“Look how many of us there are!” exclaimed Sharon Olds. By “us,” the esteemed poet meant poetry lovers. It was June 12, and 600 poetry fans had just strolled together across the Brooklyn Bridge in the annual Poetry Walk sponsored by Poets House. Ms. Olds stood before them-the Brooklyn Bridge, the East River and the...
763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta. 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage. 1520 – Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin...
A three-year campaign by Charles J. Urstadt, the founder of Battery Park City, to name the new pedestrian bridge, now being constructed over West Street, in the memory of Downtown leader Robert Douglass, appears to have come to a successful conclusion. Mr. Urstadt, the founding president and chairman of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA),...
It was June 6, but the weather had the feel of early October. It didn’t matter though, as a few hundred neighbors gathered for a night of festive drinks, music, food and fun aboard Wavertree. The Old Seaport Alliance was hosting its second annual gala to raise money for neighborhood improvements. The Old Seaport Alliance,...
313 – The Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, is posted in Nicomedia. 1373 – Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force. 1381 – The Peasants’...
The 16th annual River to River Festival — Lower Manhattan’s annual, free summer arts celebration — kicks off today (Wednesday, June 14) with an opening celebration at Pier A Harbor House (from 6:00 to 8:00 pm) and continues through Sunday, June 25. Between this evening and a week from Sunday, the festival will include more...