Month: June 2016

Lower Manhattan Resident Hopes to Help Build New York’s Zero-Emissions Future

New York prides itself on cutting-edge credentials in more categories than there are lights on Broadway, but in one pecking order Gotham is still stalled forlornly in the Twentieth Century. Rated by the energy efficiency of its buildings, New York is in the middle of the pack among the developed world’s major cities. Bob Schneck,...
VOLKSsHouse, the single-family home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which Mr. Schneck helped to develop. The structure uses 90 percent less energy than a traditional home, generates itself what little power it uses, and was built for less than the cost of similarly sized ordinary house.

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...
Dr. Stein Hoff photo: Stanley Fine

June 9

  68 – Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging. 1310 – Duccio’s Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy. An altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of...
Alice Huyler Ramsey and her Maxwell 30

Help Raise $245,000 to Preserve a Piece of Governors Island History

from the NPS.gov The Trophèe ďArmes that sits atop the sally port of Fort Jay is one of the most distinctive features of the fortification, and the earliest domestically carved military sculpture in the nation. Designed by Joseph Mangin, architect of New York’s City Hall, the Fort Jay Arch is a rare example of monumental architecture surviving...
The first known photograph of the sculpture in 1864, with drawings showing later additions

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...