Month: July 2018

Today in History July 9

1540 – King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. 1776 – George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island. 1790 –...
Starfish Prime through thin cloud. It was one of a group of nuclear explosions set off in space

EYES TO THE SKY July 9 – 22, 2018

In early twilight, within half an hour of sunset when the western sky is pale blue, planet Venus turns our heads to receive its brilliant light, now 15 degrees above the horizon. Tonight, the 9th, Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion, is in conjunction with Venus: when twilight deepens, see “the...

Alluvial March of Days

The River Project, a highly regarded, Lower Manhattan-based non-profit that aims to protect and restore the ecosystem of the Hudson River Estuarythrough scientific research and education programs, will hold a Summer Cruise fundraiser this evening aboard the Hornblower Hybrid, a floating events venue and excursion yacht that is based at Pier 40. The event comes...

Today in History July 3

*987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792. *1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces. *1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes commandof the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts. *1844...

‘Once in a While, Can’t You Choose Someone Else?’

A new, groundbreaking Yiddish-language production of “Fiddler on the Roof” premieres tomorrow (Wednesday, July 4), presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) at the Museum of Jewish Heritage,in Battery Park City. The show is directed by Joel Grey, best known to audiences as an actor — and one of only eight people ever to have...

An Undercoat for the Overpass

The Battery Park City Authority is repainting the Tribeca Bridge, which crosses West Street near Chambers Street, at a cost of $2.2 million. At the agency’s June 19 board meeting, BPCA vice president for real property Gwen Dawson explained, “the bridge was built in 1992 and has not been repainted since then. It’s now over...
The Tribeca Bridge, which passes over West Street, near its intersection with Chambers Street, will soon get its first fresh coat of paint - at a cost of $2.2 million -- since the structure was opened, in 1992.