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Today in History

1527 – Florence becomes a republic 1606 – 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia 1792 – Denmark abolishes slave trade 1817 – Mississippi River steamboat service begins 1861 – Kentucky proclaims its neutrality Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir (1822-1900), inventor of the gas engine 1862 – Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir a Belgian engineer developed the internal combustion engine in 1858. By 1859, Lenoir’s experimentation without...
From the NTSB: "About 1735 e.d.t.,on May 16, 1977, the right landing gear of a New York Airways, Inc., Sikorsky Model S-61L helicopter, N619PA, failed while the aircraft was parked, with rotors turning, on the rooftop heliport of the Pan Am Building in New York, New York.

Forst Exit: BPCA Purges Only Battery Park City Resident from Its Senior Staff

The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) has forced out its only senior executive who actually lives in the community, Robin Forst, according to multiple sources directly familiar with the situation. Ms. Forst has served as the BPCA’s vice president of external relations, a post that encompassed dealings with the community, other government agencies, and the...

If You Want the Plan to Work, Get a Working Group

Community Board 1 (CB1) is calling upon the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio and elected officials representing Lower Manhattan to reconvene the Seaport Working Group, a panel of local leaders and stakeholders that met over a four-month period in 2014 and reviewed development proposals for the South Street Seaport. At the end of its...
A rendering of the Howard Hughes Corporation's vision for the landmarked Tin Building, which is to be elevated, moved slightly, and reconfigured as a dining destination. This plan has cleared several regulatory hurdles, but has yet to break ground.

Not So Alone in Trinity Churchyard

He’s cut quite the figure for more than a century, standing alone in Trinity churchyard. Hamilton-just steps away-is who everyone seems to come for, but then are all drawn to the large bronze looming to the left. All lawyer robe and courtroom wig turned away to face Broadway. Not a hint of flesh from here-even...

Letters

To the editor: The recent investigation into a multitude of campaign contributions and much more alone should stop this madness. Is there anyone anywhere that can put this on a public ballot for the November election and stop the entire madness? Land give-away and tax breaks to private enterprises (developers) have a sole purpose-make the...
Water Street Arcade

In the Zone

In little more than a year, Lower Manhattan fifth graders and their families will have a new option for middle school. The 75 Morton Street School, slated to welcome its first class of sixth graders in the West Village (four blocks north of Houston Street, between Hudson and Greenwich Streets) in September 2017, will become...
An architect's rendering of the new school planned for 75 Morton Street, in the West Village, which is slated to open in September, 2017, and has been designated as the zoned middle school for Tribeca and Battery Park City.