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The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan ~ 2/4/20

Posted on February 4, 2020February 4, 2020
Lower Manhattan’s Local News
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Boat Brawl
City Environmental Review of New Ferry Service to Battery Park City Springs a Few Leaks
The ferry terminal on the Esplanade (near Vesey Street) is slated this year to begin hosting an additional 60 vessels each day, carrying as many as 2,500 passengers, as the City inaugurates a new ferry service between Battery Park City and Staten Island.
The City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) has released an updated version of the “draft supplemental environmental impact statement” (EIS) for its plan to bring new ferry service from Staten Island to Battery Park City.

This document is meant to gauge the effect of the plan on metrics like noise, air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions that will result from implementing the NYC Ferry expansion planned by the administration of Mayer Bill de Blasio, which is slated to bring to the Battery Park City ferry terminal more than 60 new vessels each day, landing from 6:00 am to midnight, and carrying as many as 2,500 passengers per day.

One salient finding of the report may call into question the viability of the entire plan. The EDC originally planned for passengers embarking at Staten Island to board at a slip inside the Staten Island Ferry terminal at St. George. But, the document notes, the City’s Department of Transportation (DOT), “has identified potential navigational safety issues related to vessel movements and lack of sight lines,” within that terminal. As a result, “the use of this location for the St. George landing has been deemed infeasible for now due to these navigational safety concerns.”

Instead, the EDC now proposes to have passengers board its new ferry at a separate dock, located approximately 3,000 feet (or more than half a mile) away from the slip they originally planned to use. This berth will be located between the Empire Outlets mall and the Staten Island Yankees ballpark. In addition to the extra distance passengers will be required to walk to access the new ferry, this facility will be isolated from mass transit connections, while the Staten Island Ferry terminal at St. George sits atop a dense interchange of bus and rail connections. Further underscoring the contrast, passengers who choose to ride the NYC Ferry from Staten Island to Battery Park City will be charged $2.75, while the Staten Island ferry is free.

The EIS also details multiple changes in how the EDC is approaching the operation of a ferry that will land at the terminal on the Esplanade, near the end of Vesey Street. A previous version of the EIS claimed that, “a pro forma license,” from the Port Authority, the agency that owns and operates the ferry terminal, was the only approval needed to establish new ferry service there, and that this approval would not be subject to the City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) disclosure process. In the new version of the report, this passage has been deleted, and replaced by a paragraph that says, “approval of a Tenant Alteration Application by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey would be required for the use of the Battery Park City landing.”

The City’s most recent environmental analysis of the ferry plan concedes that the originally planned point of embarkation for this ferry on the Staten Island side (Site 4a) is not possible, due the safety concerns. As a result, the Economic Development Corporation plans to move the site of the new dock out of the Staten Island Ferry terminal, to a location near the Staten Island Yankees ballpark (Site 4b).

The CEQR process also requires detailed transportation screening assessments in cases where a new ferry would result in 200 or more peak hour pedestrian trips. The EIS goes on to note that, “the assessments show that the CEQR… thresholds for pedestrians would be exceeded … at the Battery Park City landing.” This echoes a concern voiced by community leaders at multiple public meetings last year. In June, Community Board 1 (CB1) enacted a resolution noting (among other objections) that, “additional ferry service in Battery Park City will create additional foot traffic to and from Brookfield Place and the PATH station, which will affect the free circulation of residents.”

This change in the plan will require passengers to access the ferry at a point more than half a mile from the web of transit connections available at the Staten Island Ferry terminal. That inconvenience – along with the new ferry’s cost ($2.75 per ride, compared to free use of the existing State Island Ferry) – may compromise the viability of the entire plan.

For air quality, the CEQR process calls for heightened scrutiny in cases where new ferry service would generate carbon monoxide exhaust equivalent to 170 vehicles an hour, or an excessive amount of particulate matter. The EIS says that, “it is anticipated that the proposed project would not exceed the… carbon monoxide mobile screening threshold [or] the applicable fine particulate matter screening thresholds.” But the report goes on to acknowledge that, “the Battery Park City landing option may not be well represented by the representative modeling protocol, due to factors such as existing service, frequency of proposed service, and complex site geometry.” The same passage says that, for this reason, “concentrations… will be assessed using a site-specific analysis,” using protocols mandated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.”

For noise, the CEQR process, “requires that the noise study address the effects of increased noise due to the introduction or rerouting of transportation sources.” In response, the EIS promises to, “conduct measurements of ferry horn noise levels during operation of representative ferry vessels at the Battery Park City landing in Manhattan, and determine ferry horn event emission levels.” The CB1 resolution from June also noted that, “ferry operation is noisy and the addition of more departure announcements, gunning engines, and departure sounds will further diminish the quality of life of Battery Park City residents who live within a short distance from the pier.”

In the public comment section of the EIS, in which the EDC is required to disclose and respond to concern raised by residents, more than a dozen people who live in Battery Park City weighed in.

Patrizia Amann wrote that, “I already hear the ferries at the Battery Park City terminal and the noise of their horns all the time. Adding to the operation hours is a nightmare. How will my kids be able to sleep if this noise will go on from 6:00 until midnight?”

The EDC answered, “a detailed analysis will be conducted at each new landing using ferry noise emission levels based on measurements conducted at existing landings. The measured noise emission levels include the noise from ferry horns prior to arrivals and departures and noise generated by normal ferry operations such as engine noise.”

Marsha Bentami wrote that, “my family and I live directly in front of the Battery Park City dock where the noise and pollution are already obnoxious. With this new development, it will considerably worsen to an unbearable degree. This will grossly affect our quality of life. To even think of having a daily ferry route from 6:00 am until midnight is ludicrous. How are the residents to get any peace from the ferry noise, especially the ferry horn? It will bring a constant and intolerable barrage of toxic noise and air pollution.”

Fernanda Giacomelli wrote, “I would like to express again my family’s and my discontent with the unnecessary level of pollution and noise generated by the ferries. We understand the regulations that require honking, but we wonder why it has to be as loud as a supertanker. All in society is a trade-off, and the annoyance to our children and ourselves, who lose sleep because of overly exaggerated warnings, seems disproportionate. The pollution caused by very old designs and technology is astounding.”

The EDC responsed to Ms. Bentami and Ms. Giacomelli by referring them to Ms. Amann, while adding that, “for safety reasons, it is a requirement of the United States Coast Guard (per Inland Navigation Rule 34) that all marine vessels blow their horns each time they pull away from the landing. In addition, a detailed air quality analysis will be performed to determine the CFS Expansion’s potential effect in the areas near the new landings that will be constructed, as well as the existing landings that will experience increased ferry operations.”

In another comment, Ms. Amann suggested, “move the ferry dock at Battery Park City to the north where nobody is harmed by it.” The EDC replied, in effect, “no,” saying that, “the Citywide Ferry Service Expansion proposed to utilize the existing ferry terminal at Battery Park City for a new landing, and the project does not propose to build additional infrastructure in the Battery Park City neighborhood.” (This answer appears to ignore the distinction between building a new ferry terminal, as opposed to moving an existing, floating ferry terminal to a slightly different location.)

Brijesh Malkani wrote that, “we have already seen a large growth in foot traffic in Battery Park City with subsequent congestion through the past few years with the development of Brookfield Place and the Oculus.” This concern was echoed by Shreya Patel, who said that, “over the last several years, there have been many more people in the area and most recently foot traffic has spiked again as we see people using the ferries while the PATH [train] undergoes construction. This increased traffic feels like the equivalent of building a major highway in our backyard.”

The EDC responded, “the travel demand screening considers the potential vehicular traffic, transit, pedestrian, bicycle, and parking demands of each ferry landing, as appropriate. The Battery Park City landing will undergo the same travel demand screening assessment as other landings to determine, per the CEQR Technical Manual, if there is the need for further transportation studies to analyze the potential for significant adverse transportation impacts.” This appears to be an assurance that a study will be conducted, to determine whether a second study is needed. But it stops short of raising the possibility that the EDC’s plan will be halted, or even modified, if noise levels are indeed found to be unreasonable.

Felix Scherzer raised the argument that, “the engine noise at Battery Park City terminal is in breach of the New York noise code. The horns might have federal preemption status as a maritime requirement, but the engine noise does not, according to my lawyers. The noise pollution indoors from the ferry engine revving is against the law, specifically Local Law 113/2005. How can you allow not only a breach of local law hundreds of times a day, but add even more noise? Adding more boats needs to comply with law.”

The EDC responded by referring Mr. Scherzer to the answer they gave to Ms. Amann.
Matthew Fenton
Letters

To the editor,

The deconstruction of the temporary Rector Street Bridge-upsetting to some in the community-actually has many supporters, and certainly came as no surprise. Members of the community have been discussing the removal of the bridge for years at Community Board 1 meetings, which are open to all.

The removal of the bridge will allow cherished neighborhood amenities to expand, such as Liberty Community Gardens, the well-used basketball courts and the recreational lawn. We write from the community gardens, which will gain 30% more area and allow many families, some of whom have been waiting years, to finally get a garden plot.

The Rector Street Bridge was erected in haste after 9/11 to provide access to Battery Park City at a time when West Street being reconstructed, the pedestrian bridge at Liberty Street was closed, and access to the neighborhood was very limited. The bridge was designed to be temporary. Siting a new permanent bridge took years. When ground was broken for the West Thames Bridge in 2015, CB1 sought assurances that the Rector Street Bridge would remain only until the new bridge was completed.

All this while, the Steering Committee of Liberty Community Gardens and other neighborhood groups were working with BPCA, EDC and DOT to plan and design the public space regained when the Rector Street Bridge finally came down.

We look forward to the rapid removal of the Rector Street Bridge and the expansion of community amenities in its place, and we respect and appreciate all of the thought and effort that went into this project by agencies and community members.

 
Susan Brady, Lucy Kuhn, Michael McCormack, Leslie Nowinski, Alison Simko
Steering Committee
Liberty Community Gardens
The Hang
Tadataka Unno, on piano this Friday

Beginning this Friday, February 7th at 6pm, Church Street School for Music and Art located in partnership with Keyed Up! and International Contemporary Ensemble will begin a weekly concert series featuring renowned jazz musicians in the performance space at Church Street School.

February 7th – Tadataka Unno, piano; Phillip Harper, trumpet; and more!

Starting February 7th through mid June.
$10 suggested donation at the door.

41 White Street  212-571-7290  churchstreetschool.org
Eyes to the Sky
February 4 – 16, 2020

Planet Venus dazzles, New York stargazers defy light pollution

Light Pollution Map of Lower Manhattan, marked by two red pins, and environs. Blue to purple areas are the least light polluted, yellow to red the most.
www.lightpollutionmap

While we were looking the other way, the dazzle of starry skies that we thought would always be there has been dimmed by a hazy scrim: when encountered, we feel as if a disease has overtaken our eyes. But the haze is accumulated wasted light from each of our trillions of outdoor lights – private and public – that are poorly designed and, in many instances, too bright for the purpose. The result is that the light scatters around and up to the sky, known as “light trespass” and “light pollution.” Excessive light is also wasted light and it is not only a wasted resource. While quick to light up our world, we have not only been oblivious to polluting our skies, but are discovering that light pollution is having deleterious affects on human health and the health of our environment. See https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/06/27/ama-issues-warning-about-energy-efficient-led-streetlights/

Each of us can act to reverse this blight by being vigilant about lighting decisions in our communities and exercising discretion when making lighting choices and turning on the switch. Consider covering windows with shades, blinds or curtains at night. Join in the work of the International Dark Sky Association https://www.darksky.org.

The Amateur Astronomers Association of New York https://www.aaa.org/ is committed to promoting awareness of the night sky through year around programs, including the gift of stargazing beginning in April.

Far from letting life under some of the world’s most light-polluted skies deter us from actively viewing the night sky, we in the AAA are dedicated to not only observing the heavens ourselves but also introducing the public to the wonders of astronomy. In cooperation with the New York City Department of Parks, the United States National Park Service, and other organizations, the Amateur Astronomers Association holds observing sessions at several locations in and around New York City.

In early February, look for 2 planets in the west after sunset. You can’t miss Venus. It’s dazzlingly bright. For the first 2 weeks of February, use Venus to find Mercury near the sunset point on the horizon shortly after sunset. Binoculars will help.
Courtesy EarthSky.org

Meanwhile, enjoy planet Venus’ star-like dazzle rather high above the southwest horizon in evening twilight until she sets in the west shortly after 8pm.

Resources
American Medical Association

Blue light LEDs

Judy Isacoff
‘A Complete Free-for-All’

CB1 Raises Concerns about Wave of New Event and Entertainment Venues Planned for Downtown

The 30,000-square-foot former home of the Museum of American Finance is now the Will and Wall Ballroom, one of multiple events venues that have sparked concern among community leaders about local crowding and safety.
Members of Community Board 1 are expressing reservations about multiple new party and performance spaces slated to open in Lower Manhattan this year.
At the January 28 monthly meeting of the Board, Mariama James, who co-chairs CB1’s Quality of Life & Service Delivery Committee, described a production planned for a new theater space now being created within 20 Exchange Place, near the corner of William Street.
To read more…
“It’s by a group called Emursive,” noted Ms. James, “and the show is called ‘Sleep No More,'” which draw ironic laughs from members who CB1, because the title neatly evokes their concerns for the surrounding neighborhood.
Matthew Fenton
Panegyric to Paul

Veteran Community Leader Honored for Decades of Service

In 2014, Mr. Hovitz joined Spruce Street School principal Nancy Harris to lead protestors in raising concerns about standardized test that students, parents, and teachers found incomprehensible.
State Assembly member Deborah Glick has issued a proclamation recognizing Paul Hovitz, who stepped down as vice chair of Community Board 1 last June, for 27 years of effort and achievement on behalf of the Lower Manhattan community. In a pronouncement issued recently, Ms. Glick said, “Paul gained a reputation for being a powerful advocate for special education services, the allocation of funding for new school seats in Lower Manhattan, and the distribution of balanced educational programming.”   To read more…
Matthew Fenton
Super-Tall Stalled

Plan for Lower Manhattan’s Highest Residential Tower Put on Hold

The “super-tall” residential tower planned for 45 Broad Street.

In what may be a harbinger of the decades-long  Lower Manhattan real estate boom coming to an end, the planned “super-tall” residential tower at 45 Broad Street, in the Financial District, has been put on hold.

In a story first reported by the online architecture and design journal, Dezeen, developer Madison Equities acknowledged that, “due to short-term conditions in the Lower Manhattan market, we have decided to delay on constructing the building in the near future.”

This comes after years of delays in clearing the lot, which was acquired by Madison Equitietal worth (with more than 250 apartments, and some 13,000 square feet of retail space at its base) to be somewhere between $850 million and $1 billion, but realizing such a valuation may prove to be an elusive goal. And with fixed costs and debt topping out at more than $800 million, the margin for error on such a project is slim.
To read more…
Matthew Fenton
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A Pooling of Interests

Would Floating Filtration System That Doubles as a Swim Facility Be a Net Plus?

A rendering of how +Pool would appear moored along the East River

A decade of grassroots advocacy may be gradually bearing fruit, as community leaders prod the administration of Bill de Blasio into serious consideration of a proposal to create a floating pool in the East River.
The idea, styled as “+ Pool” (and verbalized as “Plus Pool”) began in the summer of 2010, when three friends — designers Jeffrey Franklin and Archie Coates, along with architect Dong-Ping Wong — wondered why there was no facility that would allow the public to swim in the Hudson or East Rivers.
Researching the idea, they realized that 150 years ago, New York had more than a dozen such accommodations.   To read more…
Matthew Fenton
You Won’t Have John Catsimatidis to Kick Around Anymore

Gristedes Shuts Southern Battery Park City Location Amid General Retrenchment in Supermarkets

The Gristedes at 71 South End Avenue will shudder the space has occupied for decades.
The number of grocery stores in Battery Park City is shrinking by one. In a story first reported by the Tribeca Citizen website, Gristedes Supermarket, a fixture at the corner of South End Avenue and West Thames Street for decades, is slated to shut down today.
Two Gristedes employees told the Broadsheet that they believe the store will reopen in several months, after an extensive modernization. But this narrative is contradicted by multiple reports that John Catsimatidis, the billionaire owner of the grocery chain, wants to put the 10,000-square-foot space to more lucrative use.  To read more…
Matthew Fenton
Calendar

Tuesday 2/4/20

1:30PM
Stretching the Canvas Exhibition Tour
National Museum of the American Indian
A 45-minute tour of Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting. Drawing from the National Museum of the American Indian’s rich permanent collection, the exhibition presents nearly 40 paintings that transcend, represent or subvert conventional ideas of authenticity. One Bowling Green. Free
https://americanindian.si.edu/calendar#/?i=3
2PM
Culture Connections

National Museum of the American Indian
Touch, investigate, inquire and learn. Objects and images tell profound stories. Join Cultural Interpreters as they share objects and narratives in our galleries. Gain a deeper understanding of history, culture, and art from hundreds of Indigenous nations in North, Central, and South America. One Bowling Green.
https://americanindian.si.edu/calendar#/?i=3

6PM
Transportation & Street Activity Permits Committee –

Community Board 1 – Conference Room 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
AGENDA
1) Tribeca/WTC Bike Network – Presentation by Nick Carey, NYC Department of Transportation
2) Stephen Siller Tunnels to Towers 5K Run/Walk; September 26, 2020; 12:01AM – September 27, 5:00PM
a. Vesey St between North End Ave (Full street closure)
b. Murray St between North End Ave (Full street closure)
3) Congestion Pricing Working Group – The Basics of the Congestion Pricing Law – Discussion
4) Collister Street Lighting Issues – Discussion

7PM
The Cactus League: A Novel
McNally Jackson
Book reading. An explosive, character-driven odyssey through the world of baseball from Emily Nemens (the editor of The Paris Review) and David Duchovney. 4 Fulton Street.
https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/launching-cactus-league-emily-nemens-and-david-duchovny-seaport
Ars Gratia Communitas
Battery Park City’s Annual Art Exhibit
‘Untitled’ by Lorry Wall
 
Battery Park City’s annual art exhibition opened on Sunday, January 26.
  To read more…
The art will be on view at 
75 Battery Place, weekdays,
January 27 to March 27, 
2PM to 4PM (no viewing on 2/17).
People visiting should check in with our security desk on the ground floor, where they will be directed to the elevators to the 4th floor. The receptionist will direct them to the show.
Today in History
 Tuesday February 4
John Marshall
1169 – A strong earthquake strikes the Ionian coast of Sicily.
1555 – John Rogers is burned at the stake, becoming the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England.
1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
1801 – John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
1846 – The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley.
1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
1938 – Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
1945 – World War II: The Yalta Conference between the “Big Three” (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea.
1967 – Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
1976 – Guatemala and Honduras earthquake kills more than 20,000.
1999 – Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.

Births

1447 – Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet (d. 1500)[8]
1676 – Giacomo Facco, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1753)
1677 – Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (d. 1731)
1818 – Emperor Norton, San Francisco eccentric and visionary (d. 1880)
1902 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (d. 1974)
1906 – Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto (d. 1997)
1913 – Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005)
1921 – Betty Friedan, American author and feminist (d. 2006)
1943 – Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the B programming language
1947 – Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States

Deaths
211 – Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 145)

1555 – John Rogers, English clergyman and translator (b. 1505)
1905 – Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
2000 – Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1908)
2006 – Betty Friedan, American author and activist (b. 1921)
2007 – Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1922)

Photos and information culled from Wikipedia and other internet sources
Asking for the Millennium

City Announces Agreement to Expand FiDi’s Millennium High School

City Council member Margaret Chin (center), Community Board 1’s Youth and Education chair Tricia Joyce (center left) and Millennium High School principal Colin McEvoy (right) look on as the City’s Schools Chancellor, Richard Carranza, announces that the school will expand to an additional floor (now under construction).
On January 15, jubilant elected officials, community leaders, and education officials toured the new space into which the Financial District’s Millennium High School will expand over the next two years. This was the culmination of a multi-year campaign to win approval and funding for the school’s growth.
To read more…
Matthew Fenton
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The Greek Calends
After Two-Year Hiatus, Work to Resume at St. Nicholas Church
Work is slated to resume soon on the construction of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church within the World Trade Center site. The striking design (shown here in a rendering) by architect Santiago Calatrava, who also created the nearby Oculus, has made the structure one of Lower Manhattan’s most eagerly anticipated new buildings.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on January 2 that a newly formed non-profit organization will raise funds and underwrite the completion of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, within the World Trade Center Complex.
The building, designed by renowned architect Santiago Calatrava (who additionally created the nearby Oculus, also in the World Trade Center) is slated to replace the histo precious parish church that fell among the victims of September 11. To read more…
 
Matthew Fenton
Vicinage with Vigor

Lower Manhattan Ranked Among Healthiest Districts in New York

Two Lower Manhattan neighborhoods rank among the healthiest communities anywhere in the five boroughs of New York City, according to new research by RentHop, an online listings database.
The analysis gauged overall healthy by three criteria: the proportion of overall space within each community set aside for parks, the number of gyms (and other fitness facilities) in each neighborhood, and the tally of vegetarian restaurants in each area (relative to its number of households).
To read more…
Matthew Fenton
Church and Murray
They Didn’t Get the Memo…

Much-Touted Crackdown on Placard Parking Not All It Was Cracked Up to Be

In spite of a putative crackdown on placard parking abuse that was slated to begin Monday, dozens of illegally parked cars bearing law enforcement placards remained on River Terrace this week.

Amid much fanfare, multiple City agencies recently announced that they would take part in a crackdown on illegal parking by government employees, whose personal vehicles bear placards that allow them to leave their cars blocking bus stops, crosswalks, fire hydrants, bike lanes, and lanes needed for use by fire trucks and ambulances.

By Tuesday, it appeared that dozens of law enforcement personnel who work in Battery Park City hadn’t heard, or perhaps knew better.

To read more…
 
Matthew Fenton
Recalling Five Points

Epicenter of a Notorious Slum Proposed for Commemoration

The Five Points gang, a criminal organization that drew its members from the ethnic immigrant populations that inhabited the neighborhood.

In 1831, the City government considered a petition that warned, “that the place known as “Five points” has long been notorious… as being the nursery where every species of vice is conceived and matured; that it is infested by a class of the most abandoned and desperate character.”

A decade later, Charles Dickens, visiting New York, wrote of the same Lower Manhattan neighborhood that had inspired the petition, “what place is this, to which the squalid street conducts us? A kind of square of leprous houses, some of which are attainable only by crazy wooden stairs without. What lies behind this tottering flight of steps? Let us go on again, and plunge into the Five Points…. To read more…
Matthew Fenton
RiverWatch
Cruise Ships in New York Harbor
Norwegian Bliss
Arrivals & Departures
———————————————————————
 February 14
 Norwegian Gem 
 10:00  ~   16:00
 February 16
 Norwegian Bliss 
 07:00   ~   17:00
 February 23
 Norwegian Bliss 
 07:00  ~  17:00
 February 24
 Norwegian Gem 
10:00  ~  16:00
Many ships pass Lower Manhattan on their way to and from the Midtown Passenger Ship Terminal.  Others may be seen on their way to or from piers in Brooklyn and Bayonne.  Stated times, when appropriate, are for passing the Colgate clock in Jersey City, New Jersey, and are based on sighting histories, published schedules and intuition. They are also subject to passenger and propulsion problems, tides, fog, winds, freak waves, hurricanes and the whims of upper management.
Death Came Calling at the Corner of Wall and Broad Streets, in Lower Manhattan’s First Major Terrorist Attack
In an instant, both wagon and horse were vaporized, and the closest automobile was tossed twenty feet in the air. Incredibly, the iconic bronze of George Washington surveys the devastation from the steps of the Sub-Treasury without so much as a scratch.
As the noon hour approached on a fall Thursday morning in 1920, a horse-drawn wagon slowly made its way west down Wall Street toward “the Corner,” the high-powered intersection of Wall and Broad. Its driver came to a gentle stop in front of the Assay Office, where stockpiles of gold and silver were stored and tested for purity. But theft was not his motive.
To read more…
John Simko
Cass Gilbert and the Evolution of the New York Skyscraper
by John Simko
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