July 11

1405- Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world. 1798 – The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War. 1914 – Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball. 1936 – The Triborough Bridge is opened to traffic. Renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge...
The Triborough Bridge from a bird's-eye view in 1936, the year it opened to the public.

Rowing The Atlantic

Day 57, Sunday 10th July. 8 weeks since departure! A long time that seems to be going quickly, at least for me. I fear I am repeating myself, but it cannot be helped, as here we are again, behind the SA and being tossed about in strong wind from E and rough seas from all...

EYES TO THE SKY July 11 – 24, 2016

All of humanity triumphed last week, on July 4, 2016, when Juno, a spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 5, 2011, crossed the boundary of planet Jupiter’s formidable magnetic field and slipped into orbit around the great gas planet. The probe traveled 540 million miles at the fastest speed ever achieved by a...
An artist's conception of Juno performing a 35-minute-long engine firing to enter orbit around Jupiter. NASA / JPL

July 8

951 – Paris is founded 1693 – The City of New York authorizes the first police uniforms in American colonies 1836 – HMS Beagle carrying Charles Darwin, the respected naturalist and geologist, reaches Saint Helena for six days as his last stop before returning to Great Britain 1845 – Fire in Lower Manhattan destroys 345...
Industrial designer Raymond Loewy standing on one of his designs, the Pennsylvania Railroad's S1 steam locomotive

Rowing The Atlantic

Special greeting to Pato, Industrimetall AS, Svelvikveien, Drammen. I meant to write for a while as I am very pleased with the steel bar you made across the bow rowing position. The ropes from it on both side give me extra security, makes it easy to hang up clothes to dry and I can tie...
Dr. Stein Hoff began his row across the Atlantic on Sunday morning May 15th, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen.

Crimp My Ride

The stretch of the Esplanade between North Cove Marina and Brookfield Place went from velodrome to mellowdrome last weekend, as the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) instituted a dismount zone for cyclists at what has become a chokepoint, where pedestrians and pedalers have competed for space. The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) has erected signs...