Month: May 2017

May 4

1436 – Assassination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson 1626 – Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw. 1675 – King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. 1776 – Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to...
Haymarket Riot of 1886

Welcome to ‘Sardinia’

To the editor, Instead of Sardinia which has a lot of natural beauty, how about Devil’s Island, the infamous French prison??! Marion Marino ————————————————————————— To the editor, RE: How About Renaming Downtown ‘Sardinia” (BroadsheetDAILY May 2) There will be additional problems in infrastructure and capacity to be considered: 1. Sewage 2. Fire 3. Resilience/Sustainability (since...

A Sod State of Affairs

The proposed redesign of Wagner Park is drawing both criticism and support from a broad range of Lower Manhattan stakeholders. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1), a spirited exchange between members of that panel and representatives of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) aired a series of...
Wagner Park

May 3

1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. 1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy. 1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city. 1830 – The Canterbury...
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How About Renaming Downtown ‘Sardinia’?

The most recent tally of new and planned apartment construction in Lower Manhattan projects that more than 8,000 new residents will be joining the local population (already in excess of 60,000) in the next few years. The Residential Development and Population Growth study by the Downtown Alliance for the last quarter of 2016 (the most...

May 2

1536 – King Henry VIII accused Anne Boleyn of adultery and incest 1776 – France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels 1833 – Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs 1865 – President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis 1908 – 1908 “Take me out to the Ball Game”...