Secrets and Lies
A Victory in the Battle to Disclose City’s Knowledge of September 11 Health Risks
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...
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...
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...
Today in History
740 – An earthquake strikes Constantinople and the surrounding countryside, causing destruction to the city’s land walls and buildings. 1774 – The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia. 1775 – King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorizes a military response to quell the American...
LETTERS
To the editor, I no longer live on South End Avenue (formerly in the Cove Club), but I’m appalled by the plan to destroy the avenue and some of the people that favor that – David Goodman. I once distributed pamphlets to businesses on the avenue when the plan was first announced arguing against it....
