of naming the bridge after Verrazzano) for two reasons, " It's too long a name and I never heard of the guy."