The price of freedom is high. Here are 7 memorial sites in NYC where you can honor American war heroes any day of the year, not just on the three-day Memorial Day weekend. Each of these NYC war memorials is FREE to visit and reflect on the true cost of freedom and independence. World War Two Memorial, Battery Park This outdoor memorial is a series of tall marble slabs embedded with the name, … [Read more...]
George Washington’s New York City
The inauguration of New Yorker Donald Trump as 45th US President is a good time to visit the places in NYC where the first US President, George Washington, was inaugurated, ate and drank, slept and prayed, and made famous in other ways. That would include, of course, commanding the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, which also ended here in NYC in 1783, with a triumphal march … [Read more...]
NYC marks 20th anniversary of first World Trade Center bombing
A ceremony at noon today honors the deaths and injuries in the first bombing of the World Trade Center, 20 years ago today, Feb. 26, 1993. Six people died and more than 1,000 were injured by a blast in an underground garage below one of the twin towers. Originally, it was thought to be a transformer fire, but investigators quickly found a vehicle identification number on a piece of the blown-up … [Read more...]
Breaking news: AAA files federal lawsuit against bridge and tunnel toll increases
AAA New York and AAA North Jersey are filing a Federal lawsuit in Manhattan today seeking to stop the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from collecting higher tolls on the Authority’s six bridges and tunnels connecting New York and New Jersey. AAA is also asking the United States Court to compel the Authority to turn over the Capital Plan that stands behind the need for toll increases. In … [Read more...]
Monday menus: burger and two beers for $10 in World Trade Center area
Biddy Early's Pub is one of those old-fashioned Irish bars that seem to be vanishing from New York City, with dark wood paneling and the slightly tangy aroma of decades of spilled beer. There's a daily happy hour that starts at 2 p.m., with $2.50 beers and $3.50 well drinks, and beer pong games popular both with the World Trade Center construction workers and the local office worker crowd. The … [Read more...]
9/11 Anniversary: Historic photos of the World Trade Center Twin Towers
Photos of The World Trade Center Twin Towers before September 11, 2011. There are more on an excellent Lightbox slideshow of historical images gathered by Time Magazine. Where were you on September 11, 2001? … [Read more...]
9/11 Anniversary free events calendar for Sat., September 10, 2011
There are many free events and museum and gallery openings on Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September. 11, 2011, in honor of the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11. Here's a partial list -- be aware that it will be quite difficult getting around Lower Manhattan on Sunday, even after the 9/11 Memorial Service at the World Trade Center and opening of the September 11 Memorial, both by invitation … [Read more...]
9/11 anniversary events: free lecture on role of WTC in NYC history
Tuesday, August 30th -- Best-selling author Eric Darton talks about the role of Lower Manhattan in New York City, from Colonial times through the construction of the World Trade Center. It's a FREE author lecture at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the NYPL on Tuesday, August 30th. His cultural history of Lower Manahttan and the WTC is "Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York City's World Trade … [Read more...]
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