Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines: How a Genius with His Head in the Clouds Almost Winged His Way to California in 1849

The annual Wall Street Collectors Bourse, which will be held at the Museum of American Finance this week, will feature a print by Nathaniel Currier that recalls a pivotal moment at which the histories of American technology and finance intersected, thanks to the vision of an eccentric genius, who is now largely forgotten. Rufus Porter...
Nathaniel Currier 1849 Print
Gold Buggery: This Nathaniel Currier print from 1849 illustrates modes of transport to California both actual (sailing ships) and fanciful (dirigibles, rockets, and parachutes) that were contemplated by miners seeking riches

CB1 Panel Endorses Strong Rent Protections

As housing affordability protections, such as rent stabilization, face renewal or expiration in June, 2015, the Planning Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) has weighed in with a resolution that urges lawmakers in Albany to preserve and strengthen measures to protect tenants. Although CB1’s role in this matter is advisory, such a resolution can signal...

Battery Park City Gets a New Green Thumb

Last month, the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy welcomed Ryan Torres as its new Horticulture Foreperson, replacing Eileen Calvanese, who retired in August. Since May, 2011, Mrs. Torres served as horticulturalist for the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County on Long Island and she was director for the Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson, a...
Ryan Torres
Ryan Torres in Battery Park City

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