1460 – University of Basel in Swizerland forms 1655 – Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbary pirates 1660 – English King Charles II sends Declaration of Breda (Freedom of Religion) 1686 – English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence 1687 – King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in...
Martin Luther King Jr. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."
Dear Broadsheet, Hope you are well. I am writing from London, with hope you might be of help. I am a native New Yorker and now writing a book about my familie’s experience on September 11 and 12th, 2001. My father, Fred Gompertz, lived at 395 South End Ave between 1987 and 2001. He loved...
Community Board 1 (CB1) is taking exception to a newly abbreviated process at the City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), which sometimes pushes developers’ proposals through the approval process before local leaders have had a chance to comment. This appears to have been the case with the building planned for 14 White Street, a long-vacant triangular...
The building proposed for 14 White Street (in the midst of the Tribeca East Historic District) drew qualified praise - but also some requests for changes - from CB1's Landmarks Committee. All of these comments were ignored by the City's Landmarks Preservation Commission.
1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urgin 1312 – 2nd council of Vienna 1764 – Austrian archduke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king 1776 – Washington receives honorary degree from Harvard College 1856 – Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos 1922 – Stalin appointed General...
Washington Irving"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them."Washington Irving portrait, painted by Daniel Huntington
When the spring star Arcturus is first spotted rising in the east-northeast at nightfall it sparks our awareness of the changing sky. Spring constellations are rising as winter’s hallmark patterns are setting. Arcturus (Greek arctos ‘bear’ + ouros ‘guardian’ = guardian of the bear), in the constellation Bootes the Herdsman, and Ursa Major, the Great...
In any year, you can follow this imaginary arc to Arcturus and Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo the Maiden.
But this year, 2017, is extra special because the dazzling planet Jupiter beams close to Spica all year long.
Community Board 1 (CB1) has endorsed a bill now under consideration in the State Senate that would require Governor to appoint Lower Manhattan residents to the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA). Currently, only one of that agency’s seven board seats is held by a resident of the community, Martha Gallo. At the...
Ninfa Segarra: "The BPCA is our government. So we're asking for representation in our government. Because we're not really governed by the City Council or the Mayor. We're governed by BPCA in our day-to-day lives."
