1014 – Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II Roman German Emperor 1076 – Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Roman Emperor Henry IV 1130 – Jewish Cardinal Pietro Pierleone elected as anti-pope Anacletus II 1803 – Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of U.S. Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is void. 1849 – In...
Dolly the sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell

Mapping Affluence in Lower Manhattan

A new demographic report that parses all of New York City by its 50 wealthiest zip codes draws some surprising conclusions about Lower Manhattan. The first is that, for all its conspicuous affluence, the southern tip of New York County barely makes the Top Ten List, nor does it figure very prominently elsewhere in the...
Lower Manhattan's young, affluent, and educated population barely makes the list of the City's most prosperous communities, a new report finds -- but they are among the most interesting demographic cohorts anywhere in the five boroughs.
Konstantin Bokov has demonstrated an unusual and peculiar insight into the mixed-up, contradictory world we live in right now, even though many of the works in this exhibit were created more than a decade ago. Growing up in USSR-dominated Ukraine, and unable to show his art in that political climate, he sought the freedom associated...
Konstantin Bokov 'Police Line'

February 13

1258 – Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed. 1566 – St Augustine, Florida founded 1633 – Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun 1693 – College of William & Mary opens in Virginia 1832 – First appearance of cholera...
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier and did not endorse Donald Trump, but was a victim of fake news

Terminal Tragedy

A 29-year-old athlete and educator was killed in the World Trade Center Oculus on Saturday morning when she fell 30 feet from an escalator and landed on the main concourse floor. At approximately 5:30 am on Saturday, Jennifer Santos, of Kearny, New Jersey, entered to Oculus from street level, on the east side of the...
The stairs shown were where a 29-year-old teacher and athlete lost her footing and plunged 30 feet to the marble floor below on Saturday morning.

February 10

1098 – Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch 1355 – The St. Scholastica’s Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days. 1749 – 10th (final) volume of Fielding’s “Tom Jones” is published 1774 – Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit 1798 – Louis Alexandre...
On this day in 1978, 28 skiers performed a backflip