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Savvy Downtowners Critique Redesign of Lower Manhattan Artery

November 21

1620 – Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact 1783 – In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d’Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight. 1861 – American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war. 1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a...
Group portrait of the Piltdown skull being examined. Note the portrait of Charles Darwin on the wall. Painting by John Cooke, 1915

National Museum of the American Indian Begins Construction of imagiNATIONS Activity Center

Too often people think Manhattan began with the Dutch settlers 400 years ago and it’s rarely acknowledged there was a whole civilization here before us. So it was fitting that at the southern tip of Manhattan, former home of the Lenape Indians, the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) announced the commencement (“starting tomorrow,”...
On hand to celebrate this collaboration were John Haworth, NMAI New York senior executive, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Kevin Gover, NMAI director, Tom Finkelpearl of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and City Council member Margaret Chin

The Thames, It Is a Changin'

After nearly three decades of plans, proposals, and false starts, the West Thames pedestrian bridge broke ground on Tuesday (November 15). At the ceremony, David Emil, president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), which is largely funding the project, said, “I have been working on this for 28 years.” This was a reference to...
Officials ceremonially break ground on the West Thames Bridge. Among those digging in are LMDC president David Emil (left, in green jacket), Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (center without helmet), BPCA president Shari Hyman (center, with red helmet), State Senator Daniel Squadron (right, without helmet), and City Council member Margaret Chin (far right).

The Thames, It Is a Changin’

After nearly three decades of plans, proposals, and false starts, the West Thames pedestrian bridge broke ground on Tuesday (November 15). At the ceremony, David Emil, president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), which is largely funding the project, said, “I have been working on this for 28 years.” This was a reference to...
Officials ceremonially break ground on the West Thames Bridge. Among those digging in are LMDC president David Emil (left, in green jacket), Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (center without helmet), BPCA president Shari Hyman (center, with red helmet), State Senator Daniel Squadron (right, without helmet), and City Council member Margaret Chin (far right).

Whale Spends a Few Days in New York Harbor

The first sighting of a whale in New York Harbor was Friday morning off the Statue of Liberty. Over the last three days, sightings have indicated that the whale has been feeding and going as far as the George Washington Bridge and back again. The whale has been spotted off Lower Manhattan each day and...

WHALE SPOTTED IN THE HUDSON

Yesterday morning hundreds of birds were spotted off Exchange Place, Jersey City as the Goldman Sacks ferries York and Jersey plied the waters back and forth between North Cove and Jersey City. Later in the day we learned a whale was spotted in the same part of the River! Here’s the link to catch a...