Bon Voyage Peking

Yesterday morning at about 8:30am, the barque Peking pushed off from her pier at the South Street Seaport for one last time to begin her final trip home to the land of her birth, Hamburg, Germany. Peking eased out into the slack tide of the East River and was assisted by two Henry Marine tugs....

AMERICAN DUNKIRK: THE WATERBORNE EVACUATION OF MANHATTAN ON 9/11

One of the great but unrecognized stories of 9/11 is the impromptu response by mariners that resulted in the biggest evacuation by water in history. A new book American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11 examines what lessons can be learned from this mobilization of boats and ships that rescued countless people following...
A Coast Gaurd rescue team from Sandy Hook, NJ, responds to the terrorsit attack Sept. 11, 2001.

Broadsheet Profile: Assembly Candidate Yuh-Line Niou

Financial District resident Yuh-Line Niou believes that government works best when its owners know how to operate it. “Everyone needs to know how to get the services they not only deserve, but are legally entitled to,” she says. “And that starts with making sure we have access to our elected officials and the services they...
GRAD STUDENT SEEKS HELP Locally-grown graduate student seeks programmers with knowledge of C to take part in a study on programmer misattribution and imitation. Two hours of your time gets you a tiny Amazon credit and a lot of appreciation. Email SpoofingStudyUW@gmail.com EXPERIENCED NURSE’S AIDE with excellent BPC references seeks FT day or night position. Skilled...

Today in History September 7

1764 – Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Otherwise known as The Commonwealth, this dualistic state came into being through the Union of Lublin, establishing an elective monarchy. The union was necessary directly for the Lithuanians, offering the nation adequate defense from the growing Russian empire. The elected...
Aldwych tube station being used as a bomb shelter in 1940.

Auf Weidersehen Peking

This morning at about 8:30am, depending on weather conditions related to tropical storm Hermine, the barque Peking will push off from South Street Seaport for one last time to begin her final trip home to the land of her birth, Hamburg Germany. Peking will ease out into the slack tide of the East River and,...