Rare Design Element for a Lower Manhattan Skyscraper

Trinity Church continued its ongoing experiment with radically inclusive dialog about the structure it plans to build at 74 Trinity Place, with a community meeting last Saturday. Held at St. Paul’s Chapel, the four-hour session drew more than 70 area residents, who contributed ideas about how the new building can serve the Lower Manhattan community....
Rev. Dr. Bill Lupfer
Trinity Church's new rector, the Rev. Dr. Bill Lupfer at the March 14 brainstorming meeting, encourages the Lower Manhattan community to help design and program the building that will soon rise on Trinity Place.

Today in History – March 19th

1279 – A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano sailing for King Francis of France sights land around area of Carolinas. In the upcoming days and weeks he sailed north stopping in New York Harbor, which he described as a lake and mentioned...
1969 - Crazy 8's (or not, depending on your point of view). The Chicago 8 : Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Bobby Seale, Lee Weiner, John Froines and David Dellinger

Old Seaport Alliance Gets New Leadership

The Old Seaport Alliance, an association that represents businesses within the historic South Street Seaport neighborhood has named Sara Williams (owner of Fresh Salt at 146 Beekman Street) and Enrico Ciotti (owner of the soon-to-debut VBar Seaport, on Front Street) as co-chairs of its board of directors. Ms. Williams and Mr. Ciotti are succeeding the...
The historic South Street Seaport neighborhood, which was inundated by six-foot wall of water during Hurricane Sandy, has begun to make a tentative recovering in the 29 months since the storm

Today in History – March 16th

597 BC – Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king. 1621 – Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass 1830 – New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1850 – Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter” published 1861 – Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union (US Civil War) 1881 –...
Iwo Jima
1945 - United States Marines raise the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima

Parting The Waters

A coordinated push by Community Board 1 (CB1), elected officials representing Lower Manhattan, and the Downtown Alliance has resulted in the allocation of a total of $14.75 million in new funds to help Lower Manhattan plan for and prepare for future extreme weather events, particularly floods. This allocation includes $6.75 million from the City and...
Artist Rendering of flood protection plan
An architect's rendering of how one section of the proposed "Big U" flood protection system would look in Battery Park City's northern neighborhood

Help Recreate Lower Manhattan's Streetscape

Tomorrow (Saturday, March 14), Trinity Church will continue the groundbreaking process of inviting the Lower Manhattan community to help determine the form and use of the new skyscraper it will soon erect in the Financial District. This dialog began two weeks ago, on February 28, when dozens of area residents gathered at St. Paul’s Chapel...
Trinity Church Skyscraper Meeting
Lower Manhattan residents gather to contribute ideas for a new skyscraper that Trinity Church will soon erect in the Financial District