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ONCE AGAIN

To the editor: Once again, it has become critically, crucially clear that the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) in its collaboration with The Howard Hughes Corp about the future of the Historical Tin Building historical and other actions,  past, present and future plans is the WRONG city agency to oversee the current and future existence...

December 6

963 – Leo VIII elected Pope 1631 – First predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed 1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia 1825 – Pres John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory 1862 – Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians 1877 – First sound recording...
V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S. Navy sailor grabbing and kissing a stranger-a woman in a white dress-on Victory over Japan Day ("V-J Day") in New York City's Times Square on August 14, 1945

December 5

771 – Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. 1456 – Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die 1766 – London auctioneers Christie’s hold their first sale 1792 – George Washington re-elected president 1876 – Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death 1893 –...
Happy birthday Martin Van Buren.

November 27

1095 – Pope Urban II preaches first Crusade 1703 – The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703. 1817 – US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War 1826 – John Walker invents friction match in England. Then pours himself a drink 1868 – Battle at Washita River, Oklahoma. General...
On this date in 1889, the president of the New York Parks Department issued the first permit to Curtis P. Brady "to enter upon and pass over the drives of Central Park with his electric automobile runabout." The permit required Brady to "exercise the greatest care" to avoid scaring horses and other users of the park.

Lower Manhattan Lacks Curb Appeal

Lower Manhattan drivers who are chronically aggrieved by the local shortage of legal street parking should consider the bright side: They are contributing tens of millions of dollars per year in revenue to City coffers. A new analysis by SpotAngels, a smartphone app that aims to soothe parking headaches by offering users real-time data about...

November 1

1683 – The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties. 1783 – Continental Army dissolved; George Washington’s “Farewell Address” 1787 – First free school in NYC (African Free School) opens 1896 – First bare-breasted women (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Magazine 1918 – 102 die in a NYC BMT subway...