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For the next few nights, look up into the night sky. See the moon as it passes Jupiter. The moon has a diameter of 2,158 miles. Jupiter’s diameter is 86,881 miles, yet it appears as a speck of light here. It is 365 million miles away. Jupiter is tiny compared to the sun, which has a diameter of 864,341 miles The diameter of our earth is 7,917 miles. |
The Weekly Calendar August 12 ~ 19
Monday August 12 10:30AM Senior Group Exercise 7PM Battery Dance Festival Wagner Park Celebrate the 38th year of NYC’s longest running public dance festival presented by Battery Dance. Enjoy six days of exciting international and local dance companies against one of the most beautiful backgrounds in the city. Wagner Park. www.batterydance.org/battery-dance-festival
Tuesday August 13 10:30AM Zumba Jumpstart 6 River Terrace
2PM Summer Innovations: Kayaks Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian The kayak, still used today all around the world, was first invented by people of the Arctic thousands of years ago. Learn about this amazing boat and how to use your body measurements to determine the size of a kayak fit just for you. Repeated at 2pm. One Bowling Green.
3:30PM Drop-In Chess 7PM Battery Dance Festival Wagner Park Celebrate the 38th year of NYC’s longest running public dance festival presented by Battery Dance. Enjoy six days of exciting international and local dance companies against one of the most beautiful backgrounds in the city. Wagner Park. www.batterydance.org/battery-dance-festival
Wednesday August 14 9:30AM Pickleball
11AM Elements of Nature Drawing 2:30PM Figure Al Fresco at South Cove 6PM Sunset Yoga at Wagner Park
7PM Battery Dance Festival Wagner Park Celebrate the 38th year of NYC’s longest running public dance festival presented by Battery Dance. Enjoy six days of exciting international and local dance companies against one of the most beautiful backgrounds in the city. Wagner Park. www.batterydance.org/battery-dance-festival
Thursday August 15 8AM Sunrise Yoga at Wagner Park
3:30PM New York Public Library If you like to write and like to meet people who like writing, bring your creativity and personality to this creative writing workshop. All writers of all styles are welcome to participate in writing and editing exercises. Battery Park City branch of the New York Public Library. 175 North End Avenue. 5:30PM Strings-on-Hudson: Leadlights Belvedere Plaza Leadlights is a collective of NYC string players who are passionate about sharing both contemporary and classical music with diverse communities through interactive performances and workshops. The talented quartet, comprised of accomplished soloists who have performed at concert halls worldwide, perform a playful program with selections by Debussy, Ravel, Schubert, and NYC composer Jessie Montgomery.
Strings-On-Hudson On August 8, Lower Manhattan’s own Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra launched the Battery Park City Authority’s Strings-on-Hudson series at Belvedere Plaza (the shady northwest corner of North Cove). Coming up in this free classical music series are the string ensembles Leadlights on August 15 and The String Queens on August 22. 7PM Battery Dance Festival Wagner Park Celebrate the 38th year of NYC’s longest running public dance festival presented by Battery Dance. Enjoy six days of exciting international and local dance companies against one of the most beautiful backgrounds in the city. 7PM Live Music Brookfield Place Waterfront Terrace Live band at Brookfield Place
Friday August 16 8AM Tai Chi
1PM Pipes at One 7PM Battery Dance Festival Wagner Park Celebrate the 38th year of NYC’s longest running public dance festival presented by Battery Dance. Enjoy six days of exciting international and local dance companies against one of the most beautiful backgrounds in the city. Wagner Park. www.batterydance.org/battery-dance-festival
Saturday August 17 10AM Drawing in the Park at Wagner Park
3PM Mahjong Club China Institute Experience history, fun, and some friendly competition! China Institute’s mahjong club is open to novices and veterans looking to learn about this historic game, develop their skills, or simply find new partners to craft their Mahjong skills! Mingle with old and new friends who share an interest in all things China during the multiple gaming sessions. Light snacks and refreshments will be available. Space is very limited to ensure an engaging and participatory experience. 40 Rector Street. $20, $40
3:30PM W.O. Decker Trip + Museum Admission
Sunday August 18 10AM T. C. Cannon: At the Edge of America Exhibition Tour 1PM Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Join a museum ambassador for a tour of the exhibition “Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean | Taíno: herencia e identidad indígena en el Caribe.” Learn about the rural roots of the Taíno movement and the legacy of Native peoples throughout the Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands and their U.S. diasporas. One Bowling Green. https://americanindian.si.edu/calendar
2PM Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House Tour
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There have been reports about squirrel bites in the Rockefeller Park playground area. The Battery Park City Authority, along with the NYC Health Department and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, is addressing the situation. According to the NYC Health Department, squirrels exhibiting aggressive behavior have usually been fed by humans before, and are looking to eat again, or feel threatened. The BPCA suggest that you do not feed the squirrels. To report an animal bite with the Health Department for tracking and follow up, call 311 or file online. For more information: bpca.ny.gov/community/squirrels |
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Actually, Maybe You Can Fight City Hall? Borough President and City Council Member Win Court Round Seeking to Slow Planned Development at Two Bridges
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Council Margaret Chin were handed a victory on Thursday by the State Supreme Court, when Judge Arthur Engoron ruled in favor of their argument that a cluster of super-tall residential towers proposed for the East River waterfront in Lower Manhattan must be subjected to a full public-review process. |
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The Path of Lease Resistance CB1 Joins Elected Officials in Calling for Renewed Stabilization at Gateway
Community Board 1has endorsed the call by the Gateway Plaza Tenants’ Association to renew the rent stabilization program at Battery Park City’s largest residential complex. To read more… Matthew Fenton |
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When Vice is Nice Two Veteran Committee Chairs Seek CB1’s Number Two Spot
Community Board 1 has a new vice chair. Tammy Meltzer, who currently serves as CB1’s Secretary, as well as the chair of the Battery Park City Committee, was elected at the Board’s monthly meeting on Tuesday evening. Also vying for the post was Paul Goldstein, who serves as the chairman of CB1’s Waterfront, Parks & Cultural Committee. Matthew Fenton |
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A Shore Thing HRPT Plans Beach and Historic Sculpture for Gansevoort Peninsula
The Hudson River Park Trust has unveiled plans to create Manhattan’s first-ever public beach on the Gansevoort Peninsula, a five-acre-plus chersonese that juts out from the West Side waterfront, between Horatio and West 13th Streets. The beach will be more for viewing the water than public bathing, owing to concerns about hygiene and safety — although a kayak launch is also planned for the site, for parks users who want to come into contact with the Hudson. But the sandy riverfront portion of the park will feature a playground and an area for sunbathing. Matthew Fenton |
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Justice Delayed, But Not Denied Ten Years Later, It Turns Out That FiDi Tenants Were Entitled to Rent Stabilization
Tenants at two FiDi rental buildings scored a major victory on June 25 when New York State’s highest court ruled that they had been illegally deprived of rent stabilization benefits. The suit, which has been winding its way through the courts for a decade, focused on residents of 90 West Street and 50 Murray Street, but has implications for more than 5,000 apartments spread across more than a dozen buildings throughout Lower Manhattan. Matthew Fenton |
Cass Gilbert and the Evolution of the New York Skyscraper by John Simko |
Pasture Prime BPCA and CB1 to Host Discussion of Ball Fields Resiliency Plans Tonight
Tonight (Thursday, July 25), the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and Community Board 1 (CB1) will co-host a public meeting to review resiliency plans for the ball fields in Battery Park City’s northern section. To read more… Matthew Fenton |
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Dulce et Decorum Est… City Council Overrules CB1 on Naming Tribeca Intersection for NYPD Officer Killed in Iraq
The City Council on Tuesday overturned a preliminary determination made by Community Board 1 last October, by deciding to approve a proposal to co-name the Tribeca intersection of West Broadway and Lispenard Street in honor of James D. McNaughton, who, on August 2, 2005, at age 27, became the first New York City Police officer to be killed in action while serving in “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” In a vigorous debate, CB1 members voiced competing priorities. Matthew Fenton |
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Jitney Jeremiad Bumptious Bumpkins Make for Bus Bumpy Ride for Locals
Lower Manhattan community leaders are grappling with concerns about crowding, safety, and possible criminal activity surrounding the Connection shuttle bus, operated by the Downtown Alliance, which ferries riders around Lower Manhattan, free of charge. For several years, apprehension about spurious ticket sellers hawking fake boarding passes to boats that purport to bring tourists to the State of Liberty have overlapped with concerns about the Connection bus. Matthew Fenton |
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A Super-Tall Laid Low Stalled Tower at 125 Greenwich Street May Be Headed to Foreclosure
The troubled residential tower at 125 Greenwich Street may be facing foreclosure by lenders who say the development team has defaulted on the terms of several mortgages. In May, work stopped on the building when multiple construction contractors filed liens against the developers for some $40 million in unpaid fees. This prompted several creditors — most prominently, the United Overseas Bank — to file notice with New York courts that they are owed $199 million in mortgage payments. The bank’s overall loan to the developers of 125 Greenwich is more than $450 million, and it is only one of half a dozen creditors. Matthew Fenton |
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Leader of the PAC Former Governors Island Overseer Takes Helm at World Trade Center Performance Venue
The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center, now under construction at the World Trade Center, has a new president — Leslie Koch. Ms. Koch will be most familiar to Lower Manhattan residents as the guiding hand behind the Trust for Governors Island. Matthew Fenton |
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RiverWatch Cruise Ships in the Harbor
Arrivals & Departures Thursday, August 15 AIDAvita Inbound 7:15 am; in port overnight Anthem of the Seas Inbound 6:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 4:00 pm; Bermuda/Eastern Caribbean Carnival Sunrise Inbound 6:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; Bermuda Saturday, August 17 Adventure of the Seas Inbound 6:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 3:00 pm; Bar Harbor, ME/Canadian Maritimes AIDAvita Outbound 6:30 pm; Transatlantic (New England/Canada/Greenland/Iceland/Scotland) Norwegian Dawn Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 3:30 pm; Port Canaveral, FL/Bahamas Sunday, August 18 Celebrity Summit Inbound 7:30 am (Bayonne); 4:00 pm; Bermuda Oceania Insignia Inbound 6:15 am; outbound 5:30 pm; Bermuda Norwegian Escape Inbound 6:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; Bermuda Queen Mary 2 Inbound 6:00 am (Brooklyn); outbound 5:00 pm; Transatlantic (Southampton, UK) Monday, August 19 Caribbean Princess Inbound 6:30 am (Brooklyn); outbound 7:00 pm; Canadian Maritimes/Greenland Carnival Sunrise Inbound 6:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; San Juan, PR/St Thomas, USVI/Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Many ships pass Lower Manhattan on their way to and from the Midtown Passenger Ship Terminal. Others may be seen on their way to or from piers in Brooklyn and Bayonne. Stated times, when appropriate, are for passing the Colgate clock in Jersey City, New Jersey, and are based on sighting histories, published schedules and intuition. They are also subject to tides, fog, winds, freak waves, hurricanes and the whims of upper management. |
The Tale of the Ticker Tape, or How Adversity and Spontaneity Hatched a New York Tradition What was Planned as a Grand Affair became a Comedy of Errors
While the festivities in New York Harbor didn’t go as scripted that afternoon, the spontaneous gesture it generated from the brokerage houses lining Broadway famously lives on more than a century later. On October 28, 1886, Liberty Enlightening the World was to be unveiled to New York City and the world as it stood atop its tall base on Bedloe’s Island. But the morning mist had turned to afternoon fog, blurring the view of the statue from revelers on the Manhattan shore and the long parade of three hundred ships on the Hudson River. John Simko |
———————————————- Albany Wants to Keelhaul Ad Barges State Lawmakers Bark ‘Belay That’ to Water-Borne Marketing Messages
The ubiquitous advertising barges that have become anathema for Lower Manhattan residents over the past year have attracted hostile attention from members of the State Senate and Assembly. Bills were enacted in the closing days of the legislative session that would ban the 60-foot catamaran — bearing an electronic sign capable of rendering high-definition, full-motion video, similar to the “jumbo-tron” panels that adorn multiple buildings in Times Square — from continuing to conduct its business in New York’s waters. Matthew Fenton |
Come Hell and High Water Federal Report Foresees More Frequent Flooding for Lower Manhattan
A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal scientific agency responsible for study of oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere, predicts that Lower Manhattan will, in the next 12 months, experience between double and triple the number of flooding days that it did in 2000. Matthew Fenton |
Anthem of the Seas Spins About
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