All’s Well That Mends Well
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Letters
Dear Editor, Ron Dowd is correct in his observation of the complete disregard that the Safety Ambassadors show to the regulations of Battery Park City and the safety of children and small animals. As every resident here is aware, as were the PEP officers, the upper deck of the esplanade is NOT for bicycles. I...
Trolley Lolly
Lower Manhattan residents can look forward to 12 months more of free tram service, compliments of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and the Downtown Alliance. At the Tuesday meeting of its board, the Authority allocated $632,000 to support the Downtown Connection, the free shuttle bus that ferries riders between Battery Park City and the...
June 8
632 – Muhammad, Islamic prophet, dies in Medina and is succeeded by Abu Bakr who becomes the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. 793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles. 1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings...
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. ——————————————————————————————— Here’s his latest post:. Red sky in the morning… And: AIS electronic miracle! Day 24, Tuesday 7th June. Did not sleep so well due to...
Letters
Dear editor: Yesterday’s BroadsheetDaily (Tues., 6/7/2016) has a great photo of an Allied Barton BPC Ambassador riding his bike on the sidewalk. I’ve seen these guys ride the wrong direction in the bike lanes, as well as on the BPC Ballfields field level walkway while kids, parents, and nannies are there for practices and general play time....
All's Fare
The 15th annual Dine Around Downtown food festival will be held today (Wednesday, June 8), from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, at 28 Liberty Plaza (enter at Nassau and Liberty Streets). More than 40 restaurants from the length and breadth of Lower Manhattan will come together, hosted by chef, cookbook author, and Food Network star...
