In Depth | 109P/Swift-Tuttle - Solar System Exploration: NASA …
Discovery. Comet Swift-Tuttle was discovered in 1862 independently by both Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle. Overview. Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle takes 133 years to orbit the Sun once.
Alimentary Understanding - The Broadsheet
Trinity Church Serves Two Million Meals to the Needy in 2024. Trinity Church has served 2,029,516 free meals – and given away vast quantities of free groceries, clothing, and household supplies – to people struggling with poverty in and around Lower Manhattan in this calendar year.
Pearl Street Shelter Delayed - The Broadsheet
Lower Manhattan’s Unhoused Population Said to be 400. The controversial plan for a safe haven shelter at 320 Pearl Street has been delayed until the first quarter of next year, “at the earliest,” according to a presentation given by officials from the administration of Mayor Eric Adams at a September 18 meeting of the Quality of Life Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1).
A Ten-Figure Rainy Day Fund - The Broadsheet
Dec 11, 2024 · City Asks Locals to Advocate for FiDi-Seaport Master Plan. City planners are encouraging Lower Manhattan leaders to spread awareness of the six overlapping resiliency projects around Lower Manhattan in various stages of planning and construction, with emphasis on advocacy for the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan.
Cross Purposes - The Broadsheet
Jan 15, 2025 · Sacral Submergence Resurrects a Century-Old Downtown Tradition. As the temperature hovered just above freezing at midday on Sunday, January 12, and a breeze made the Lower Manhattan air feel even colder, it seemed like a safe bet that nobody on the esplanade was thinking, “what a great day for a swim.”
Slightly Less Mean Streets - The Broadsheet
Downtown Alliance, Trinity Church, and Bowery Residents’ Committee Shepherd Local Unsheltered Persons into Housing. A partnership between the Downtown Alliance, Trinity Church, and the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) has succeeded in moving 130 unsheltered people off Lower Manhattan streets in the first ten months of this year.
Statue of Larceny - The Broadsheet
Nov 20, 2024 · Single Mom Scammed by Ticket Hawkers Highlights Pattern of Persistent Crime Downtown. The recent case of a single mother with two small children, who was conned by swindlers selling bogus tickets to the Statue of Liberty at Battery Park, illustrates an ongoing case of lawlessness in Lower Manhattan.
Doomsday Prep - The Broadsheet
Oct 10, 2024 · Private School Falls More Than Eight Million Behind on Rent in FiDi. The future of an elite Lower Manhattan private school is under a cloud, after falling behind on millions of dollars in rent for more than a year, which has had the collateral effect of putting the building’s mortgage on a watchlist for loans that may wipe out investors who bought securities based on this debt.
Beneath the Waves - The Broadsheet
Blasting Through Solid Rock to Safeguard New York’s Reputation for the Best Pizza and Bagels. Hundreds of feet below the bottom of the Hudson River, at a spot a half day’s sail north from the Battery Park City esplanade, sandhogs (as workers who excavate tunnels are known) are busy blasting and boring a new tunnel to keep the finest fresh water in …
Rising Arches - The Broadsheet
Jan 10, 2025 · The departing administration of President Joe Biden is delivering a gift to what is shaping up to Lower Manhattan’s next great public space. The federal Department of Transportation (DOT) is tapping into its Reconnecting Communities grant program to allocate $2 million for Gotham Park – a nine ...