303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia. 1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western...
Suprematist Composition. White on White is an abstract oil-on-canvas painting by Kazimir Malevich. It is one of the more well-known examples of the Russian Suprematism movement, painted the year after the October Revolution.
In the next three years, a multitude of hikers and long-distance cyclists may join the throngs that already crowd Lower Manhattan. The administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo plans to create a statewide, 750-mile network of bicycling and walking trails that will begin in Battery Park City and reach the Canadian border. More than 300 miles...
The Lower Manhattan bike path maintained by the Hudson River Park Trust may soon anchor a statewide network of 750 miles of pedestrian and cycling trails, if a proposal by Governor Andrew Cuomo is implemented.
Three State lawmakers representing Lower Manhattan have introduced bills in both houses of the Albany legislature that would require the governor to appoint Lower Manhattan residents to a majority of seats on the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA). State Senator Daniel Squadron and Assembly members Deborah Glick and Yuh-Line Niou are sponsoring...
705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty. 1632 – Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published. 1847 – Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexicans troops. 1853 – Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St....
The Great White Fleet, consisting of 14,000 sailors on 16 battleships and accompanying vessels, was sent around the world for fourteen months by President Roosevelt. The fleet's journey started on December 16, 1907, and concluded on February 22, 1909.
A series of works by the renowned hyper-realist sculptor, Carole Feuerman, is now on display at a new event space located in the lobby of 55 Broadway (at the corner of Exchange Alley). The show, called “Perception,” features a series of life-sized (and disconcertingly lifelike) female figures, clad in bathing suits and positioned in swimming...
Members of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) are voicing concerns about the future of resiliency funding in Lower Manhattan as a whole — and specifically in Battery Park City — under the presidency of Donald Trump. In a discussion at the panel’s February 7 meeting, Nick Sbordone, director of communications...
The 2012 Sandy Inundation of Lower Manhattan near Wagner Park
