Month: October 2018

Freedom of the Press… Before Freedom of the Press

In 1735, forty-one years before thirteen British colonies stepped onto the world stage in 1776 to declare independence and throw off their royal shackles, twelve common New Yorkers (and one prominent Philadelphian) made a bold statement about the crucial role a free press must play in a truly free society-and it happened right here on...
The public burning of Zenger's Weekly Journal

Inn Operators Are Out

The troubled hotel at Battery Park City’s southern tip has changed owners. The former Ritz-Carlton, which was rechristened the Wagner Hotel in March, has been sold by developers Westbrook Partners (which bought the property in 2012) at a 25 percent discount from its recent asking price. Shortly after acquiring the hotel from its original developer,...
The real estate firm that has owned the former Ritz-Carlton (now known as the Wagner Hotel) since 2012 - and tried, unsuccessfully, to convert the space into condominiums - has sold its interest in the building.

October 24

1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France. The cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 1590 – John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the “lost” colonists. 1851 – William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel, and...
Clerestory and flying buttresses of Chartres Cathedral

Welcome to the Future

To the editor, re: Go For Broke (BroadsheetDAILY October 23) If I were in retail, this news would scare me to death. SCIFI is here now with a store owners dream: No unemployment insurance, no workers comp, no HR problems, no employee IRS reporting etc etc: In a nutshell: No workers. How many low paid...

Grand Concourse Meets Tribeca

The Bronx Museum of the Arts has announced plans to opening a satellite facility in Lower Manhattan, as part of its Artists in the Marketplace (AIM) program. The new annex will be located at 80 White Street, a landmarked building in eastern Tribeca. The AIM program offers guidance to emerging New York City-based artists related...
The landmarked structure at 80 White Street will soon house an annex to the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

Go for Broke

While Amazon considers whether to site its much-vaunted second headquarters in Lower Manhattan (one of 20 prospective locations that the company has shortlisted, from a previous total of more than 100 contenders), it appears already to have decided to open an outpost of its experimental retail brand here. According to a story first reported by...
The business plan for Amazon Go contemplates no cash, no cashiers, and no lines - only shoppers armed with smartphones who are observed by a sophisticated array of sensors.