How Lower Manhattan Voted
Former Governor Carried Local Community By Double Digits
How to Design a Storm-Proof Public Space
The Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) is pushing for a more active role in the upcoming process to reconfigure Wagner Park so that it will be better able to withstand future extreme weather events. Committee chair Ninfa Segarra opened the discussion at the panel’s October 25 meeting, saying, “a major project...
Literature of the Six Dynasties Period: A Ben Wang Lecture Series
Literature of the Six Dynasties Period: A Ben Wang Lecture Series In this three-session series, China Institute Senior Lecturer Ben Wang will discuss the lives and works of representative poets of the Six Dynasties as well as the quintessential spirit of famed texts A New Account of Tales of the World and Zhaoming’s Collection of...
Day in History November 7
921 – Treaty of Bonn: East France & West France recognize each other 1492 – The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. 1512 – Medici’s discharge Niccolo Machiavelli from Florence 1631 – Pierre Gassendi...
The ELECTION WHO & WHY
Voting is a responsibility, not a choice as a citizen of this country. I will vote for the person who has proven to be able to govern the United States of America and I will vote for the party which has governed to make women more equal citizens and has tried to govern for all...
The ELECTION WHO & WHY
Voting is a responsibility, not a choice as a citizen of this country. I will vote for the person who has proven to be able to govern the United States of America and I will vote for the party which has governed to make women more equal citizens and has tried to govern for all...
How Lower Manhattan Voted: The Lower East Side
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and last in a series examining voting patterns in the recent Democratic Party primary election, which determined the nominee for the 65th Assembly District seat. Each installment in this series has looked at a separate Lower Manhattan neighborhood. This installment focuses on the Lower East Side.) In the recent...
