Today in History

1840  Dr. John William Draper takes first photo of the Moon The first ever photo of the moon, taken by John Williams Draper 1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent 1919 Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan, Italy 1942 US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers 1944 Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meters (18,000 feet) without a parachute and lives. That number was surpassed...
1775 Patrick Henry proclaims, "give me liberty or give me death" in speech in favour of Virginian troops joining Revolutionary war

Flood Risk Dampens Ardor for Lower Manhattan

Decision-makers who consider moving a business to Lower Manhattan are faced with many enticements, and one caveat, says a recent poll of more than 100 commercial property owners, brokers, agents, engineers, accountants and real estate lawyers. The survey, by accounting firm Marks Paneth, indicates that 70 percent of high-level real estate executives agree with developer...

Today in History

37 – The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’ will and proclaims Caligula emperor. 1314 – Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake. 1673 – Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers 1881 – Barnum & Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth opens in Madison Square Garden 1891 – Britain is...
William de Kooning died on this day in 1997.

Letters to the Editor

Dear Congressman Nadler, Once more you vividly show with words and deeds you are a true people’s representative in your positions on all the crucial issues facing US citizens as well as your district in which I am located. I constantly admire your minority fight to slow the destruction of our system of democratic capitalism...

Oratorio About an Odd Couple

An issue that may help determine the outcome of this fall’s presidential election will be interpreted in song and music tonight, when the Lower Manhattan-based Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra (KCO) premieres, “Supreme Justice: The Battle for Gay Rights,” a new work for soprano, tenor, vocal ensemble and orchestra, which chronicles the struggle for marriage equality in...
The Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra performs "Supreme Justice: The Battle for Gay Rights" at a private recital in February. The work will have its public premiere tonight at Pace University's Schimmel Center for the Arts.

City Taps Liberty Ferry Operator for Five-Borough Service

New York will soon be getting a city-wide network of ferries that cost no more than a subway ride, but the service will be provided by an out-of-town vendor that will likely sink the local competition, City officials announced Wednesday. During a press conference yesterday, New York Water Taxi boats floated up to Pier 11,...
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Pier 15 awarded Hornblower Cruises of San Francisco the contract to operate city-wide ferry system to launch in summer of 2017.