Month: January 2017

Lost & Found in New York

157 years ago, in 1860, English immigrant William Loft opened a candy store in Lower Manhattan and his two sons followed in his footsteps, taking charge of the company in the 1890s.  One son, George Loft, soon opened two more stores, and then added more as he moved production out of the family kitchen into...

Lost & Found in New York

157 years ago, in 1860, English immigrant William Loft opened a candy store in Lower Manhattan and his two sons followed in his footsteps, taking charge of the company in the 1890s.  One son, George Loft, soon opened two more stores, and then added more as he moved production out of the family kitchen into...

Whose Wharf Is It, Anyway?

At its meeting tonight, the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) will hear an update about the future of North Cove Marina from Callie Haines, a senior vice president at Brookfield Properties, the giant office and shopping mall developer that was awarded control of the marina (which is legally mapped as parkland)...
Parting the Waters: North Cove Marina (shown here at the height of its success as a community facility) has struggled to remain relevant to area residents since the departure of the local resident and small businessman who ran a school, club, and camp there for decades, before being removed by the Battery Park City Authority in 2015.

January 4

46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army. 1490 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of lèse-majesté, the crime...
Topsy the Elephant

Community Emergency Response Team

On December 20, the BPC CERT team, held their graduation event after completion of a 16-week training course. The CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) was formed after September 11th, in partnership with FDNY, NYPD, NYC Emergency Management to train neighborhood volunteers to render assistance in all types of disasters, manmade and natural. Their mission is...
Peter Morici CERT senior instructor, with CERT instructor Joe Gibney, NYPD's First Deputy Commissioner Benjamin Tucker and Maureen Koetz, formerly a senior executive in the Pentagon who spoke at the ceremony

Woman Robbed, Slashed in Seaport

A woman whose name has not been released was robbed and slashed in an attack on Monday evening, in the Seaport District. At approximately 7:45 pm, the 25-year-old victim was walking in front of 217 Water Street (near the corner of Beekman Street), when she was approached by an unknown white male assailant, who is...