AD 53 – The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia. AD 68 – The Roman emperor Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer’s Iliad, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors. 721 – Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse. 1311...
When I first meet Jason Radmacher in the entrance to John Street Methodist Church, I’m struck by two things: his powerful and resonant voice, and the comfort and familiarity he exudes as we walk through the church. I’m expecting him to bring me to a side room for our interview, but instead, he peeks his...
632 – Muhammad, Islamic prophet, dies in Medina. 793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles. 1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England. 1783 – Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins...
The Downtown Alliance is leading a push to warm up the “frozen zone” surrounding the New York Stock Exchange, a security perimeter that bars most vehicles, slows pedestrians, and generally shreds the fabric of the surrounding streetscape. On May 8, Jessica Lappin, president of the Alliance, led a presentation before the Land Use, Zoning, and...
421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia. The wedding was celebrated at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire). 1494 – Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries. 1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and...
The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) has extended the contract for Perkins Eastman, the consultant that devised the resiliency assessment for Wagner Park, aspects of which have inspired concerns among some community leaders. The firm was hired in 2015 for an initial fee of $238,000. At its May 22 board meeting, the Authority extended this...