Month: April 2019

Today in History

Professor Einstein 999 – Gerbert of Aurillac elected as first French Pope 1513 – Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon 1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint. 1800 – first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 1st Symphony in C 1884 – London prison for debtors closed 1912...
Professor Einstein

CLASSIFIEDS & PERSONALS

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Today’s Calendar April 2

  Hudson’s Half Moon exploring the Palisades 1PM Taste of the Past: (Part 1) European Ages of Exploration 6 River Terrace  Battery Park City Parks This talk, led by BPC resident historian Fred J. Bivetto,covers a 1,000 year period of European exploration leading to discovery and colonization of the Americas, with special attention to Lower...
Gull over New York Harbor _ Simko/Broadsheet

Letters

RE: Taking Back the Streets (BroadsheetDAILY March 27) To the editor, How does this new plan affect the M55 bus that already has to crawl down Broadway, past FiDi and around the Custom House to travel up Church St. It is almost always late. Please please don’t do anything that slows down the only way many of...
Traffic

Pupil Protection

A Crossing Guard squires students across Pearl Street, near the Peck Slip School. Community Board 1 (CB1) is demanding that the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio ramp up traffic safety efforts at Lower Manhattan schools by hiring more crossing guards. In a resolution passed at its March 26 meeting, the Board called upon the...
A Crossing Guard squires students across Pearl Street, near the Peck Slip School.

Today in History April 1

Today in History April 1 Yoko and John 1748 – Ruins of Pompeii found 1789 – US House of Representatives first full meeting in New York City 1826 – Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine 1853 – Cincinnati became first US city to pay firefighters a regular salary 1854 – Hard Times begins serialisation in...
Yoko and John