Community Board 1 (CB1) is voicing reservations about a plan to convert the block of Thames Street between Broadway and Trinity Place into an outdoor shopping arcade, but is procedurally barred — at least for now — from giving official credence to these worries. The proposal comes from Capital Properties, the owner of 111 and...
An architectural rendering of the plan to close Thames Street and convert it into a shopping arcade.
The phrase “once in a blue moon” has evolved to describe an unusual occurrence. True blue-colored moons are rare, for example, the moon may appear blue when seen through volcanic or fire ash in the atmosphere. In popular astronomy, a Blue Moon is the second of two full moons in a month. January’s first full...
Blue moons don't really look blue in color. Greg Hogan got this shot of the Blue Moon (blue in name only!) in a cloudy sky on July 31, 2015. He wrote: "Having some fun with the blue moon idea... I blended the same image twice one with a blue tint, and one normal. (courtesy EarthSky.org)
307 – Jin Huidi, Chinese Emperor of the Jin dynasty, is poisoned and succeeded by Jin Huaidi. 1297 – François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco. 1454 – The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom...
Herman Hollerith
Hollerith has been called the world's first statistical engineer and the father of modern information processing.
If we had a hammer… The Washington Squares, a New York 1980’s band, part beatnik, with a edge of punksterism, will reunite for their first concert date in nearly a quarter century at City Winery located at 155 Varick Street on January 10. Downtowner Tom Goodkind, who sings, and plays the banjo and the bass...
The structure that once dominated the skyline of Lower Manhattan — and remains a spiritual and cultural touchstone of the Downtown community to this day — is planning to have some work done. The Trinity Church that now stands at Broadway and Wall Street is actually the third incarnation of the same house of worship,...
An architectural team overseeing the restoration of Trinity Church is proposing the addition of a 91-foot long glass and metal canopy to the building's south facade,which Community Board 1 views as detracting from the structure's historic character.
It seems by design that the old year ends and the New Year begins with bedazzling celestial events. From the bright lights of holiday celebrations, from the warmth of our hearths and our beds, we are lured outdoors, into the darkness, to touch starlight, the light of planets in our solar system and our own...
