New estimates by the Department of City Planning show that the risk to Lower Manhattan posed by sea-level rise and extreme weather events will increase in years to come, as the focus of climate change converge with aggressive real estate development. Projections shared at the June 27 monthly meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1) predict...
1610 – John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland. 1687 – Isaac Newton publishes PhilosophiƦ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. 1775 – The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition. 1915 – The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This is the...
Democracy for Battery Park City (D4BPC), the grassroots organization that has collected more than 2,500 petition signatures and has lobbied for years to have neighborhood residents appointed to the board of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) board, will hold a rally tomorrow (Thursday, July 6) to build public support for a new law —...
Lower Manhattan has a new public art piece: “What a Wonderful World,” by Romanian-born (but New York-based) sculptor Leonard Ursachi was unveiled yesterday in Tribeca Park, the triangular greensward that bisects West Broadway near Walker Street and Sixth Avenue. Resembling a cross between a giant hornet’s nest and a gargantuan egg fashioned from wicker, the...
1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway. 1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island. 1613 – The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground. 1659 – At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy. 1786 – Alexander...
The developer that spent nearly $400 million to acquire adjoining lots in the Seaport District in 2016, along with hundreds of thousands of square feet of air rights, has received demolition permits for two structures at the site. This may indicate that the construction of a new “super-tall” tower, which could surpass One World Trade...