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Savvy Downtowners Critique Redesign of Lower Manhattan Artery
June 2
1835 – PT Barnum and his circus begin first tour of US 1851 – First alcohol prohibition law enacted in Maine 1873 – Construction begins on San Francisco’s Clay St for world’s first cable railroad 1875 – Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission 1886 – Grover Cleveland is first to wed during his presidency. He was born Stephen Grover Cleveland in Caldwell, New...
Call Center Acknowledges Falsely Using City Council Member's Name in Water Street Outreach
A consulting company hired to help build public support for a controversial zoning measure currently being considered by the City Council has admitted to placing calls to Lower Manhattan residents using technology that made the calls appear to come from the office of City Council member Margaret Chin. The proposal, known as the Water Street...
Call Center Acknowledges Falsely Using City Council Member’s Name in Water Street Outreach
A consulting company hired to help build public support for a controversial zoning measure currently being considered by the City Council has admitted to placing calls to Lower Manhattan residents using technology that made the calls appear to come from the office of City Council member Margaret Chin. The proposal, known as the Water Street...
June 1
193 – The Roman emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. 1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky. 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. 1535 – Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis. 1660 – Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the...
Rowing Across the Atlantic
Here’s his latest post: “Scary Encounter! Monday 30th May, Day 16. Going slowly. Fog all day, S-SW winds, often rough seas due to tides. Hard work. Sore right back and tender right bum… But I have just finished my freeze-dried supper – game casserole – to the soothing music of Chet Baker in my cosy...
EYES TO THE SKY May 30 – June 12, 2016
Stepping out to stargaze on a late spring night is as much about the delight of finding our place in our celestial neighborhood as experiencing the rush of surprise encounters out there in the dark as life on Earth celebrates renewal. The pace has picked up. We look up and are stunned by the appearance...
