American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11

One of the lesser told stories of 9/11 is also one of the most inspirational. The new book American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11 examines this impromptu response of mariners to the water’s edge and explores what we can learn from the mobilization of boats that rescued hundreds of thousands of people...
Evacution of Lower Manhattan on September 11th

Fish Gotta Swim…

The River Project, a marine science field station that works to protect and restore the ecosystem of the Hudson River Estuary and New York Harbor through hands-on environmental education and habitat improvement, is inviting your kids (and you) to its annual Release of the Fishes event, on Thursday (November 3), from 4:00 to 7:00 pm,...

A Bridge in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Budget

A team from the City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) updated the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) on Tuesday evening about the plans for the West Thames pedestrian bridge, which is slated to begin before the end of this month. Matt Krenek, an engineer with Skanska USA (the outside firm managing the...
Lynne Guey, an assistant vice president at the City's Economic Development Corporation, and Matt Krenek, an engineer with Skanska USA (the outside firm managing the West Thames Bridge project) update members of Community Board 1's Battery Park City Committee about the pedestrian span, which is slated to begin construction before the end of this month.

Today in History November 2

1675 – Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip’s War. 1889 – North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states. 1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football...
Howard Hughes' 'Spruce Goose' which was made of birch