A pair of Lower Manhattan building projects have been recognized with 2017 Excellence in Development awards from the Urban Land Institute of New York (ULINY), a non-profit that seeks to promote, “the responsible use of land and in the creation of sustainable, thriving communities.” The ULINY awards are unusual in that they focus on all...
The skyline of Lower Manhattan as seen from the Hills, an artificially created set of four peaks on Governors Island, which have been recognized with an Excellence in Civic Space award from the Urban Land Institute of New York.
1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England’s Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. 1763 – The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac’s War against British forces. 1873 – Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression. 1874 – The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in...
Great Western Railway 4-4-0 No. 3440, (originally No. 3717), "City of Truro".
The decade-long effort to refurbish the historic Battery Maritime Building remains stalled, as a second developer has been removed from the project, after failing to begin work on the development. The City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) — the agency that negotiates strategic partnerships designed to harness private-sector resources to public projects, and thus foster economic...
558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt. 1664 – Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles. 1697 – Stockholm’s royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire (in the 18th century, it is replaced by the current Royal Palace)....
Lusitania arriving in New York. During her eight-year service, she made a total of 202 crossings on the Cunard Line's Liverpool-New York Route. On this day in 1915 she was sunk by a German submarine and lies approximately 11 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse in 300 ft of water.
An analysis of Lower Manhattan neighborhoods, parsed by data about personal income and indebtedness, yields two insights. First, people who live Downtown are doing very well financially. Second, they are in hock up to their eyeballs. This information comes from LendEDU.com (pronounced “Lend-E-D-U”), an online marketplace for student loan refinancing, which functions a bit like...
1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire 1494 – On his second voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica 1780 – American Academy of Arts & Sciences forms in Boston 1855 – NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration 1877 – Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of...
Hand-colored photo of Lower Manhattan showing the Battery, piers on the Hudson, Castle Clinton, the Singer Building, the Woolworth Building, 90 West Street, 17 Battery Place, the original Pier A ( before the clocktower commemorating WWl veterans), the elevated railroad ( which became the #1 subway line) and the three bridges in 1911.
