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.

Jan 7, 2025 · Eleventh-Hour Deal Scuttles Federal Funding for WTC Health Program. A last-minute change to the federal spending bill that kept the government from shutting down in late December dropped proposed funding for the World Trade Center Health Program (which serves people made sick by toxic debris from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001) that had previously been agreed upon by a bi-partisan ...

Federal Program Announces Grant for Next Phase of Gotham Park. The departing administration of President Joe Biden is delivering a gift to what is shaping up to Lower Manhattan’s next great public space.

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.

Local Tally of Financially Distressed Offices Primed for Residential Rebirth Runs to Millions of Square Feet. A new analysis from PropertyShark, a real estate web site and search engine that tracks sales and price data, finds that two Lower Manhattan neighborhoods contain at least 11 million square feet of office space that is “highly convertible” to residential use, with another 25 ...

Dec 3, 2024 · City Names New Operator for Lower Manhattan Heliport. The administration of Mayor Eric Adams is moving ahead with plans to bring electric helicopters to the Downtown Manhattan Heliport.

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.

5 days ago · Lower Manhattan Newspaper. Visionary Who Brought Blooming, Buzzing Profusion to Battery Park City Passes from the Scene

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.

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.