City Council member Margaret Chin is pushing back against a wave of super-tall residential development on the Lower East Side, while also working to close a loophole that help trigger the avalanche of development now engulfing the East River waterfront, between the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges. In December, the City Council unanimously passed her legislation…
Year: 2018
EYES TO THE SKY
It seems by design that the old year ends and the New Year begins with bedazzling celestial events. From the bright lights of holiday celebrations, from the warmth of our hearths and our beds, we are lured outdoors, into the darkness, to touch starlight, the light of planets in our solar system and our own…
New in Town?
If you have a new business in Lower Manhattan and would like to meet other Tribeca business owners, here’s a great opportunity to mingle and network. Organized by BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Tribeca Meet & Greet has monthly meetings in a different Tribeca restaurant or business. We share a drink, exchange ideas, and do…
January 3
1521 – Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. 1749 – Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. 1749 – The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark’s oldest continually operating newspaper, is published. 1777 – George Washington defeats British General Lord…
Greek Tragedy
Construction work has ground to a halt at the edifice widely anticipated for years as Lower Manhattan’s newest landmark: the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, within the World Trade Center complex. In mid-December, Skanska USA, the prime contractor leading the effort to rebuild the Church — the only house of worship that was entirely destroyed…