Remembrance of Things Lost
A Community that Cannot Forget Comes Together to Recollect
May 24
1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. 1830 – “Mary Had a Little Lamb” by Sarah Josepha Hale is published. 1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message “What hath God wrought” (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail,...
Schilling Opens on Washington Street
The lower sections of Washington Street and Greenwich Street below the World Trade Center have long been ignored. On these streets was once a neighborhood of immigrants finding the American dream, but a generation or two later were displaced by the construction of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. And on September 11th, these streets were where...
Joining the Assembly Line
Just weeks after the April special election that brought Alice Cancel to the New York State Assembly, the ranks of candidates vying for the Democratic nomination replace her have grown by one. Paul Newell, a Lower Eastside resident with a long history of local activism, declared his candidacy on Sunday afternoon at rally in Straus...
May 23
1059 – Henri I crowns his son King Philip I of France 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne and sold to the English 1493 – King Charles VIII and Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis 1568 – The Netherlands declare independence from Spain. 1701 – Captain William Kidd is hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and of murdering...
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...
