Summer Cinema

Five separate free movie programs (four outdoors and one offering air conditioned comfort indoors) are within easy reach of Lower Manhattan residents this summer. The Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) is presenting two separate RiverFlicks programs. Pier 63 (near West 23rd Street) will host Big Hit Wednesdays, with films appropriate for adults and teens, at...
The Hudson River Park's RiverFlicks program, which screens films outdoors at twilight, is just one of five free movie series available to Lower Manhattan residents this summer.

Rowing The Atlantic

The morning’s bliss lasted til noon, by then it was overcast, wind increasing from SSE and I had to give up rowing and put out the sea anchor… But I did have 24 calm, beautiful hours. Last night when celebrating halfway with the Proseco there was a calm, undulating sea reflecting the nearly full moon...

July 19

1553 – Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne. 1843 – Brunel’s steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world. She...

The Natives Are Restless

The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) will host an “Open Community Meeting” Wednesday (July 20), from 6:00 to 7:00 pm, at Six River Terrace (opposite the Irish Hunger Memorial and next to Le Pain Quotidien restaurant). Residents are urged to attend, hear a presentation from Authority staff on their vision for the community, and seek...
BPCA chair Dennis Mehiel: "We're wide open to suggestions, to ideas about how we can continue to execute our responsibilities to the best of our judgment and in conformance with our fiduciary responsibility."

Rowing the Atlantic

Day 64, Sunday 17th July. 9 weeks, 63 days, since that windy morning in Manhattan! Still here, struggling on, but enjoying 75% of it. 25% is an unpleasant struggle against the elements when the fog is heavy, wind and waves have scary dimensions, wet and dampness a constant challenge and the body complains: fingers and...
Dr. Stein Hoff photo by Stanley Fine

July 18

64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city. 1870 – The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility, meaning whatever the Pope says is “preserved from the possibility of error”. This doctrine relies on the cornerstone of the Catholic dogma:...
64 - The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.