Tribeca Nocturne

Immigrant Pianist Who Inspired Federal Legislation is Honored
Dr. Tereza Lee

Farewell to a Friend: Ruth Ohman

At the October 25 meeting of Community Board 1, chairman Anthony Notaro was reviewing recent developments in Lower Manhattan, when he said, “last Thursday, Ruth left us…” At that point, the normally unflappable Mr. Notaro paused, and then added, in a quieter voice, “and that’s all I can say.” As a photo of Ruth Ohman...
Ruth Ohman (1930 - 2016)

Today in History

312 – Battle of the Milvian Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West. 456 – The Visigoths brutally sack the Suebi’s capital of Braga (Portugal), and the town’s churches are burnt to the ground. 1492 – Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba on his first voyage to the New World. 1886...

Wallow in the Hallows

There will be both tricks and treats for Halloween celebrants of all ages throughout the weekend of October 29 and 30, as well as on the day itself. Battery Park City residents planning to escort little goblins on Monday (October 31), between 5:00 and 8:00 pm should begin browse www.BPCBlockParty.com/Halloween. That’s where lists of addresses...

Today in History

312 – Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. 1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. 1553 – Michael Servetus was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer and was the first to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation. He participated in the Protestant Reformation and was...
City Hall subway station

LETTERS

To the editor, While it is obvious that community representatives needed to applaud this breakthrough, I consider it too little too late. If the process for announcing and clarifying this decision was accurately described in this Broadsheet article, clearly, the BPCA Board and staff are nervous and uptight about public discussion of resident concerns. It...
State Senator Daniel Squadron (right) and Battery Park City Authority chairman Dennis Mehiel (left), shown here at the Authority's September board meeting, discuss Squadron's months-long push to allow public comment at BPCA board meetings. That quest bore fruit on Wednesday, as the agency announced a policy that will permit residents to speak directly to the board of the agency that governs the community.

Reprieve for a Public Refuge

The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) has decided against enclosing the arcades along South End Avenue to create new retail space. At Tuesday night’s meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1), Gwen Dawson, the Authority’s vice president for real property, said, “as a result of the feedback process to date, we’ve heard substantial concern about filling...