Year: 2017

June 1

1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. 1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky. 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. 1535 –...
Quaker Mary Dyer being led to her execution on June 1, 1660.

Eat Your Vegetables

If you’re looking for locally-sourced vegetables, cheese, meat, baked goods, or even spirits, check out GrowNYC’s Water Street Greenmarket between Hanover and Broad Streets which will be opening today Thursday, June 1st. The Water Street Greenmarket began as a pop-up market through a partnership with the Downtown Alliance, but soon became a staple market place...

Landlords to Lower Manhattan Renters: Fork It Over

A study by the RentCafe real estate blog concludes that the highest average rents currently charged anywhere in America are in Battery Park City, from Vesey and Chambers Streets. Using data compiled by RentCafe’s sister company, Yardi Matrix (a data analytics tool for real estate professionals), the site concludes that rents in zip code 10282,...
This interactive map, produced by the real estate blog website, RentCafe, indicates that residential rents in northern Battery Park City are among the highest in the United States.

Watching Them Grow

You’re never too young to learn that the ground is what sustains us all, and over the past decade and a half, groups of two-to-five year olds from the Battery Park City Day Nursery have been planting, watering and caring for flowers and herbs at the Liberty Community Garden. Commenting of this year’s crop, administrative...

ART DOWNTOWN

Fred Gutzeit’s work can be best described as being in line. He shapes his paintings as an elegant expression of movement around the picture plane. The colorful paintings are based on the initials of friends and colleagues, which transcend into a lively story within every frame. In his own words, Gutzeit describes his work as...
SIGnature Fred Gutzeit

May 31

455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. 1578 – King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France. 1669 – Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary. 1790 – The United...
Henry Ford and his son Edsel drive the 15 millionth Model T off the assembly line, the last Model T ever created, in 1927.