Month: February 2018

The Closing of St. Josephs Chapel

To the editor: I read the article on St. Josephs Chapel with great interest, (BroadsheetDAILY, January 10, 2018) although not a member of the parish I had a connection through my wife who not only did service there for many years but sat on the restoration committee. I always felt the chapel got short shrift...

Of Occupancy and Occupation

A new bill that adds caveats to the measure signed last December by Governor Cuomo, setting aside two seats on the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), is quietly working its way through the State legislature. The bill (if enacted, as appears likely) will amend last year’s legislation in two ways. First, it...

February 5

AD 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. 1852 – The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the...
Andre Citroen

“Is It Too Early to Start Thinking about College?”

Manhattan Youth’s five-part Wednesday Workshops series of presentation for parents of teens and “tweens” continues at the Downtown Community Center (120 Warren Street) on Wednesday, February 7 (at 6:30 pm) with, “Is It Too Early to Start Thinking about College?” This discussion will be hosted by bestselling author and college planning guru Andy Lockwood, who...

High Strung

Battery Park City Parks is presenting a free classical music concert for children (ages eight and up) on Wednesday, February 7 at Six River Terrace (opposite the Irish Hunger Memorial), starting at 5:00 pm. The event, in partnership with the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, is titled “The Red Violin” and features two stars: acclaimed violin virtuoso...
Elizabeth Pitcairn and the "Red Mendelssohn" violin

EYES TO THE SKY February 5 – 18, 2018

Moonlight had streamed in the windows all night, at times brilliant, from a clear sky, then muted through haze or clouds and falling snow in the Berkshire countryside. It was the eve of the Super Blue Moon Eclipse. I was looking forward to going out at dawn to see the eclipse of the second full...
The art of the Blue Moon partial eclipse at 6:52 a.m. in Wayne, NJ, January 31, 2018 Photo: Peter A. Blacksberg