How Lower Manhattan Voted
Former Governor Carried Local Community By Double Digits
Wildlife in New York City
Each year in late Spring, Chris Nadareski, a research scientist with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, ascends to the tops of three of the city’s bridges and attaches identifying bands on newly hatched falcon chicks. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Bridges and Tunnels project began in 1983 as part of a New York...
Letters
To the editor: Re: Cycling Fatality I was extremely sorry to hear of the cyclist fatality on Chambers Street this Sunday. Sad as it, is it was no shock to hear it. I have been biking daily on these streets for over 30 years. The protected lane that travels the length of the West Side...
City Council Panel Okays Proposal to Convert Water Street Arcades to Retail
The City Council’s Subcommittee on Zonings and Franchises voted on Tuesday to approve a controversial zoning measure that seeks to convert to commercial, retail use more than 100,000 square feet of public space in arcades along Water Street. Tuesday’s vote will be followed today by a vote of the Council’s Land Use Committee, and another...
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. His Latest Post: On a free ride to the Grand Banks. Day 31, Tuesday 14th June. 13 must be a lucky number, June 13th was certainly...
June 14
1158 – Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. 1216 – First Barons’ War: Prince Louis of France captures the city of Winchester and soon conquers over half of the Kingdom of England. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United...
Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra at the Melville Gallery
On June 10, Gary Fagin, longtime Seaport resident and founder/music director of Lower Manhattan’s Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra (KCO), hosted the organization’s last event of the 2015/2016 season: the Hurrah for the Harbor soirée in the Melville Gallery of the South Street Seaport Museum. The program honored local parks and 100 years of the National Park Service, and...
