People of the Book
Museum of Jewish Heritage Hosts Celebration of the Written Word
How Lower Manhattan Voted: The Financial District
(Editor’s Note: This is the second in an occasional 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 will look at a separate Lower Manhattan neighborhood. This installment focuses on the Financial District.) In the Financial District, according...
Today in History
539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. 1492 – Christopher Columbus’s expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached the Indies. 1654 – The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people. 1692 – The Salem...
The 17th Annual Run for Knowledge
The 17th Annual Run for Knowledge will stampede up the Esplanade on Friday, October 14, starting at 5:00 pm. The annual fall fundraiser, fun run, and family festival benefits enrichment programs at three of Battery Park City’s public schools: P.S./I.S. 276, P.S. 89, and I.S. 289. The one-mile course starts in Wagner Park and follows...
How Lower Manhattan Voted: Battery Park City
(Editor’s Note: This is the first in an occasional 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 will look at a separate Lower Manhattan neighborhood. This installment focuses on Battery Park City.) The 65th Assembly District stretches...
Today in History
1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria. 1614 – Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony. 1809 – Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder’s Stand. 1811 – Inventor John Stevens’...
Mecca for Millennials
If walking the streets of Lower Manhattan makes you feel a tad ancient these days, it’s not your imagination. The square mile below Chambers Street is now home to more than 21,000 millennials (people aged between 18 and 34), and the median age among all Lower Manhattan residents is 32 years old, according to a...
