All’s Well That Mends Well
Bring Them Your Torn Jeans, Your Broken Jewelry, Your Malfunctioning Appliances Yearning to Work Again
Battery Park City Is Lower Manhattan’s Land of the Free
More than 200 Lower Manhattan residents turned out the first-ever Battery Park City Community Day on Saturday, June 25. Hosted by the Community Center at Stuyvesant High School, the event featured free food, free exercise classes, lawn games, and a prize wheel that elicited squeals of delight from dozens of toddlers. While use of the...
Induction: Anthony Notaro
If the aphorism about leadership that holds, “decisions are made by those who show up” is true, then Lower Manhattan has a born decision-maker at the helm of Community Board 1 (CB1). Because Anthony Notaro, who was elected chair of that panel on June 28, is somebody who is defined by his habit of stepping...
RiverWatch Arrivals & Departures Cruise Ships in the Harbor
Tuesday, July 12 Carnival Sunshine Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; Eastern Caribbean Saturday, July 14 Anthem of the Seas Inbound 6:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 4:00 pm; Eastern Caribbean Saturday, July 16 Norwegian Gem Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 3:30 pm; Florida/Bahamas Sunday, July 17 Celebrity Summit Inbound 6:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 4:00 pm; Bermuda Norwegian...
RiverWatch Arrivals & Departures Cruise Ships in the Harbor
Tuesday, July 12 Carnival Sunshine Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; Eastern Caribbean Saturday, July 14 Anthem of the Seas Inbound 6:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 4:00 pm; Eastern Caribbean Saturday, July 16 Norwegian Gem Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 3:30 pm; Florida/Bahamas Sunday, July 17 Celebrity Summit Inbound 6:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 4:00 pm; Bermuda Norwegian...
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...
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...
