Demography In Action: Auspicious Developments

(Editor’s Note: This is part an occasional series that will seek insights about life in Lower Manhattan by looking at statistics available from the Data2Go.NYC website, by Measure of America — a nonpartisan, non-profit project of the Brooklyn-based Social Science Research Council. This installment focuses on statistics about the American Human Development Index.) According to...

February 3

960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that lasted more than three centuries. 1787 – Shays’ Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails 1824 – J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public 1899 – Revolt against US occupation of Philippines 1945 – FDR,...
Liberace was born Władziu Valentino Liberace

Battery Park City Day Nursery Celebrates 30 Years

Battery Park City Day Nursery was the first preschool in Battery Park City. It opened in 1986 was known as Joy McCormack’s All Day Nursery. Ten years later, the Nursery was purchased by Denise Cordivano and Karen Klomp and renamed Battery Park City Day Nursery. Karen retired in 2007, but continues to stay interested in...
Some of the early graduates of Battery Park City Day Nursery

A Call to Alms

LMHQ, the collaborative workspace catering to companies in the technology, advertising, media, and information (TAMI) industries, is offering free event and meeting rooms to nonprofit organizations. Located at 150 Broadway, near the corner of Liberty Street (where it occupies the entire 20th floor), LMHQ is operated by the Downtown Alliance, as part of that organization’s...
LMHQ, the collaborative working space operated by the Downtown Alliance, is opening is doors to nonprofit organizations, free of charge.
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February 2

1377 – Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term 1690 – First paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts) 1740 – Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily 1825 – Dutch North Sea coast floods 1882 – Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo...