Auf Weidersehen Peking

This morning at about 8:30am, depending on weather conditions related to tropical storm Hermine, the barque Peking will push off from South Street Seaport for one last time to begin her final trip home to the land of her birth, Hamburg Germany. Peking will ease out into the slack tide of the East River and,...

Broadsheet Profile: Assembly Candidate Paul Newell

Paul Newell says, with evident pride, “I have spent my professional life fighting to make Lower Manhattan a neighborhood where working people and middle class people can live and earn a living.” In this case, the emphasis in on the word “fighting.” “Eight years ago, I ran for this office,” he recalls, “arguing that we...

EYES TO THE SKY

The brightest planet Venus has been gone from Earth’s sky for a couple of months. That’s because it passed behind the sun in early June, and it’s been traveling on the far side of the solar system, lost in the sun’s glare to all earthly observers. In mid-July 2016 it became visible to the eye...
The brightest planet Venus has been gone from Earth's sky for a couple of months. That's because it passed behind the sun in early June, and it's been traveling on the far side of the solar system, lost in the sun's glare to all earthly observers. In mid-July 2016 it became visible to the eye once more. This video tracks Venus from when it reappeared again in our evening sky in July 2016 all the way to April 2017. Moon and Venus in the evening sky forty-five minutes after sunset from July 2016 through April 2017 from Larry Koehn on Vimeo.

Letters

Hello Downtown Dog followers, As some of you might be aware by now, there is now an off-leash area in Battery Park for all dogs enjoyment in the neighborhood. I wanted to share how this all came about. Our group of dedicated volunteers, with a lot of hard work, research, patience, and lobbying at the...