1227 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades. 1717 – An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city’s architecture and making authorities consider moving the capital to a different city. 1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes...
A neglected local landmark is about to change hands: the former J.P. Morgan & Company headquarters at 23 Wall Street (on the corner with Broad Street) is in contract to be acquired by Manhattan real estate developer Jack Terzi, who specializes in trophy retail properties. Mr. Terzi will purchase the 1913 structure (for an undisclosed...
The former headquarters of J.P. Morgan & Company at 23 Wall Street, vacant for more than a decade, may soon house new retailers.
48 BC – Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia. 1066 – William the Conqueror invades England beginning the Norman conquest of England. 1538 – Ottoman-Venetian...
September 28, 2008 Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
SpaceX announces that Flight 4 of the Falcon 1 launch vehicle has successfully launched and achieved Earth orbit. With this key milestone_ Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to orbit the Earth.
The City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) is planning to redevelop a publicly owned site in Lower Manhattan, and has pledged to include in the project benefits such as affordable housing and a pre-kindergarten facility. But a close examination of EDC’s approach indicates that both of these bonuses may accrue to communities far removed from the...
An architect's rendering of one development proposal for the City-owned lot at 137 Centre Street.
1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the River Somme, beginning the Norman conquest of England. 1540 – The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III. 1590 – Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being elected the Pope, making his reign the shortest...
The developers of the new super-tall residential tower at the corner of Greenwich and Thames Streets in the Financial District are hinting (but not confirming) that the building will top out at more than 1,000 feet. This would make it taller than the adjacent Four World Trade Center (at 150 Greenwich Street), which tops out...
The condominium tower proposed for 125 Greenwich Street_ shown at center (with the glowing rooftop) was once slated to rise nearly as high as One World Trade Center, then scaled back by almost 40 percent to a height of 841 feet. But based on this rendering, recently circulated by the project's architect, the building has grown again by several hundred feet, to make it nearly as tall as Four World Trade Center(shown here to the right of - and partially obscured by - One World Trade Center, and left of 125 Greenwich).
