Hors de Locavores
Agoraphiliacs Rejoice: Greenmarkets Bring Bounty to Lower Manhattan
February 22
705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty. 1632 – Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published. 1847 – Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexicans troops. 1853 – Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St....
The Uncanny Valley Comes to Exchange Alley
A series of works by the renowned hyper-realist sculptor, Carole Feuerman, is now on display at a new event space located in the lobby of 55 Broadway (at the corner of Exchange Alley). The show, called “Perception,” features a series of life-sized (and disconcertingly lifelike) female figures, clad in bathing suits and positioned in swimming...
Weir in Trouble
Members of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) are voicing concerns about the future of resiliency funding in Lower Manhattan as a whole — and specifically in Battery Park City — under the presidency of Donald Trump. In a discussion at the panel’s February 7 meeting, Nick Sbordone, director of communications...
Putting the 'In' Back in Indigenous
The George Gustav Heye Center at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (located at One Bowling Green) will host “Native Fashion Now,” the first large-scale traveling exhibition of contemporary Native American fashion opening today, Friday February 17 The show celebrates indigenous designers from across the United States and Canada, from the 1950s to...
Putting the ‘In’ Back in Indigenous
The George Gustav Heye Center at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (located at One Bowling Green) will host “Native Fashion Now,” the first large-scale traveling exhibition of contemporary Native American fashion opening today, Friday February 17 The show celebrates indigenous designers from across the United States and Canada, from the 1950s to...
Today in History February 21
1245 – Thomas, Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after having confessed to torture and forgery. 1431 – England begins trial against Joan of Arc 1804 – First locomotive, Richard Trevithick’s, runs for first time, in Wales 1862 – Confederate constitution and presidency are declared permanent 1878 – First telephone book, 50 subscribers in New...
