Month: June 2019

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com Security, in More Than One Sense of the World Back-to-Back Public Meetings Tonight Will Focus on Safety, Resiliency, and Vision The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) will host a public meeting tonight (Wednesday, June 19) that will invite participants to help shape the...

Today in History Wednesday June 19 Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson 1464 – French King Louis XI forms postal service 1862 – Slavery outlawed in US territories 1864 – CSS Alabama sunk by USS Kearsarge off Cherbourg, France 1893 – Lizzie Bordon acquitted 1910 – First airship in service “Germany“ 1917 – King George V ordered...

Today in History Tuesday June 18 Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber 618 – Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty’s rule over China. 860 – Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople 1178 – Five monks at Canterbury report explosion on...

Today’s Calendar Tuesday June 18, 2019 Click to watch a time lapse of Sunday’s sunset 10:30AM Zumba Jumpstart Battery Park City Parks Join a fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of salsa, merengue, hip-hop, and more! Enthusiastic instruction creates a fun community of dancers who learn new steps each week. Bring your friends and...

Ground Swell Scant Information about Radical Changes Contemplated for the Battery A view from the water, showing deterioration in both the sea wall beneath the Esplanade, and the timber pile caps that support it. City Hall is keeping mum about plans resiliency plans for the Battery, the historic park at the southern tip of Manhattan,...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com Ground Swell Scant Information about Radical Changes Contemplated for the Battery A view from the water, showing deterioration in both the sea wall beneath the Esplanade, and the timber pile caps that support it. City Hall is keeping mum about plans resiliency plans...