Month: March 2018

March 2

537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his bucellarii are almost cut off. 1498 – Vasco da Gama’s fleet visits the Island of Mozambique. 1561 – Mendoza, Argentina is founded by...
King Kong opens at Radio City Music Hall

Congestion Pricing

To the editor:   Re:  “Is Congestion Pricing Plan Stalled?” A few months ago, I wrote a letter to this publication regarding the congestion encountered when walking or biking across the Brooklyn Bridge, putting the blame on the vendors who set up shop along the narrow walkway. The problem with traffic throughout NYC streets will...

Where Two Legs Trump Six Cylinders

A pair of data-driven social media platforms are highlighting Lower Manhattan as a place where human-powered mobility flourishes. The first is Strava, a website and mobile app that utilizes satellite navigation to track athletic activity. Strava has tapped into the mountain of data it collects about its users’ workouts to create a “heat map” that...

Live in FiDi, with Rents That Aren’t Sky-Hi

The City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is accepting applications for 30 new apartments now under construction (including studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units) in a luxury building at 60 Fulton Street (between Cliff and Gold Streets), which have been set aside at less-than-market rents for low- and moderate-income tenants. Half of these 30...
The Exhibit is a new luxury rental building at 60 Fulton Street, which will contain 30 affordable units, available at below-market rents, and set aside for a broad range of incomes.

March 1

86 BC – Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus ending the Siege of Athens and Piraeus. 1565 – The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded. 1642 – Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York,...
Yellowstone National Park

‘Sustainability and Safety; Collaboration and Character’

Although Benjamin Jones joined the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) as its vice president for administrative affairs three years ago, he was only recently confirmed as the agency’s new president. In advance of the Open Community Meeting that the Authority will host on Monday (March 5), Mr. Jones sat down for a question-and-answer session with...
Benjamin "BJ" Jones, the new president and chief operating officer of the Battery Park City Authority.