Month: September 2016

Today in History

1541 – After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism. 1609 – Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him 1814 – In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore....
The morning of September 13. An armed Humvee on Broadway and Walker Street

Broadsheet Profile: Assembly Candidate Gigi Li

Gigi Li believes that leadership consists of listening, as much as talking. “Smart plans are voter-informed and voter-driven,” she says. “Most of my agenda has come from speaking to constituents on the street and at their doors.” As an example, Ms. Li cites her plan to reform the Battery Park City Authority — with at...

RiverWatch

Friday, September 23 AIDAluna Inbound 7:15 am; in port overnight Saturday, September 24 Carnival Sunshine Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; New England/Canada Norwegian Gem Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; Canada/New England Regal Princess Inbound 5:30 am (Brooklyn); outbound 5:00 pm; New England/Canada Sunday, September 25 Norwegian Breakaway Inbound 7:45 am; outbound 4:30 pm;...

Today in History

1609 – Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Half Moon 1938 – Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. 1953 – U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island....
The morning of September 12th

Letters

To the editor, Everyone I know has a story about where they were on 9/11. The days and weeks following that terrible day were a time of otherworldly confusion, particularly for people who lived and worked downtown. I am grateful to the Broadsheet for highlighting in the photograph below, the great community organizer Bob Townley....
Post 911 meeting with community leaders and elected officials on the basketball court, north of Canal Street on the Avenue of the Americas