Six on New York: The Kosciuszko Bridge's Second Span, Expected To Open In September; Circa 1908. "Main Street -- Buffalo, N
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"When asked whether that section of the BQE needs a nearly billion dollar bridge, the state’s Chief Engineer on the project, Wahid Albert, says this isn’t like other bridges, that are built to last 75 years.
“This is a once in a lifetime type of structures, a cable-stay,” Albert says, referring to the type of bridge—one that uses cables connected to towers which directly hold up the deck. “This iconic structure requires this kind of budget and it's designed for 100 years.”
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“This has been accelerated, and accelerated, and accelerated again, we want to get it open because it's going to make a tremendous difference in the volume of traffic,” Cuomo said. ...
Like the first span, this bridge will also include LED lights, although the costs for it were included in the first section, $4.5 million.
The first span of the bridge cost $555 million, the second is expected to cost $318 million. There will be park space on both ends of the bridge, which is not included in the price.
When the second section opens, there will be a total of eight lanes of traffic, plus a foot path and bike lane. On the Brooklyn side the path will connect to the bridge at Meeker Ave and Van Dam Street, running to Laurel Hill Boulevard and 54th Road in Queens."
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By the 1840s, lower Manhattan was getting crowded and there was very little cemetery space. Trinity churchyard on Broadway and Wall St. was the largest; there were small Jewish cemeteries belonging to the Shearith Israel congregations, the first Jewish immigrants to New Amsterdam; and a pair of small burial grounds in the East Village—the Marble Cemeteries, as they are called, are still in existence.
The proliferation of burials also led to unsanitary conditions in an era when cholera, dysentery and other germ-borne diseases were a widespread problem. New York, therefore, banned all downtown burials while keeping them legal in the more spacious Uptown Trinity Cemetery in Washington Heights, established in 1842.
Meanwhile, in Queens, cemeteries burgeoned. Calvary Cemetery was established by John Hughes of St. Patrick’s Church in 1848, quickly followed by the Jewish Mount Zion; Lutheran Cemetery Mt. Olivet; and St. John’s Cemeteries."
Erie Canalway Challenge Launched
"The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor has announced the launch of the Canalway Challenge, a new initiative that invites people to trace history while tracking miles walking, running, cycling or paddling on the New York State Canal System and Canalway Trail.
The free program includes a range of mileage options – 15 miles, 90 miles, 180 miles, and 360 miles – so that people at all fitness levels can choose a mileage goal that suits their ability and participate.
Participation is free, and registration is open to individuals, organizations, and groups. Participants choose a mileage goal, then track their miles using the Canalway Challenge mileage log or their favorite fitness app. They can complete the Challenge in one big trip or many small ones. Participants can count mileage on the Erie, Champlain, Cayuga-Seneca, and Oswego Canals toward their Canalway Challenge goal.
Like a hiker seeking to become an Adirondack 46er, participants can strive for mileage status and recognition. Upon completion, they can show off their accomplishment with a photo finish, car/kayak decal, and gear bag. Eastern Mountain Sports is supporting the Canalway Challenge with special discounts for signing up and completing the Challenge.
More information and signup are available here."
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"Top officials at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center repeatedly violated policies on financial conflicts of interest, fostering a culture in which profits appeared to take precedence over research and patient care, according to details released on Thursday from an outside review.
The findings followed months of turmoil over executives’ ties to drug and health care companies at one of the nation’s leading cancer centers. The review, conducted by the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, was outlined at a staff meeting on Thursday morning.
It concluded that officials frequently violated or skirted their own policies; that hospital leaders’ ties to companies were likely considered on an ad hoc basis rather than through rigorous vetting; and that researchers were often unaware that some senior executives had financial stakes in the outcomes of their studies."
"Though College Point, in northern Queens east of LaGuardia Airport and bordering the East and Flushing Rivers, is served by four bus lines, it’s considered one of Queens’ out-of-the-way outposts, since it’s severed from the rest of the borough by the old Flushing Airport site and the Whitestone Expressway. Only three main roads lead there: 14th and 20th Avenues and College Point Boulevard.
For that reason, its architecture has held on to the past longer than most Queens locales, though the Boker Mansion and Flessel’s Tavern have fallen to the wrecking ball since Forgotten New York began operations in 1998. Even some of the buildings on my 2006 survey of the neighborhood have since come down.
“We have been hard-hit,” said Director Susan Brustmann. “We thought we were going to close last June.”
Tough times actually began for the cultural institution before that, according to Brustmann, when the state Legislature decided to eliminate member items, or discretionary funding, for elected officials to dole out to nonprofits in their districts.
Contributions from former state Sen. Frank Padavan and former state Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn provided more than one-third of the funding to run the institute, at 114-04 14th Road.
After the bottom dropped out of that monetary avenue beginning in 2010, the institute fell on hard times.
But an increase in donors helped to ensure the programming continued. In addition, the institute held a variety of fund-raising events, like a haunted house and Taste of College Point, to generate some additional income.
“Because of all of that, we are still open,” she said. “We are not doing great, but moving in the right direction.” Queens Times Ledger
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