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Savvy Downtowners Critique Redesign of Lower Manhattan Artery
January 10
49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. 1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London. 1776 – Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense. 1863 – The London Underground, the world’s oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station. 1870 –...
A Forecourt for the Maritime Building
The Trust for Governors Island wants to resurrect a 2005 proposal to move the bottom of the FDR Drive northward in order to create a safer, more welcoming plaza in front of the Battery Maritime Building, which serves as the gateway to the new park. At a presentation to Community Board 1 (CB1) in December,...
January 9
475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. 1788 – Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States. 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States. 1839 –...
EYES TO THE SKY January 9 – 22, 2017
As twilight deepens these January evenings the most celebrated constellation of the winter sky, Orion the Hunter, stretches out along the east-southeast horizon. The impression is of a resting giant, from his radiant red shoulder star, Betelgeuse, to his foot star, luminous bluish-white Rigel, with three dimmer stacked stars midway between. The three form a...
The Sounds of Music (and Art)
Dear editor , Your article about Saving the Joys of Music and Art at the Church Street School really touches on the crisis in the deliberate de-funding, discouraging, music and art courses, (instrument, dance classes and school bands, workshops in all the created visual arts) that I know from personal experience have disappeared from the...
A Niou Voice for Lower Manhattan
On Wednesday, Yu-Line Niou raised her right hand and said, “I do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of member of the Assembly according to the best of my...
