Power Trip
Bike Battery-Swapping Kiosks Coming to Lower Manhattan
Letters
To: Council Member Chin, cc’d The Broadsheet I am a 30 year plus resident of Lower Manhattan (3 Hanover Square) and I understand that your vote on the Water Street arcades and plazas will be the most important, and I strongly support the Downtown Alliance’s Water Street zoning text amendment. I am also in the...
Brookfield Puts Locks on the Docks at Marina, Cutting Off Public Access
The floating docks in North Cove Marina, which is legally mapped as parkland, have been encircled by newly installed metal gates with combination locks and are now off limits to the public. The gates, which were installed without any prior notice or public discussion, represent a significant change in the Marina’s management, because the floating...
Letters
To the editor: Thank you for the well written and factual article regarding the BPCA and Robin Forst. Robin Forst First let me say, I am not a resident of BPC, however I have lived in Lower Manhattan for over 36 years. During that time I served for 12 years on Community Board 1 where...
May 20
1293 – Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed 1303 – Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to the English and arranges for marriage of English Prince Edward to French Princess Isabella 1521 – Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball (and it wasn’t dropped on his toe.) 1639 – Dorchester Mass, forms first school funded by local taxes 1704 – Elias...
Rowing Across the Atlantic
Dr. Stein Hoff began his attempt rowing across the Atlantic on Sunday morning off the Battery in his rowboat named FOX II, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen. Here’s his facebook link to track his voyage. Here was his last report : Position 40 15 N, 071 30W 14.40 UTC (10.40 NY) “Cold, clear, hazy...
Perambulation of Probability
On Wednesday, May 11, 150 New Yorkers created the largest-ever human bell curve, while participating in the MoMath Random Walk of Probability on Wall Street, an interactive math event celebrating the uncertainty that governs our world. Participants gathered in front of 28 Liberty (the former Chase Plaza) at 6pm and were given instructions by Glen...
