Route Canal
Savvy Downtowners Critique Redesign of Lower Manhattan Artery
November 14
1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile. James Bruce was a Scottish traveler and travel writer who spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia, where he traced the origins of the Blue Nile. Herman Melville 1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville...
Today in History Nov 14
1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile. 1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville is published in the USA. Born at #6 Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan, the third child of a merchant in French dry goods. Within a few years, his father Allan Melvill moved...
Can you help fulfill Christmas wishes for homeless and at-risk children and teens?
Can you help fulfill Christmas wishes for homeless and at-risk children and teens? How it works: * We’ll send you a wish list with 3 wishes for each child you sponsor * Shop, wrap the gifts, then drop them off at the Santa’s Workshop Thursday December 8th & Friday December 9th, where Stockings with Care...
EYES TO THE SKY November 14 – 27, 2016
If you’ve opened your Broadsheet between 5 a.m. and around 6:15 a.m. on the 14th, seize this moment to look to the west to be bowled over by the sight of the closest full moon in over half a century. Whether from a window or your favorite location for viewing sunsets that are slightly north...
TODAY IN HISTORY November 11
1634 – Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes “An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery”. 1640 – Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, impeached by the House of Lords on the evidence of John Pym, and imprisoned in the Tower of London; he was later executed....
In Our Defense
For all its embrace of diversity, there is one population that is vanishingly scarce in Lower Manhattan: active duty U.S. military personnel. “There are probably about five of us,” reflects the U.S. Army’s Lieutenant Colonel Marci Miller, who lives in Battery Park City. “I know there are a few Coast Guard officers on active duty,...
