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November 1, 2017

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...
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October 24, 2017

October 23

42 BC – Liberators’ civil war: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus’s army. Brutus commits suicide. 425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at the age of six. 1812 – Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the...
Wall Street Crash of 1929 " $100 Will Buy This Car"
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October 17, 2017

You Think You’ve Got It Bad?

By at least one metric, Lower Manhattan ranks among the most affordable communities to live anywhere in New York City. This was the conclusion of a recent report by the RentHop web site and search engine, which analyzed both asking prices for two-bedroom rental apartments and median household income for 139 neighborhoods throughout the five...
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October 13, 2017

Water Street Public Space

To the editor, The Downtown Connection bus begins its run on Water Street right beside this building.  Riders gather here and it’s nice to able to wait under some cover if the bus is delayed. In addition, this corner of Water and Fulton Streets is crowded with tourists, residents and students.  South Street Seaport is...
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October 13, 2017

Local Heroines

The Chargers, the girls softball team field by I.S. 276 (also known as the Battery Park City School), took the City-wide championship in the spring of this year, but the title was decided so late in the school year that it wasn’t until this autumn that the squad could reunite on the steps of City...
The Chargers squad poses on the steps of City Hall.
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October 10, 2017

Can Million-Dollar Condos Salve Urban Blight?

Two Brooklyn-based affordable housing advocacy groups are pushing to revive a 2014 plan by City Comptroller Scott Stronger to earmark surplus funds from the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) for upgrades in the crumbling apartments blocks operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) for the poorest New Yorkers. At a Monday rally in...
Reverend David K. Brawley: "We are ready for a fight, to fight for the soul of the city."
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