Secrets and Lies
A Victory in the Battle to Disclose City’s Knowledge of September 11 Health Risks
Mangiamo!
Lower Manhattan’s transformation from culinary desert into a foodie Shangri-La is taking a giant step forward with the opening this week of Eataly, the high-end Mediterranean market that gained fame on West 23rd Street as a culinary version of Disney World. The company is debuting a 40,000-square foot outpost (also containing multiple sit-down restaurants) on...
Imagining a New South End Avenue
The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) will host the second of two Concept Development Open House meetings tonight (Monday, August 1), to share preliminary ideas about how to reconfigure the streetscapes on South End Avenue and West Thames Street, and to solicit feedback from the residents. The session will take place at Six River Terrance...
Rowing the Atlantic
After my euphoric report last night the wind died and the current reversed, sent us first SW and this morning straight W… We got down to 997 nm to finish, now it’s at 1008 and increasing by 1 knot, ie 1 nm/hr. Totally gray day again, not a glimmer of sun. Main batteries are at...
July 29
1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps: George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army. 1858 – The United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty. Negotiated by Townshend Harris, the first U.S. consul to Japan, the treaty provided for the opening of five ports to U.S....
Letters
To the editor, It’s a little difficult to follow the line of thought taken by the PA with regards to the relocation of “The Sphere”. Has there been opposition to it remaining in Battery Park, or is there just a push to bring it closer to the WTC site? The National September 11 Museum and...
Libations, Exertion, and Socialization
The debut of one new venue for eating and drinking, plus two free events will round out this weekend in Lower Manhattan. City Vineyards, the new outpost of City Winery located in the Hudson River Park on Pier 26 (near North Moore Street) fully opens tonight, after a “soft” debut in the middle of the...
