(Editor’s Note: The passing of David Rockefeller earlier this week struck a personal chord for one person who helped create Lower Manhattan in its modern form — Charles J. Urstadt, who, as State Commissioner of Housing and County Renewal in the 1960s and 70s, founded and built Battery Park City, along with several other government-sponsored...
1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – “Give me liberty, or give me death!” – at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia. 1801 – Tsar Paul...
At its Wednesday board meeting, the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) shared the preliminary findings of its two-year resiliency study, conducted by consulting firm Parsons Transportation, as part of an effort to formulate plans that will make the community more resistant to future extreme weather events, such as 2012’s Hurricane Sandy, which flooded much of...
238 – Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors. 1508 – Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire. 1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. 1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown,...
Battery Park City Day Nursery is offering FREE Story Time while the BPC Public Library is undergoing renovations. Preschool Story Time (children ages 3 – 5 years) Tuesdays: March 28, April 4, April 11, April 25, May 2 at 4:00 pm Toddler Story Time (children ages 1 – 3 years) Wednesdays: March 29, April 5,...
Dear editor: I am glad that some important facts came out at CB1’s BPC committee meeting reported by The BroadsheetDAILY. Most significant, I think, is that with BPC having more residents than Roosevelt Island, there is no excuse not to draw Board Members exclusively from this community! We have an extremely talented and diverse population...