The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has posted an online, interactive map that tracks progress toward its ambitious goal of creating 300,000 units of affordable housing by the year 2026. For Lower Manhattan residents (or people who wish to live here), the map illustrates a stark reality. Since Mr. de Blasio’s administration took office...
AD 60 – The earliest date for which the day of the week is known. A graffito in Pompeii identifies this day as a dies Solis (Sunday). In modern reckoning, this date would have been a Wednesday. 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother...
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...
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...
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...
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...