(Too Many) Caps For Sale
City Hall Park Advocates Want Fewer Vendors Crowding the East Plaza
Sic Transit Gloria Monday
The Downtown Connection shuttle bus, which provides approximately 800,000 free rides to Lower Manhattan residents each year, will be changing its eastbound route between Battery Park City and City Hall to Chambers Street, instead of Warren Street. (The westbound route between City Hall and Battery Park City, along Murray Street, will not be affected.) This...
February 6
1508 – Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1778 – France recognizes USA, signs treaty of aid in Paris; first US treaty 1820 – US population announced at 9,638,453 1832 – US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy 1836 – HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) 1843 – The first minstrel show...
EYES TO THE SKY February 6 – 19, 2017
Tonight, an oval moon shines from the center of the broad Winter Circle, also known as the Winter Hexagon, which is shaped by the season’s most outstanding stars. Please refer to the addendum and illustrations for details. Similar to last month, the waxing (increasing in size) gibbous (greater than half) moon moves within and to...
Crossing the Street Safely
To the editor: I have noticed lately that the Allied Barton security guards have been directing pedestrians and traffic at Battery Place and 2nd place during drop off at PS 276. On a recent morning there was one guard on Battery Place as in the attached photo and another standing in front of 2nd Place....
Demography In Action: Auspicious Developments
(Editor’s Note: This is part an occasional series that will seek insights about life in Lower Manhattan by looking at statistics available from the Data2Go.NYC website, by Measure of America — a nonpartisan, non-profit project of the Brooklyn-based Social Science Research Council. This installment focuses on statistics about the American Human Development Index.) According to...
February 3
960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that lasted more than three centuries. 1787 – Shays’ Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails 1824 – J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public 1899 – Revolt against US occupation of Philippines 1945 – FDR,...
