Of the estimated 300 Federal houses in NYC, the Merchant House is the most genuine and best-preserved. Built by Robert Brewster in 1832, the red-brick and white-marble row house is situated at 29 East Fourth Street in Manhattan; the Tredwell family lived there for nearly 100 years. In 1936, after extensive repair and renovation, the [...]
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REMEMBERING PEARL
December 7th, 2009
“AIR RAID! PEARL HARBOR! THIS IS NO DRILL!” On December 7, 1941 these words, broadcast at 7:58 on a peaceful Sunday morning by Admiral Patrick N.I. Bellinger, shattered the complacency of the United States military based at Pearl Harbor. By 8 a.m., two battleships had been dealt fatal blows and hundreds of American sailors had [...]
BIG APPLE PIRATES
November 28th, 2009
The Short Tail Gang sit underneath a pier at Corlears Hook, picture taken in 1890, long after all the great pirate gangs of the area had disbanded, been eaten by rats, or joined the Confederate army (listen to podcast for explanation!)
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FOREVER IN OUR HISTORY
November 22nd, 2009
46th Anniversary Conferences »
This November is the 46th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and two conferences in Dallas will be commemorating that historical event, with invited speakers presenting discussion of the evidence and its wider context at both the JFK Lancer and COPA conferences.
Guests and speakers at Lancer include: Abraham Bolden, [...]
GHOULISH GARDENS
October 22nd, 2009
A ghoulishly delightful time called “Ghouls and Gourds” will take place at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens to complement your Halloween revelries. The annual BBG frolics will feature a cornucopia of weird bands, even weirder workshops, along with incredible puppets and other oddities that are guaranteed to be appropriately…weird. All of this weirdness set against the [...]
DEAD HUES ON HIGH
October 18th, 2009
In honor of the New York Historical Society’s upcoming Grateful Dead exhibition, the Empire State Building is going to be tie dye tomorrow. At press time, we were unable to confirm how in the world this was going to happen, short of dosing the entire city with acid and hoping everyone sees beautiful melting colors [...]
COLUMBUS SAILS ON
October 12th, 2009
Today we celebrate Christopher Columbus, honoring his circuitous and serendipitous discovery of America. Columbus Day is officially celebrated on the second Monday in October; this year’s holiday falls on the 12th: the actual day when it’s believed he landed.
I always feel that I should say something appropriately honorific in regard to a man who took [...]
PAGES IN THE TUNNEL
September 25th, 2009
The missing pages of John Wilkes Booth’s diary that reveal who hired him to kill President Lincoln…hidden in a long-abandoned subway station beneath Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Is it fact or fiction? Bob Diamond, a railroad history buff, wants to know and has apparently enlisted the aid of National Geographic to finance, produce and staff [...]
REMEMBERING MYRTLE
August 29th, 2009
The New York Transit Museum is presenting a photo exhibit featuring images taken on the last day the Myrtle Avenue El in Brooklyn was in operation, all taken by noted photographer Theresa King. You can revisit the past starting September 29th at the museum (running through the end of February), but here’s a sneak peek [...]
ANACHRONISTIC SPENDING
August 20th, 2009
While New York City is purportedly in debt up to the tips of its skyscrapers and down to the pits of its subways, what does the Brooklyn Heights Association propose doing?…Replacing the streetlights in that district with antique lampposts. A projected $2.7-million plan will replace the 229 still-functioning “cobra head” streetlights with replicas of cast-iron [...]
DIXIE IN BAY RIDGE
July 29th, 2009
The South may rise again (along with tempers) in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn…if only briefly and symbolically. A Confederate flag, one of the most controversial representations in American history, is being proudly displayed on a 16th floor terrace of a 30-story co-op tower at Fourth Avenue and 65th Street. However, the person responsible for unfurling this [...]
CALVIN KLEIN/ HIPSTERS: PERFECT TOGETHER
June 15th, 2009
Calvin Klein cleverly dreamed-up and craftily put up yet another racy billboard (in a long line of racy billboards) that was designed to offend and successfully achieved its desired goal: heightened publicity via controversy. Their latest effort (above photo) features four partially clothed young people on the threshold of an orgiastic dream…or some sort of [...]
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- Lutheran Medical Center Appoints New Auxiliary Leaders March 11, 2010Auxiliary Board Members Re-elected On January 27, the Lutheran Medical Center Auxiliary re-elected its members of the board and appointed new leaders. The 120-member auxiliary appointed Josephine Cashman as president, who has served with the auxiliary for 13 years, Claireann Gent, a 27-year-veteran as first vice president, and Jane Kelly, who has been with t […]
- Stars To Align for Brooklyn’s Pink & Black Tie Gala March 11, 2010The Brooklyn Regional Office of the American Cancer Society (ACS) will be hosting a “starry night” on May 6, at its second annual Pink and Black Tie Gala. With a roster of celebrities donating their time and efforts to the success […]
- Atlantic Yards Opponents Protest Near Groundbreaking March 11, 2010Mock Funeral for the ‘Soul of Brooklyn’ By Jess Goodwin Brooklyn Daily Eagle PROSPECT HEIGHTS -- Protestors gathered Thursday outside Freddy’s Bar to hold a mock funeral for the “soul of Brooklyn,” in response to the Atlantic Yards groundbreaking nearby. After speeches were made by life-size bobbleheads of Borough President Marty Markowitz, New York City May […]
- Long-Awaited Groundbreaking Held for Atlantic Yards March 11, 2010Jobs, Housing and Basketball Are Seen in Brooklyn’s Future By Raanan Geberer Brooklyn Daily Eagle BROOKLYN – “The next best thing to being at this groundbreaking will be going to opening day for the Nets at the Barclays Center.” Borough President Marty Markowitz spoke these words Thursday at the long-awaited groundbreaking for the Barclays Center, centerpiec […]
- Three Fires Plague Brooklyn; One Proves Deadly March 11, 2010Five Firefighters Injured in Devastation of Concord St. Home By Samantha Sherman Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn woke up on Thursday morning to the news that three separate fires had occurred in the borough, two in the downtown area. The third fire, at a brownstone at 732 Decatur St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, proved deadly, killing 35-year old David Ortiz and inj […]
- James Modafferi, Bay Ridge Film Center Owner, Dies at 66 March 11, 2010Longtime professional photographer James Modafferi, owner of the Bay Ridge Film Center, died last week of cancer. He was 66. The Bay Ridge Film Center at 9425 Third Avenue at the corner of 95th Street has been in business for decades. […]
- Suspect Charged in Brooklyn Hit-Run March 11, 2010A suspect in last month’s Brooklyn hit-and-run accident in Prospect Heights that left an employee of the Mayor’s Office in critical condition surrendered to police Thursday and was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, according to the Daily […]
- Brooklyn Today: Thursday March 11, 2010 March 11, 2010Good morning. Today is the 70th day of the year. It is the anniversary of the 2004 Madrid train bombings. Ten terrorist bombs exploded on four commuter trains in Spain’s busy capital on this date, killing 191 people and injuring […]
- ‘Salt of the Earth?’ March 11, 2010No, Says Ortiz According to the Daily News, Brooklyn Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has introduced a bill to ban the use of salt from New York City restaurants for health reasons. Some of the city’s top chefs, as could be expected, slammed […]
- EATS Brooklyn Food News March 11, 2010A new coffee house is rumored to be opening on Atlantic Avenue, called 139 @lantic. Tweeter ejcory posted a picture of a sign in the window, which boasts that the new shop will offer “exotic teas, Fair Trade coffee, live entertainment, interesting furniture, contemporary artifacts,” and “a unique atmosphere.” Under the large apartment complex at 725 […]
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- ‘The Demons’: 12-Hour Play, and Endless Bragging Rights March 12, 2010“The Demons,” a 12-hour production of a grim Dostoyevsky novel that will be performed only twice, may be the must-see show of the New York theater season. […]
- A Push for Binghamton to Exit Division I March 12, 2010A statement signed by 18 faculty members recommended a vote on whether Binghamton should remain in Division I after a scandal surrounding the men’s basketball team. […]
- Groundbreaking for Nets’ Atlantic Yards Arena March 12, 2010Officials portrayed the Atlantic Yards project, delayed for years by court fights and other obstacles, as a potent economic stimulus. […]
- Edwin Paraison, Haitian Minister, Courts Diaspora in America March 12, 2010Edwin Paraison, Haiti’s minister of Haitians living abroad, confronted the tensions between the Haitian diaspora and the homeland in his effort to harness help in the earthquake recovery. […]
- Cuomo to Recuse Himself From Paterson Investigations March 12, 2010Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo appointed an independent counsel, Judith S. Kaye, to take over his office’s investigations of Gov. David A. Paterson. […]
- Judith Kaye, a Veteran Judge, Becomes a Fledgling Prosecutor March 12, 2010Judith S. Kaye, who served on the Court of Appeals for decades, may bring added credibility to the state investigation of Gov. David A. Paterson. […]
- Rejected on Dance Floor, Man Beats Woman in Bar Restroom March 12, 2010After his advances were rebuffed, the man savagely attacked the woman, beating her as he tried to remove her pants, the police said. […]
- New York State Shuts Down LibertyPointe Bank March 12, 2010The bank, which had one branch in Manhattan and two in Brooklyn, was the first based in New York City to fail since 1999. […]
- NYC: Letterman, Clinton and Others: Sex, Power and Inequality March 12, 2010In the David Letterman case, the recurring examples of men in power seeking sex from subordinates were little discussed. […]
- Ground Zero Workers Reach Deal Over Health Claims March 12, 2010A settlement of up to $657.5 million has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers who sued the city over damage to their health, according to city officials. […]
Media Matters
- Jamison Foser: Running with a bad crowd
March 11, 2010For a few weeks last fall, editors and ombudsmen at The Washington Post and New York Times seemed obsessed with the idea that they should be paying more attention to right-wing media and websites. In the wake of some wildly hyperbolic claims about ACORN, the nation's leading news outlets apologized for being too slow to run chasing after every "sca - Glenn Beck: Behind the Music
March 11, 2010Glenn Beck has repeatedly attacked popular music as "propaganda" that is helping to advance a progressive agenda and undermine America. Fox example, Beck warned that Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" is "about a progressive utopia" and that the Beatles' "Revolution" "spell[s] it all out" abou - Doocy baselessly claims Slaughter is angling to pass health care reform without a vote
March 11, 2010Fox & Friends' Steve Doocy baselessly claimed that Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) is offering a way to pass health care reform legislation "without actually voting on it." However, the House has already voted on and passed a health care reform bill, and a legislative rule reportedly under consideration would still require the House to vote o - Double standard: After defending Hastert over Foley scandal, Fox now attacks Pelosi over Massa
March 11, 2010Fox News has trumpeted stories that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staff -- but not Pelosi herself -- may have been made aware of some concerns regarding Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) last year. However, following the revelation that then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert had likely been personally informed of email then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) sent to a congressional - Fox accuses admin of "secret" and "sinister" plan to "grab" land
March 11, 2010Seizing on allegations made by Rep. Bob Bishop (R-UT), Fox & Friends accused the Obama administration of moving ahead with a "secret" and "sinister" plan to "grab 12, 13 million acres, designating them as federal monuments." In fact, there is no such plan; the allegations are reportedly based on a "very preliminary - Cato's Tanner twists facts in NY Post op-ed on Dems "twisting arms" for health care votes
March 11, 2010Referencing HBO's "The Sopranos," Cato Institute senior fellow Michael Tanner wrote in the New York Post that Democrats "are willing to use every trick in the book to get this [health care] bill passed." However, many of Tanner's allegations of suspect tactics by Democrats are not supported by the facts.Tanner baselessly claimed - Rove's anti-health care reform column full of misinformation
March 11, 2010In a March 11 Wall Street Journal editorial, Fox News Contributor Karl Rove falsely claimed that the Senate health care bill has "abortion-funding language," adds to the deficit and contains no immediate benefits. In fact, the Senate bill prohibits federal funding of abortion, contains numerous immediate benefits, and, according to the Congressiona - Hannity falsely claims that health care bill doesn't provide immediate benefits
March 11, 2010On March 3, Sean Hannity falsely claimed that "we're going to pay taxes on this bill what for three, four years, before the bill is even implemented." In fact, numerous benefits contained in the Senate bill would become available in the first year after the bill is enacted.Hannity: "We're going to pay taxes" for years before the - Beck echoes absurd claim that Obama wants to ban fishing
March 10, 2010Seizing on an absurd claim spread by right-wing blogs that President Obama wants to ban sport fishing, Glenn Beck stated on his Fox News program that Obama is attempting to prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing on some of the nation's oceans, coastal areas, and great lakes "by executive order." In fact, there is no evidence of any such order, bu - Beck absurdly claims that alternative poverty measurement would classify him as poor
March 10, 2010Glenn Beck claimed that President Obama was drastically changing the poverty scale in a way that would effectively classify Beck as "in poverty" because other people in his community are wealthier than he is. In fact, the measurement would supplement, not replace, the poverty measurement currently in use, and it would not count Beck as poor. From t - Fox smears appeals court nominee as "biased in favor of sex offenders"
March 10, 2010Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson stated that appeals court nominee Judge Robert Chatigny "gained notoriety" for "fight[ing] the execution of convicted serial killer and rapist Michael Ross," adding that "[s]ome are concerned he may be biased in favor of sex offenders." However, an appeals court panel -- which included - Hannity latest Fox News employee to defend Beck's claim that Obama is "racist"
March 10, 2010On his Fox News show, Sean Hannity became the latest Fox News personality to defend Glenn Beck's statement that President Obama is "a racist," joining News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch and Fox News president Roger Ailes. Discussing Beck's comments, Hannity stated, "When the president hangs out with Jeremiah Wright for 20 years, I' - Thiessen falsely claims all Senate Judiciary Republicans echoed Cheney's DOJ attack ad
March 10, 2010Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen falsely claimed that "all the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee" were asking questions similar to those posed by Liz Cheney's controversial ad campaign attacking Justice Department attorneys who previously represented terrorism detainees. In fact, Sen. Lindsey Graham -- a Republican member of - Right-wing media eagerly spread absurd claim that Obama plans to "ban sport fishing"
March 10, 2010Following the lead of an ESPNOutdoors.com opinion writer, who provided no evidence for his claim that a federal strategy "could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing," right-wing blogs have advanced the outlandish charge that Obama "wants to ban sport fishing." These media outlets cited the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force's interim - Thiessen brings "shameful" attacks on DOJ lawyers to Fox
March 10, 2010Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen appeared on Fox & Friends to promote his attacks on Department of Justice lawyers who previously represented or advocated for terror suspects and other detainees. Thiessen claimed the lawyers were "trying to spring terrorists out of Guantanamo" and again distorted DOJ lawyer Jennifer Daskal's past le
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