Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Vaulting Ambition Plan Floated to Span East River with Arch Containing Thousands of Apartments and New Transit Portal A view (looking northward, along the FDR Drive) lends perspective on what will, if built, be the largest building in the world in terms of […]
The Broadsheet Weekend Calendar of Events in Lower Manhattan 12/7&8
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com The Weekend Calendar December 7 & 8 Listen to the sounds of the season Saturday December 7 9AM – 1PM Chess Tournament 6 River Terrace Challenge yourself in a Swiss-style tournament where each participant will have the opportunity to compete, learn and develop […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan ~ 12/6/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Putting the Art Back into an Artifact A Living Remnant of a Vibrant Culture Comes to Battery Place “The Sorceress,” a uniquely Jewish fairy tale about an innocent young heroine, her dashing fiance, a devious stepmother, and a scheming witch, is being presented […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan ~ 12/5/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Extreme Makeover How a Nazi Sympathizer’s Tribeca Garage Could Become a Luxe Mansion The builder’s plans call for a 17,000-square-foot private home that will contain four bedrooms, ten bathrooms, a multi-car garage, and a basement-level indoor basketball court, as well as outdoor patio […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan ~ 12/4/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com What If All This Is Not Enough? Pondering Whether $300 Million and 16.5 Feet of Protection Will Matter 85 Broad Street parking garage after Sandy At the October 29 meeting of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) board, Catherine McVay Hughes raised a […]
What If All This Is Not Enough?
What If All This Is Not Enough? Pondering Whether $300 Million and 16.5 Feet of Protection Will Matter 85 Broad Street parking garage after Sandy At the October 29 meeting of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) board, Catherine McVay Hughes raised a potentially troubling question. As BPCA management reviewed plans to spend some $300 […]
Calendar of Events in Lower Manhattan ~ 12/4/19
Calendar Tuesday 12/4/19 10AM Luminaries Winter Garden This holiday tradition in the heart of Lower Manhattan features a canopy of colorful lights emanating from hundreds of suspended lanterns.This interactive exhibit features three Wishing Stations located on the ground that will allow visitors to send a touch-activated wish to the canopy of lanterns above, […]
Today in History December 4
Today in History December 4 Juliette Recamier was only child of the King’s counsellor and his wife Julie Mattan. Beautiful and educated, she became a bride at aged fifteen to a banker 30 years her senior and became a socialite, whose salon drew Parisians from the political and literary circles of the early 19th century. […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan ~ 12/3/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Connection Reduction CB1 to Consider Cutbacks in Number of Stops on Free Bus Service A map illustrating the planned cutbacks in the number of stops served by the Downtown Connection free shuttle bus. Each of the nine triangles marked with an “X” represents […]
Connection Reduction
Connection Reduction CB1 to Consider Cutbacks in Number of Stops on Free Bus Service A map illustrating the planned cutbacks in the number of stops served by the Downtown Connection free shuttle bus. Each of the nine triangles marked with an “X” represents a stop that is slated for elimination. Tonight (Tuesday, December 3) the […]
CLASSIFIEDS & PERSONALS Swaps & Trades ~ Respectable Employment ~ Lost & Found
CLASSIFIEDS & PERSONALS Swaps & Trades ~ Respectable Employment ~ Lost & Found 212-912-1106 editor@ebroadsheet.com LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR AVAILABLE FOR BABYSITTING OR TUTORING 17 year old young man, lifetime resident of Tribeca and BPC. Went to PS 234, Lab Middle School and currently attending Millennium HS. This summer was a Councilor at Pierce Country Day Camp. […]
RiverWatch ~ Cruise Ships in New York Harbor
RiverWatch Cruise Ships in New York Harbor Arrivals & Departures ——————————————————————— Sunday, December 8 Anthem of the Seas Inbound 5:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 3:00 pm Southern Caribbean Queen Mary 2 Inbound 6:00 am (Brooklyn); outbound 5:00 pm Transatlantic (Southampton, UK) Friday, December 13 Norwegian Gem Inbound 9:15 am; outbound 3:30 pm; Port Canaveral, FL/Bahamas […]
Today’s Calendar of Events in Lower Manhattan for December 3
Calendar Tuesday 12/3/19 10:30AM Zumba Jumpstart 6 River Terrace Join a fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of salsa, merengue, hip-hop, and more! Enthusiastic instruction creates a fun community of dancers who learn new steps each week. Bring your friends and share in this fit and fun dancing community. The Battery Park […]
Today in History December 3
Today in History December 3 Thomas Jefferson by Gilbert Stuart 1800 – United States presidential election: The Electoral College casts votes for President and Vice President that resulted in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. 1901 – In a State of the Union message, President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the […]
Today in History December 2
Today in History December 2 Charles Dickens 1697 – St Paul’s Cathedral opens in London 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France in Paris 1816 – First savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) 1845 – Manifest Destiny: President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively […]
Letters
Letters National 9/11 Memorial & Museum Dear editor: I have nothing against the Tribute Musuem and I was angered when I heard that they were losing their lease. It is a good institution and should survive. However, the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum doesn’t deserve to be put down in comparison to the Tribute Museum. Tribute Museum […]
Calendar of Events in Lower Manhattan 12/2/19
Calendar Monday 12/2/19 Tribeca 2PM Culture Connections National Museum of the American Indian Touch, investigate, inquire and learn. Objects and images tell profound stories. Join Cultural Interpreters as they share objects and narratives in the museum’s galleries. Gain a deeper understanding of history, culture, and art from hundreds of Indigenous nations in North, Central, and […]
Arts and Minds
Arts and Minds Highly Regarded Local Arts Education Group Stays the Course Mateo Vergara, age 7 and a student at the Peck Slip School, taking his second drum lesson at Church Street School To stroll in Tribeca in 2019 is to apprehend what is happening throughout Lower Manhattan. Buildings – along with their occupants and […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan ~ 12/2/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Arts and Minds Highly Regarded Local Arts Education Group Stays the Course Mateo Vergara, age 7 and a student at the Peck Slip School, taking his second drum lesson at Church Street School To stroll in Tribeca in 2019 is to apprehend what […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan ~ 11/27/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Of Separation and Celebration Reaching Across the Chasm, At Least for an Evening Jean Leon Gerome Ferris’s 1915 oil painting, “The First Thanksgiving 1621,” enshrines a redemptive (if somewhat simplified) fable of reconciliation among polar opposites, that remains both resonant and relevant today. […]