Month: July 2016

July 28

1808 – Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. 1809 – Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley’s British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte. 1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive...
Santiago Calatrava's Athens Olympic Sports Complex

Letters

To The Editor, I attended the July open house hosted by BPCA. During that meeting, BPCA stated that while in meetings with the DOT about safety aspects of South End Avenue, the BPCA decided to put safety concerns on hold while they investigated a beautification project of the street. The discussion with the DOT was...

Cashing In on the Disabled

Community Board 1 (CB1) is taking a stand against attempts by two real estate developers to make a pair of Lower Manhattan properties more lucrative, under the guise of complying with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Because both buildings are regulated by varying forms of landmarks protection, neither modification can be built...
An architect's rendering of the subway elevator cube proposed for the east side of Broad Street, at Exchange Place. This structure, and its twin, located across the street, will be approximately 100 square feet.

Rowing the Atlantic

Yesterday will be another day to forget! I rowed for two sessions in morning, never getting much speed and with wind from SSW tried first to go more E, but found short steep waves at 60 degrees to those with the wind. Less than a boat’s length between these transverse waves, so the rolling was...
Rowing the Atlantic

July 27

1299 – According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman Empire. 1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English...
Illustrators Currier & Ives produced this lithograph of the last hours of the "SS Golden Gate"

Letters

To The Editor, One item addressed by the first public speaker you highlighted in Monday’s lead story, was that the residents of Gateway Plaza should not have any say in what occurs with the frontage of 21 South End to which she owns her apartment. Of course, many of my friends at Gateway, all who...