A Writer’s Diary From Mid-November, 2001 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary From Mid-November, 2001 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early June, 1991 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early June, 1991 | Richard Grayson

Saturday Afternoon in Lower Manhattan: M. Turetsky Choir and Soprano at Battery Park

(Video courtesy Raphael Pungin)

Sunday Afternoon in Lower Manhattan: Make the Road New York and New York Immigration Coalition Protest Against Unconstitutional Muslim Ban at Battery Park

(Video courtesy Entertainment News Gaming)
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(Video courtesy Mike Juang)

Saturday Evening in Lower Manhattan: Seaglass Carousel at Battery Park

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Saturday Afternoon in Downtown Brooklyn and the Civic Center: Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America March and Rally from Cadman Plaza to City Hall

(Video courtesy Marla Abarca)

Sunday Afternoon in the Civic Center: NYC Global Climate March Around City Hall

(Video courtesy Peter Eliscu)

Friday Afternoon in Lower Manhattan: Celebration of Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Ruling with Mayor de Blasio Officiating as Terrance McNally and Thomas Kirdahy Renew Marriage Vows Outside City Hall

(Video courtesy Sandi Bachom)

Saturday Afternoon in Lower Manhattan: New York Chinese Opera Society presents Peking Opera "The Orphan of Zhao" at Pace University Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts

(Video courtesy 紐約梨園社 [New York Chinese Opera Society])

Friday Evening at South Street Seaport: Seaport Music Festival presents Protomartyr and Alvvays on Fulton Street

(Videos courtesy Tonight At Dawn)

Thursday Afternoon in the Civic Center: 25th Anniversary Central Park 5 City-Wide Rally at City Hall Park

(Videos courtesy April Watters)

Late Wednesday Afternoon in Tribeca: The View from Borough of Manhattan Community College Campus at Chambers Street

We've always loved the early evening and night view of lower Manhattan as we exit the Borough of Manhattan Community College's main building on Chambers Street near West Street. It looked particularly nice at 4:45 p.m. today.

Early Sunday Morning in Lower Manhattan: Ten Years after 9/11

As we got off the J train at Chambers Street to go to our 9:00 a.m. class at Borough of Manhattan Community College, we saw some of the people out for the tenth annivesary of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center a few blocks away.





People were handing out flags, Bibles, prayer books. The 9/11 families were getting off buses and vans. Some wore T-shirts with the names and pictures of their loved ones. Photographers were out in force, and reporters were interviewing first responders and survivors and family members. White memorial ribbons festooned Trinity Church.









The streets below Chambers Street were blocked off to everyone except those who had passes.