June 10

671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu. 1692 – Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for “certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries”. 1786 – A landslide dam on the Dadu River created...
Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku.

NINGBO Café

A venerable elder statesman of the Chinese food culture has arrived in Battery Park City. Wellman Wu, proprietor of the legendary Peking Duck House restaurants on Mott Street and East 53rd Street, recently opened Ningbo, at 21 South End Avenue, overlooking South Cove. In the late 1970s and early 80s, when Chinese food was considered...

Lower Manhattan Resident Hopes to Help Build New York's Zero-Emissions Future

New York prides itself on cutting-edge credentials in more categories than there are lights on Broadway, but in one pecking order Gotham is still stalled forlornly in the Twentieth Century. Rated by the energy efficiency of its buildings, New York is in the middle of the pack among the developed world’s major cities. Bob Schneck,...
VOLKSsHouse, the single-family home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which Mr. Schneck helped to develop. The structure uses 90 percent less energy than a traditional home, generates itself what little power it uses, and was built for less than the cost of similarly sized ordinary house.

Lower Manhattan Resident Hopes to Help Build New York’s Zero-Emissions Future

New York prides itself on cutting-edge credentials in more categories than there are lights on Broadway, but in one pecking order Gotham is still stalled forlornly in the Twentieth Century. Rated by the energy efficiency of its buildings, New York is in the middle of the pack among the developed world’s major cities. Bob Schneck,...
VOLKSsHouse, the single-family home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which Mr. Schneck helped to develop. The structure uses 90 percent less energy than a traditional home, generates itself what little power it uses, and was built for less than the cost of similarly sized ordinary house.

Rowing The Atlantic

Dr. Stein Hoff began his row across the Atlantic on Sunday morning May 15th, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen. Here’s his facebook link to track his voyage. ——————————————————————————————— Here’s his latest post:. Red sky in the morning… And: AIS electronic miracle! Day 24, Tuesday 7th June. Did not sleep so well due to...
Dr. Stein Hoff photo: Stanley Fine

June 9

  68 – Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging. 1310 – Duccio’s Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy. An altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of...
Alice Huyler Ramsey and her Maxwell 30