884 – King Carloman II dies after a hunting accident. He is succeeded by his cousin, emperor Charles the Fat, who for the last time reunites the Frankish Empire. 1787 – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first. 1862 – USS Cairo sinks on...
Marconi and associates raise receiving antenna by kite
As the historic New Market Building in the South Street Seaport faces demolition, community leaders are beginning to ponder the future of the site. Anthony Notaro At the November 27 meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1), chair Anthony Notaro observed that the City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC), “says that building is falling apart, it’s condemned,...
The New Market Building in the South Street Seaport, which preservationists want saved, the City wants demolished, and CB1 wants reserved as the site for new civic amenities.
1789 – The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly. 1792 – King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention. 1815 – The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee...
Brookfield Properties, the owner of the giant Brookfield Place retail and office complex, plans a gut renovation to modernize the lobby of 200 Liberty Street, which faces the south side of Liberty Street, between South End Avenue and West Street. At the November 27 meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1), Tammy Meltzer, who chairs the...
This architect's rendering illustrates Brookfield's plans for the lobby at 200 Liberty Street, including the demolition of the triumphal twin staircases that currently flank either side of the escalator, the removal of the second-floor terrace that currently surrounds the space, and the absorption of the exterior arcades that ring the perimeter of the octagonal building.
1541 – Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII. 1684 – Isaac Newton‘s derivation of Kepler’s laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley. 1768...
This week, December’s Geminid shower is predicted to peak Thursday the 13th after 10pm into Friday the 14th before dawn, with 2am as optimum observing. For details about the Geminids, click here. To view the original Trouvelot lithograph in the exhibition, “Extreme Nature!”, at The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA, click here. Sunset, December...
The delightful meteor shower image, "The November Meteors" by Etienne Leopold Trouvelot, would have been inspired by the annual Leonid meteor shower.
