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Savvy Downtowners Critique Redesign of Lower Manhattan Artery

January 24

AD 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula’s uncle Claudius as Emperor 1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento. 1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme...
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110 by Robert Motherwell, 1971

Respect Existence or Expect Resistance

Hundred of thousands of citizens worldwide marched on Saturday, January 21, to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States, and to have their voices heard as the new administration assumes power. Did you march? Send your photos and thoughts about the new administration in Washington to editor@ ebroadsheet.com
Simi Singh and her daughter Saachi, a student at PS 276, returning from Saturday's Women's March

Fighting Words

Yuh-Line Niou, the Assembly member who was elected in November and now represents Downtown in the lower house of the State legislature, was ceremonially sworn in at an event held in the Museum of Jewish Heritage last Thursday. (She officially took office on January 4, at a ceremony in Albany.) The local event was attended...
Newly seated State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou is ceremonially sworn in at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City. The oath of office was administered by City Comptroller Scott Stringer (back to camera( while State Assembly member Carl Heastie (partially obstructed, at left) looks on.

January 23 – February 5, 2017

On crystal clear winter nights in the countryside and dark sky reaches of the suburbs, we are graced with a view of the Milky Way – the mysterious, glowing band of stars and stardust that arcs overhead. Early, when darkness gathers at about 6:30pm, Perseus the Hero appears in the middle of the arc at...
Bright stars and mythic relationships connect Perseus, Pegasus and Cassiopeia. Look overhead from about 6:30 - 8 p.m. and toward the northwest later at night during the time frame of this post. (Image drawn for location of constellations in August.) Courtesy EarthSky.org

January 23

393 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. 971 – In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song dynasty troops. 1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming...

No News Is Good News

Community Board 1 (CB1) is urging the City’s Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to reject an application by a Tribeca newsstand operator to open a second kiosk one block away from his current location. The applicant, Abdur Patwary, first came before CB1 in 2010, with a request to open a newsstand at the northwest corner...
The location of Abdur Patwary's current newsstand, at the northwest corner of Murray and Greenwich Streets.