Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage To Revitalize Local Enterprise Downtown Alliance Throws Lifeline to Downtown Restaurants and Retailers This iconic array of small shops on Fulton Street evokes the changing retail landscape Downtown, where small businesses have been buffeted by rising rents and cut-throat competition from e-commerce giants, along with the recent economic […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/3/20 ~ ‘W’ As in ‘Wave Goodbye’ Another Downtown Luxury Hotel Closes Its Doors
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘W’ As in ‘Wave Goodbye’ Another Downtown Luxury Hotel Closes Its Doors The W Hotel, at the corner of Washington and Albany Streets, in happier days. Lower Manhattan’s W Hotel, a 56-story trophy building (located at Albany and Washington Streets) erected amid the wave of giddy real estate […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Inundation Exhortation Federal Report Foresees More Frequent Flooding for Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Inundation Exhortation Federal Report Foresees More Frequent Flooding for Lower Manhattan Flooding at the Battery (seen here during 2012’s Hurricane Sandy) may become a once-every-three-days event in decades ahead, according to a new federal report. A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the federal […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 29 ~ Ill Deeds Done Bill Would Impede Easing Restrictions on Use of Health Facilities
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Ill Deeds Done Bill Would Impede Easing Restrictions on Use of Health Facilities Rivington House, which operated for decades as a nursing facility, but was closed when purchased by real estate speculators who planned to convert the 150,000-square-foot structure into luxury condominiums. A bill recently ratified by the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 7/29/20 ~ Referendum Addendum
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Referendum Addendum One Month Later, Election Results Are Official (Sort Of…) Yuh-Line Niou Slightly more than a month after the contested primary for the Democratic Party nomination to represent Lower Manhattan in the State Assembly, something resembling a final result is available. On Wednesday, incumbent Yuh-Line Niou and […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 7/24/20 ~ Welcome to the Occupation Protestors Driven from City Hall Park Consider What They Accomplished, and What Remains to Be Done
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Welcome to the Occupation Protestors Driven from City Hall Park Consider What They Accomplished, and What Remains to Be Done The Occupy City Hall encampment, which was demolished by police on Wednesday. In the hours before dawn on Wednesday morning, NYPD officers in riot gear swept through the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 22 ~ Weir and When Thursday Meeting To Review Resiliency Plans for Northern Battery Park City
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Weir and When Thursday Online Meeting Will Review Resiliency Plans for Northern Battery Park City One design concept under consideration for the Esplanade on Battery Park City’s northern edge would extend the walkway more than 20 feet into the water, creating space for new anti-flooding infrastructure, as well […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 20 ~ ‘I Can’t Rule Out Sleeping in the Streets If I’m Forced Out of Here’ Group of Elderly Battery Park City Residents Face Loss of Their Homes as Affordability Protections Sunset
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘I Can’t Rule Out Sleeping in the Streets If I’m Forced Out of Here’ Group of Elderly Battery Park City Residents Face Loss of Their Homes as Affordability Protections Sunset The residential building at 225 Rector, where 17 elderly residents are facing the threat of eviction. More than […]
Eyes to the Sky July 13 – 26, 2020
Jupiter and Saturn all night, Venus daybreak Astrophotographer Mihail Minkov’s Star Catcher placed first in the International Dark Sky Association’s “Connecting to the Dark” category of IDA’s first annual photography competition, “Capture the Dark”. Minkov accompanied the photograph with this statement: “I have a four-year-old daughter. She is fascinated by the planets, stars and the Milky Way. […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Quasi-Rent Stabilization Ends at Gateway Plaza Affordability Protections Replaced by Ten-Year Cap on Rent Increases
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Quasi-Rent Stabilization Ends at Gateway Plaza Affordability Protections Replaced by Ten-Year Cap on Rent Increases The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) announced on Wednesday an agreement with the LeFrak Organization (operator of Gateway Plaza, the community’s largest residential complex) that will roll back affordability guarantees for the dwindling […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 15 ~ Special Cay Governors Island Reopens for Truncated Season, as Momentous Decisions Loom
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Special Cay Governors Island Reopens for Truncated Season, as Momentous Decisions Loom Governors Island Today (Wednesday, July 15), Governors Island will reopen for the summer season—a milestone originally scheduled for May 1, but delayed due to the pandemic coronavirus. The offerings at the park—which has come to be […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Who Got What: Federal Loan Program Bails Out Local Small (and Not-So-Small) Businesses
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Who Got What: Battery Park City Federal Loan Program Bails Out Local Small (and Not-So-Small) Businesses The Museum of Jewish Heritage (Editor’s Note: This is the first in an occasional series of stories detailing the impact of federal bailout funds on Lower Manhattan businesses.) The federal Paycheck Protection […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 10 ~ Finalists Announced in Design Competition to Improve Pedestrian Access to Brooklyn Bridge
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Higher, Wider, Handsomer Finalists Announced in Design Competition to Improve Pedestrian Access to Brooklyn Bridge On some weekends, as many as 15,000 pedestrians and 3,600 cyclists compete with each other and souvenir vendors for as little as 10 feet of width on the deck of the Brooklyn Bridge, […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 6 ~ Lawn Gone
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Active in the BPC community since 1994 Barbara.Ireland@Sothebys.Realty Department of Defense 4th of July flyover Photo: Karl Weintraub Lawn Gone Open Space Advocate Wants City Hall Park Returned to Community The Occupy City Hall encampment at Chambers and Centre Streets. A local advocate for Lower Manhattan open spaces […]
Lights, Camera, Violation Local Traffic Monitoring Device is Part of City-Wide Expansion
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Lights, Camera, Violation Local Traffic Monitoring Device is Part of City-Wide Expansion A work crew installs a new traffic monitoring device at the corner of West and West Thames Streets. Lower Manhattan residents may soon be slightly safer, if lighter in the pocket, thanks to a new traffic […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 6, 2020
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Active in the BPC community since 1994 Barbara.Ireland@Sothebys.Realty Department of Defense 4th of July flyover Photo: Karl Weintraub Lawn Gone Open Space Advocate Wants City Hall Park Returned to Community The Occupy City Hall encampment at Chambers and Centre Streets. A local advocate for Lower Manhattan open spaces […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 7/3/20 ~ National Thoughts: Been There, Done That Theseus Aweighs Anchor on Troubled Waters
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Tourists are Returning Downtown photo Dorothy Lipsky Active in the BPC community since 1994 Barbara.Ireland@Sothebys.Realty National Thoughts: Been There, Done That Theseus Aweighs Anchor on Troubled Waters WPA Photo Library of Congress We’re only halfway through 2020, but already, many of us have the sense that we will […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 7/1/20 ~ Justice Belayed ~ Appeals Court Considers Whether to Let Stand Decision About Two Bridges
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Active in the BPC community since 1994 Barbara.Ireland@Sothebys.Realty Justice Belayed Appeals Court Considers Whether to Let Stand Decision About Two Bridges A recent hearing before the Appellate Division court of New York’s First Judicial Department indicates that the controversial plan to erect four massive new towers in the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/30/20 ~ Greater Goods and Lessor Evils Gateway Affordability Protections Expire Today; Discussions Continue
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Greater Goods and Lessor Evils Gateway Affordability Protections Expire Today; Discussions Continue Rent stabilization at Gateway Plaza expires today (Tuesday, June 30). Despite more than two years of behind-the-scenes negotiations between the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) and the LeFrak Organization (which operates the complex), no agreement has […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/29/20 ~ Vendor, Vidi, Vici
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Vendor, Vidi, Vici Advocacy Group and Council Member and Score Win for Street Vendors Street vendors—who are mostly ineligible for benefits like unemployment or health insurance, and have recently suffered losses of more than 80 percent of their usual revenue—will no longer be subject to enforcement by the […]