Year: 2017

EYES TO THE SKY March 6 – 19, 2017

Wake up early and go out, as in a dream, to rendezvous with a ringed planet, a giant scorpion, a centaur that is an archer and the king of the gods planet. Constellations that appear in winter’s pre-dawn sky are most familiar seen as patterns of summer nights, so it is particularly intriguing to see...

The Academy Awards of the Atheneum World

Quick: Name a single location Downtown where you can go for a Zen meditation class, tax filing help, story time for toddlers, crayon coloring for adults, and Lego building for all ages? Hint: All of the above are offered free of charge, which rules out psychologist’s office you were probably thinking of. The answer is...

What the Traffic Will Bear

A coalition of six elected officials representing Lower Manhattan are urging the City’s Transportation Commissioner to undertake a study of how vehicles and pedestrians move around Lower Manhattan, to address issues related to safety, sanitation and crowding. In a February 14 letter to Polly Trottenberg, who heads the City’s Department of Transportation (DOT), U.S. Congressman...

Battery Park City Day Nursery Celebrates 30 Years

Hundreds of parents and kids spanning three generations gathered at Six River Terrace on February 11th to celebrate 30 years of service to the community by the Battery City Day Nursery. The 30th Anniversary celebration featured music by Lou Gallo, a performance by the American Youth Ballet, with lots of food and games for parents...

March 3

1776 – American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau. 1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise. 1857 – Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China. 1885 – The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New...
Sharing names with Captain Nemo's fictional submarine in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and named after another USS Nautilus SS-168, that served in World War II, Nautilus was launched in 1954. Because her nuclear propulsion allowed her to remain submerged far longer than diesel-electric submarines she was the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole in 1958.

Flip this Hotel

To the editor: I was very confused by the article below regarding the ‘Flip this Hotel’ (BroadsheetDAILY March 1). You stated Hidrock paid $28 million for the property, which was only the land. You fail to mention the fact Hidrock had to build a hotel on the land and the cost of building the hotel...