Month: February 2019

Pont Punt

The much-delayed West Thames pedestrian bridge project appears to be keeping to its most recent schedule, first announced last September, and is likely on track to open during the late summer or early autumn of this year. This was the takeaway from a presentation at the February 6 meeting of the Battery Park City Committee...
An architect's rendering of what the completed structure will look like, when it opens later this year.

Eyes To The Sky February 18 – March 4, 2019

It was nearly 7 a.m. and 14 degrees under a pale blue sky dappled with speeding, silvery-outlined golden clouds just overhead. I was north of town, in the countryside, walking swiftly to an opening in the forest for a view to the southeast where planet Venus might still be visible. Once there, I scanned above...
Sunrise

Today in History February 19

356 – Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples 1600 – The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America. Johan van Oldenbarnevelt 1619 – Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague. He was a Dutch statesman who played an important role in the struggle...
The Beatles

Today in History February 15

706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople. 1493 – While on board the Nina, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter that was widely distributed upon his return to Portugal describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New...
Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak takes a bullet meant for F.D.R.

Letters

To the editor: Kudos to CM Chin.  Support her big time.  Yes, terminate the placards unless they are strictly enforced – and – terminate the discounts given by the city to fed ex, ups and verizon  for illegal parking under the PVB Stipulated Fine Program.   These are the 3 biggest ticket violators and they...

The Lower Manhattan Lonely Hearts Club

A new analysis from an online real estate database company, StreetEasy, finds that Downtown exerts a gravitational tug on young professionals who live alone, and who pay a hefty “singles tax” as a result. The study by Nancy Wu, an economic data analyst for StreetEasy, indicates that singles living by themselves tend to reside in...
Droves of young single people (shown here at the Dead Rabbit bar in the Financial District) live, work, and spend what they earn in Lower Manhattan, according to a new study.